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Good afternoon,

 

Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information
Act request as follows:

 

I would like to understand how effective the Red Tape tipline is as to
what comes to coordination between the ministers upon issues raised &
briefings received.

 

I would like to pick one issue around external wall insulation, infamously
littered with inconsistencies between local councils and overtly expensive
/ complicated process.

 

i.e.
[1]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www....

 

Please provide:

 

A) Briefings or formal submissions received through or by the Ministry for
Regulation relating to building consents requirement external walls
insulation.

 

I would like to understand from your point of view what you have, as the
minister for local government or energy, received from ministry of
regulation to address these regulatory redundancies in the local
government side.

 

This given local government effectively implements building act consent
process.

 

I also would like to invite the minister to provide his view on this
matter if they would like to do so publicly.

 

Minister Watts is considering your request in accordance with the Act, and
you can expect a response by 17 June 2026

 

Kind regards,

 

 

Office of Hon Simon Watts

 

Minister of Climate Change

Minister of Local Government

Minister of Revenue

Minister for Auckland

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-----Original Message-----
From: Miss M Quicken <[FOI #34738 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 19 May 2026 10:23 AM
To: Simon Watts (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Briefings received on External
wall insulation consenting process

 

Dear Simon Watts,

Minister for Local Government

 

I would like to understand how effective the Red Tape tipline is as to
what comes to coordination between the ministers upon issues raised &
briefings received.

 

I would like to pick one issue around external wall insulation, infamously
littered with inconsistencies between local councils and overtly expensive
/ complicated process.

 

i.e.
[4]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www....

 

Please provide:

 

A) Briefings or formal submissions received through or by the Ministry for
Regulation relating to building consents requirement external walls
insulation.

 

I would like to understand from your point of view what you have, as the
minister for local government or energy, received from ministry of
regulation to address these regulatory redundancies in the local
government side.

 

This given local government effectively implements building act consent
process.

 

I also would like to invite the minister to provide his view on this
matter if they would like to do so publicly.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Miss M Quicken

 

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