37176 (2026). Lan Pham to the Minister of Climate Change

37176 (2026). Lan Pham to the Minister of Climate Change: Which climate impact future scenario, or scenarios, if any, were recommended to the Minister by the Ministry for the Environment and/or any of its contractors for use in the preparation of the first generation of the New Zealand Flood Map?

Hon Simon Watts: The information requested is contained in briefing 26-BRF-00956, which has been released in response to an Official Information Act 1982 request. Some information was withheld under sections 9(2)(f)(iv) of the Act to maintain constitutional conventions that protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials, and 9(2)(g)(i) of the Act, to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions. I am withholding the same information in response to this question.