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-----Original Message-----
From: SPENCER JONES
[mailto:[FOI #33540 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 18 January 2026 2:55 p.m.
To: Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Official Information Act request:
Defence estate environmental hazard governance and records

 

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Kia ora,

 

I am making this request under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Scope and purpose

 

This request seeks information relating to policy-level governance,
oversight, and record-keeping for environmental and airborne hazards
associated with Defence estate facilities.

 

It does not seek personal information and does not assert individual
causation or liability.

 

Timeframe

 

1 January 2000 to 31 December 2025.

 

Information requested

 

Please provide copies of any records held by the Ministry of Defence that
fall within the following classes:

 

Policies, directives, or guidance documents relating to the management of
environmental or airborne hazards on Defence estates (including
biological, particulate, or chemical hazards).

 

Documents relating to record-keeping and retention requirements for hazard
management records, including any disposal authorities relied upon.

 

Correspondence between the Ministry of Defence and NZDF, contractors, or
other agencies relating to:

 

environmental hazard management;

 

monitoring or testing regimes;

 

incidents or exceedances;

 

record retention or destruction.

 

Any reviews, audits, or assurance activities concerning environmental or
airborne hazard management or record-keeping.

 

Records not held

 

If any information within scope is stated to be “not held”, please advise:

 

whether the information was ever created;

 

if created, the retention policy or disposal authority relied upon;

 

the date and scope of any destruction or transfer;

 

whether another agency or contractor may hold the information.

 

Electronic copies are preferred.

 

If refinement would assist, please identify which parts of this request
present difficulty.

 

Kind regards,

Spencer Jones

 

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