Official Information Act requests
We proactively publish our response to requests under the OIA to ensure everyone has access to our information.
OIA requests and responses - 2022
13 May 2022: Response to request for information about Emissions Trading Scheme and He Waka Eke Noa
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30 March 2022: Response to request about meeting minutes
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11 February 2022: Response to request about carbon border adjustments
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11 February 2022: Response to request for information about Emissions Trading Scheme
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OIA requests and responses - 2021
21 December 2021: Response to request for information on matters the Commission must consider
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14 December 2021: Response to request about synthetic nitrogen fertiliser on dairy farms
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5 November 2021: Response to request about submissions on the Commission's Draft Advice
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2 November 2021: Response to request related to geoengineering
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28 October 2021: Response to request on meeting minutes with Minister for Climate Change
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28 October 2021: Response to request on coal industry, Pasifika staff, and Commissioners credentials
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28 October 2021: Response to request on Commissioners and coal investments/interests
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19 October 2021: Response to request for submissions excluded from proactive release
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18 October 2021: Response to request for various templates
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14 October 2021: Response to request for information on the panel that selects the Commission's board members
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14 October 2021: Response to request for the name of an OIA requestor
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24 September 2021: Response to request for OIA statistics
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24 September 2021: Response to Trevor Daya-Winterbottom, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Waikato regarding his submission on the Commission’s Draft Advice to Government
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3 September 2021: Response to request for information on advice the Commission has provided to the Government
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2 September 2021: Response to request for information related to stakeholder submissions
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Documents 1a (PDF 5.5 MB)
Documents 1b (PDF 2.5 MB)
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Documents (PDF 8.4 MB)
1 September 2021: Response to request for information on the preparation of and analysis involved in the Commission’s Draft Advice to Government
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Documents (PDF 6.7 MB)
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Documents 1a (PDF 7.2 MB)
Documents 1b (PDF 5.5 MB)
Documents 2 (PDF 3.9 MB)
Documents 3 (PDF 4.3 MB)
Documents 4 (PDF 2.6 MB)
Documents 5a (PDF 6.4 MB)
Documents 5b (PDF 8 MB)
1 September 2021: Response to request for documents sent to Motu on Maori-related topics
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27 August 2021: Response to request for communications with Whetu relating to Te Ao Māori
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25 August 2021: Response to request for communications with consultant relating to Te Ao Māori
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12 August 2021: Response to request for information on interests of Climate Change Commissioners
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Documents - part 1 (PDF 8.2 MB)
Documents - part 2 (PDF 5.4 MB)
Documents - part 3 (PDF 9 MB)
Documents - part 4 (PDF 8.2 MB)
Documents - part 5 (PDF 5.5 MB)
9 August 2021: Response to request for all advice received from MFAT and other sources on climate change policies
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4 August 2021: Response to request for submissions withheld from public release
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3 August 2021: Response to request for Communications with Allen and Clarke regarding modelling and electric vehicles
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29 July 2021: Response to request for information on koha
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29 July 2021: Response to request for submissions on the Commission's Draft Advice
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29 July 2021: Response to request for information on documents received from Signature Consulting related to Te Ao Maori, the Treaty of Waitangi, Tikanga Maori, or other Maori-related topics
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27 July 2021: Response to request for bills and statements from the contractor Liquid IT
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Documents - part one (PDF 8.2 MB)
Documents - part two (PDF 8 MB)
23 July 2021: Response to request for information on bills and statements from consultants
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9 July 2021: Response to request for information on summaries or reports on submissions provided to Commissioners
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7 July 2021: Response to request for information on use of term fossil gas rather than natural gas
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2 July 2021: Response to request for information regarding OIA request in email
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18 June 2021: Response to request for information on report on forecast wholesale electricity prices
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18 June 2021: Response to request for information on submissions received on our draft advice
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3 June 2021: Response to request for information on Commission flights between 7 May 2020 and 7 May 2021
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3 June 2021: Response to request for information on Commission flights between 6 May 2020 and 6 May 2021
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2 June 2021: Response to request for information on total emissions in budgets and in other's proposal
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2 June 2021: Response to request for information on the causes of climate change
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30 April 2021: Response to a request for submission question response statistics
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21 April 2021: Response to a request for copies of financial and economic modelling and correspondence with others asking for similar material
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21 April 2021: Response to a request for information on how the Commission upholds Te Tiriti o Waitangi
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14 April 2021: Response to a request for communications between the Commission and the Minister in relation methane, agriculture and terms of reference
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24 March 2021: Response to request for information on marginal abatement costs of EVs
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23 March 2021: Response to request for information on climate science and Paris accord
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23 March 2021: Response to request for communications plans, documents and stakeholder briefings on the draft advice
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23 March 2021: Response to request for internal communications and advice relating to media an release planning
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23 March 2021: Response to request for advice, documents or correspondence discussing media strategy
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23 March 2021: Response to request for communications plans and documents on stakeholder briefings
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23 March 2021: Response to request for information on journalists who received an embargoed copy of the Commission's advice
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23 March 2021: Response to request for correspondence and advice about a commissioned report
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22 March 2021: Response to request for clarification of previously release financial transactions advice
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15 March 2021: The Commission’s role in relation to He Waka Eke Noa
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10 March 2021: Response to a request for letter that request extension to consultation and list of OIAs received
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10 March 2021: A list of models and other information on modelling
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5 March 2021: Request for information on the Commission's modelling and draft advice around electricity
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5 March 2021: copy of the ENZ model
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2 March 2021: Correspondence relating to research led by Dr Bradley Case about sequestration potential of native woody vegetation for Beef and Lamb New Zealand.
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1 March 2021: Release of the Commission’s draft advice to media
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18 February 2021: Terms of Reference for peer review of the science of the Commission’s pathways to 1.5 degrees
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12 February 2021: Information on the Commission’s financial control systems
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12 February 2021: Commission’s financial information for 1 January 2020 through to 31 December 2020
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Download attachment - transaction list 1 Jan - 30 June 2020 (XLS 255kb)
Download attachment - transaction list 1 July - 31 December 2020 (XLS 296kb)
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29 January 2021: Information on policy options under which Government would allocate greenhouse gas emission permits to individual persons or households
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OIA requests and responses - 2020
4 December 2020: Estimate cost of global warming as a percentage of GDP
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5 October 2020: Palaeoclimatology or palaeontology expertise within the Commission
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