OIA pie chart

Maybe Dr Smith can explain what the total number of NZ Units allocated to industry is - as represented in the pie chart Figure 8 in the Report on the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. I will see how it goes. Probably I will have to wait 20 working days for an answer.

The Hon Nick Smith
Minister for Climate Change Issues
Parliament Office
Private Bag 18888
Parliament Buildings
Wellington 6160

By email to: N.Smith@ministers.govt.nz

17 August 2011

Request for Official Information regarding the Report on the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme

Dear Mr Smith, [Oh dear, I should have called him Dr Smith]
I have read with interest the Report on the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, by the Ministry for the Environment, which you released on 1 August 2011.
However, I am puzzled by one of the charts, Figure 8, on page 16.
Figure 8 presents allocations of New Zealand Units by activity expressed as a percentage for each 'pie slice'. The report appears to omit the total number of New Zealand Units allocated (the number that each represents 100% of all the 'pie slice' proportions) and the number of units allocated to each activity. This seems inconsistent with other charts in the report. For example, Figure 5 on page 9 is accompanied by a table of the data used.
Will you please provide me with the actual data, for Figure 8, being the actual number of units allocated to each activity and the total number of units?
Thank you for your assistance

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