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Which climate impact future scenario, or scenarios, if any, has the Minister directed the Ministry for the Environment and/or any of its contractors to use to prepare the first generation of the New Zealand Flood Map?

Answered Question 37177 (2026)
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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  • Which climate impact future scenario, or scenarios, if any, has the Minister directed the Ministry for the Environment and/or any of its contractors to use to prepare the first generation of the New Zealand Flood Map?

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Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Climate Change

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I have not directed officials or contractors from the Ministry for the Environment, now the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport, to use any specific climate impact future scenario in preparing the first generation of the New Zealand Flood Map.