The Manawatu Tenants Union wrote to the then Minister of Housing Phil Heatly,requesting,under the Offical Information Act 1992,information on: 'theseismic activity reports,carried out on behalf of Housing New Zealand,in Palmerston North'.

       We were informed that the Corporation is carrying out detailed desktop seismic assessments on all residential properties intially identified as earthquake prone.As at Dec.24 2012 ,21 state houses in Palmerston North had been confirmed as being earthquake pron,and 4 had been confirmed as an earthquake risk.We replied thanking them but we would still like to sight the actual reports,I have written to the new Minister Nick Smith asking him todo what he can to d]get the reports to the Manawatu Tenants Union,as soon as possible.We will keep you ted on the outcoposme.