Dear Electricity Authority,

Follow-up request: smart-meter health enquiries, OIA-25-0027, and recordkeeping trail

Draft OIA:

Kia ora,

Thank you for your response of 13 March 2026 to OIA-25-0051.

I write to make a follow-up request under the Official Information Act 1982 in order to clarify the recordkeeping position and obtain the more precise information referred to in your response.

Please provide the following:

Part 1 — Earlier response referenced
1. A copy of the Authority’s earlier response identified in your letter as OIA-25-0027, including any attachments or schedules referred to in that response.

Part 2 — Search methodology and record structure
2. The search terms, search fields, date filters, repositories, and method used to identify the “3954 results” referred to in your 13 March 2026 response.
3. Any document, note, or internal explanation describing how the Authority distinguishes between:
• general search hits across SharePoint / Exchange; and
• actual smart-meter health enquiries received from members of the public.

Part 3 — Actual health enquiry records
4. For the period 1 January 2018 to 1 September 2025, please provide the total number of actual smart-meter health enquiries held or identified by the Authority, as distinct from general keyword search hits.
5. If the Authority does not maintain a single field or dataset for this, please provide any existing list, register, log, schedule, case list, or manually created summary used for the purpose of answering OIA-25-0027 or OIA-25-0051.
6. If no such list or schedule exists, please confirm that explicitly.

Part 4 — Post-2015 continuation of the record trail
7. Please provide an index of records from 1 January 2016 to present relating to:
• smart meter FAQ or fact sheet updates;
• RF / EMF wording;
• AMI public information;
• smart-meter health enquiries;
• communications with ESR, Ministry of Health, Health NZ, MBIE, or any electricity retailer/distributor on smart-meter health or RF issues.

For each indexed record, please provide only:
• date,
• subject line or title,
• record type,
• sender/recipient organisation (not personal contact details),
• and repository or storage location if recorded.

Part 5 — Approval and decision trail
8. Any records showing who approved, reviewed, or authorised the wording used in the Authority’s smart-meter FAQ / fact sheets concerning:
• RF exposure,
• health effects,
• references to ESR / NRL,
• and any public reassurance statements.

Part 6 — If refusal is considered
9. If any part of this request is considered likely to engage section 18(f), please treat this request as including a request for reasonable assistance under section 13 and consultation under section 18B, including narrowing by date, repository, or record class rather than refusing in full.

Please provide the information electronically where possible.

Kind regards,

Spencer Jones