Tēnā koe mō tō īmēra mai ki te Tāhuhu o Thank you for your email to the
te Mātauranga.  Ministry of Education. 

   

He urupare aunoa tēnei hei whakaatu kua This is an auto generated response
tae mai tō īmēra confirming your email has been
ki a mātou. Kaua noa e whakautu i tēnei received. Please do not respond to this
karere.  message. 

   

Mea ake nei ka urupare tonu atu mātou ki We will respond to your email as soon
tō īmēra.  as possible. 

 

 

Ngā mihi, nā 

Tīma Whakaui ā-Motu / Enquiries National Team  

Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga / Ministry of Education 

Mātauranga House
33 Bowen St, Wellington 

 

[1]education.govt.nz    |  Follow us on Twitter:
@EducationGovtNZ [2]https://twitter.com/mineducationnz 

We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ōna
huanga
[3][IMG]

show quoted sections

Dear Ed Grove

 

Thank you for your request for information below. The Ministry will
consider and respond to your request in accordance with the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act).

 

Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of
our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any
case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is
received.  You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your
request on or before 25 November 2021.  If more than 20 working days are
needed due to the potential workload and/or consultations involved in
answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.

 

Please note, the Ministry may publicly release on our website the response
to your request five days after you have received it. Any personal
information will be removed.

 

In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email
[1][email address].

 

Kind regards

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education - TW
[2]education.govt.nz  |  [3]Follow us on Twitter: @educationgovtnz

[4]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga

 

 

 

show quoted sections

Tēnā koe Ed,

 

Thank you for your email of 28 October 2021 requesting the following
information:

 

 1. I wish to see a copy of the BRANZ report/opinion dated on or about 7
June 2011 provided by BRANZ to the Ministry of Education, in response
to the Ministry of Education's query as to whether walls with top and
bottom vented wall cavities are more able to manage water leaks than
walls with bottom only vented cavities. I understand the
report/opinion may have the identifier and/or title "DC2095 Top vented
water managed cavities".

 

 2. I would also like to see any subsequent external communications on the
topic of appropriate cavity construction as it relates to moisture
management (for example between the Ministry of Education and BRANZ,
MBIE, any external technical advisors and/or insurers), and/or
advice/materials received touching upon the topic, and/or internal
analysis by the Ministry of Education regarding the topic.

 

We have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).

 

The second part of your request, as currently worded, is very broad in
nature and scope and would likely be refused under section 18(f) of the
Act due to the substantial collation and research required to respond. As
it stands, your request would include all external communications, advice,
and internal analysis referring cavity construction as it relates to
moisture management from 7 June 2011 to date.

 

In the hope that we may be able to avoid refusing this element of your
request, we would like to invite you to refine/narrow the scope of your
request. For example, are you able to:

 

o refine the time period of interest for external communications,
advice, and internal analysis by the Ministry;
o the specific external organisation(s) whose communications with the
Ministry you are interested in; and
o further particularise the topic of correspondence that you are
particularly interested in.

 

 

Once we have your clarification we will commence work on your request.
Please note that any clarification or amendment of a request is considered
to be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory
timeframe for response. To assist us to meet our obligations under the
Act, we would be grateful if you could respond to this clarification
request by Friday 12 November 2021.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of
Education | AG

[1]education.govt.nz

We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ōna huanga
[2]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga

 

 

show quoted sections

[Email 1]

 

Kia ora Ed

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act.

 

Due to the size of the documents we are releasing to you – they will be
sent to you in two separate emails.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education ^MC
[1]education.govt.nz  |  [2]Follow us on Twitter: @educationgovtnz

[3]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga

 

show quoted sections

[Email 2]

 

Kia ora Ed

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act.

 

Due to the size of the documents we are releasing to you – they will be
sent to you in two separate emails.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education ^MC
[1]education.govt.nz  |  [2]Follow us on Twitter: @educationgovtnz

[3]Te TDhuhu o te MDtauranga

 

show quoted sections