Tçnâ koe Jim,

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs (included with this email)

The Department will provide its response to your request as soon as practicable and within twenty working days. The 20th working day is 18 May 2022

Please note that in cases where the Department’s response provides information that is identified to be of general public interest, the response may also be published on the Department of Internal Affairs website. If the Department publishes its response to your OIA request, all personal information, including your name and contact details, will be removed.

Nâku, nâ

Michelle Reed (she/her)  
Kaitohutohu Ârahi, te Ture Pârongo Ôkawa | Lead Advisor Official Correspondence 
Te Urûngi | Organisational Strategy & Performance
Level 6, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |  www.dia.govt.nz

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Tçnâ koe Jim

Your Official Information Act request, reference OIA 2122 - 0711

Please find attached a letter from the Department of Internal Affairs
relating to your request of 16 April 2022 under the Official Information
Act 1982.

 

Kind regards

 

Chris McIntyre | Senior Ministerial Advisor, Ministerial Services – Three
Waters Reform Programme

Te Rôpû Pâkihi Haumâuiui | Business and Operations Team

Ue Te Hinâtore | Local Government Branch
Department of Internal Affairs | Te Tari Taiwhenua 

Phone: 027 818 2741 | 45 Pipitea Street | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New
Zealand

 

Kia ora Jim, 

 

Thank you for your request for official information which was transferred
from Department of Internal Affairs and received by the Ministry of Health
on 3 May 2022. The Ministry’s reference number for your request is
H202205879. 

 

If you need to contact us at any stage about your request, please quote
this reference number in your correspondence. You requested:  

 

"Ministers and DIA officials have given the statistic of 35,000 people
annually who get sick from drinking tap water in New Zealand. 
How many of the 35,000 get sick from drinking water provided by local
authorities via reticulation, if any?"

 

Your request has been logged and you can expect a reply no later than 31
May 2022 as required under the Official Information Act 1982.  

Ngâ mihi

 

OIA Services Team

 

[1]Ministry of Health information releases

[2]Unite against COVID-19

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Tçnâ koe Jim  

  

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), transferred from the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) to the
Ministry of Health (the Ministry) on 3 May 2022 for: 

  

“Ministers and DIA officials have given the statistic of 35,000 people
annually who get sick from drinking tap water in New Zealand. 

How many of the 35,000 get sick from drinking water provided by local
authorities via reticulation, if any?” 

  

Please refer to the 2006 report Estimation of the Burden of Water-borne
Disease in New Zealand: Preliminary Report, available here:
[1]www.health.govt.nz/publication/estimation-burden-water-borne-disease-new-zealand-preliminary-report.
 

  

It is important to note that the data relied on by the author of the
report was collected prior to a regulatory regime for drinking water being
established, and is very out of date and cannot be relied on. The
limitations of the data used in the report are explained within it. 

  

Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.  

 

 

Ngâ mihi

 

OIA Services Team

 

[3]Ministry of Health information releases

[4]Unite against COVID-19

 

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3. https://www.health.govt.nz/about-ministr...
4. https://covid19.govt.nz/