15 January 2025
26-OIAD-00014
Sam Brown
[FYI request #33423 email]
Tēnā koe Sam Brown
Thank you for your email of 5 January 2026 requesting the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act) of the Ministry for the Environment (the Ministry):
Under the Official Information Act 1982, I request the following information regarding
the telecommunications regulatory review:
All correspondence, submissions, and representations received from
telecommunications companies, industry bodies, and related stakeholders between 1st
Jan 2025 and present, including:
- Formal written submissions
- Emails and letters to the Minister, Ministry officials, or ministerial staff
- Records of meetings, briefings, or phone calls with industry representatives
- Any draft policy language or regulatory text proposed by external parties
For each piece of correspondence, please include:
- Date received
- Submitting organisation/individual
- Summary of key requests or positions advocated
- Whether the submitter requested specific regulatory changes, exemptions, or policy
positions
Any ministerial briefings analysing stakeholder positions or recommending responses
to industry representations
I understand some material may have been proactively released; please exclude
documents already publicly available and provide links to those releases instead.
I do not require:
- Personal contact details of individual staff members
- Information subject to legal professional privilege
- Cabinet papers (which I understand are subject to separate processes)
On 6 January 2026, you contacted the Ministry to advise that you instead intended for your
request to be submitted to the Ministry for Regulation.
PO Box 10362, Wellington 6143 | Freephone 0800 499 700 | environment.govt.nz
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In these circumstances, the Ministry is transferring your request to the Ministry for
Regulation for response, as provided for by section 14(b)(i) of the Act. You will hear further
from the Ministry for Regulation concerning your request.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Office of the Ombudsman of
my decisions relating to this request, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The
relevant details can be found a
t: www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. Nāku noa, nā
Lachlan Brown
Team Leader – Official Information and Proactive Release
Ministry for the Environment | Manatū Mō Te Taiao
PO Box 10362, Wellington 6143 | Freephone 0800 499 700 | environment.govt.nz
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