Dear Alec

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 28 October 2016.

You requested:

Please supply copies of any and all correspondence, meeting notes, or
other such records that can confirm that the MoH did notify HNZ that the
meth testing guidelines were being misused.

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Ashley Goodwin
Support officer
Government Relations l Ministerial, Executive and Government Services l
Office of the Director General
[MOH request email]

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From:        The Lawyer <[FOI #4859 email]>
To:        OIA/LGOIMA requests at MOH <[MOH request email]>,
Date:        28/10/2016 09:02 a.m.
Subject:        Official Information request - Notifications to Housing
New Zealand on meth testing guidelines

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Dear Ministry of Health,

According to this news article,
[2]http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/top/316591...,
the Ministry of Health allegedly kept informing Housing New Zealand (HNZ)
that the former meth testing guidelines were being misused by HNZ as a
basis for evicting tenants.

HNZ have since responded in the public arena saying they were never given
any such notifications from MoH they were misusing the old guidelines.

Could you please supply copies of any and all correspondence, meeting
notes, or other such records that can confirm that the MoH did notify HNZ
that the meth testing guidelines were being misused.

Yours faithfully,

Alec

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Please find attached letter from the Ministry of Health with regard to
your letter of 28 October 2016.

Regards,
Nina Wilson
Acting SEA
Director, Protection, Regulation and Assurance

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