Ref. No. DOIA 2021-1038
19 January 2022
Ed Grove
[FYI request #17439 email]
Dear Ed
Thank you for your email of 3 November 2021 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(the Ministry), requesting the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I am wanting to locate a copy of the report "A review of weathertight science in 2007", author,
Bassett M.R, that was commissioned by the Department of Building and Housing from Branz and
published to the Department in or about 2007. I have been unable to locate a public copy of the
report anywhere.
The Ministry wrote to you on 1 December 2021 to advise that the timeframe for responding to your
request had been extended under section 15A(1)(b) of the Act, to 19 January 2022, to allow for further
consultation.
The Ministry has decided to grant your request. Please find attached the report entitled
A review of
weathertight science in 2007, which has been released to you in full.
Yours sincerely
Dr Micheal Warren
Manager System Strategy and Performance
Building, Resources and Markets