Request for data on firework testing results, purchases, batches rejected, and prosecutions for illegal fireworks that have caused harm between 1/1/2014 to 12/11/2024.
Response date
11 December 2024
Type
Departmental
Request for data on firework testing results, purchases, batches rejected, and prosecutions for illegal fireworks that have caused harm between 1/1/2014 to 12/11/2024.
Response date
11 December 2024
Type
Departmental
Details of the request
I have the following requests please:
- May I have all the testing results from 1/1/2014 to 12/11/2024 of any and all fireworks imported into NZ or, manufactured here. And how many requests for purchase of fireworks outside of normal selling times. And, how many batches have been rejected because they have more than 40grams of pyrotechnic material.
Please include all data from checking the decibel level of currently available fireworks too. - May I have all the arrests, warnings, prosecution data for any perpetrators caught illegally lighting fireworks that have caused harm to:
Animals
Property
Beaches
Reserves
Scrubland
Bush
Humans
For the period 1/1/2014 to 12/11/2024