Order Paper and questions

Questions for written answer

Content provider
Information
Date:
2 December 2009
Subject
Environment

18894 (2009). Hon Rodney Hide to the Minister for Climate Change Issues (02 Dec 2009): Will he ask NIWA to release the full data on which NIWAs official time series of the mean annual temperature over New Zealand from 1853 to 2008 is based, together with full documentation of any adjustments that have been made to the data to produce the result; if not, why not?
Hon Dr Nick Smith (Minister for Climate Change Issues) replied: It will be necessary for you to request Hon Wayne Mapp to release this information as NIWA falls within the science portfolio. I would note however that the NZCSC have had this information since 2003.