Tairua “smart” water meter update

On Thursday or Friday (April 24 or 25, 2014) I put in a request under the Official Information Act to the Thames-Coromandel District Council for information about the trail of “smart” water meters planned for the town of Tairua on the Coromandel Peninsula during May 2014. I addressed the request to Mr Bruce Hinson, who is the Thames Coromandel Council Infrastructure Manager.

On Wednesday (April 30), I received an email from a member of the engineering team stating that the Council could answer my questions, but it would cost me $114 – and payment was required before they would action the request.  (Under the Official Information Act (OIA) councils and other government agencies are allowed to charge for time to prepare answers to OIA requests, but they do not usually do so.)  The tone of the email was friendly, so I decided to phone the respondent to discuss the matter, so that is what I did on May 2, 2014.

I spoke at length to a very personable young man who recently graduated from university with a degree in civil and environmental engineering who is working on the “smart” water meter trial. He explained that the Council’s objective in trialing the “smart” water meters was to better manage water for Tairua.

 

Rationale for the trial of “smart” water meters in Tairua

Water for the town of Tairua is drawn from a river, which naturally carries lower water volumes during summer when demand for water peaks due to an influx of  people arriving for summer holidays in their baches. (People “go crazy” washing things, he said, during the two weeks of the year that they live in their holiday homes.)  The Thames-Coromandel Council had an obligation under its resource consent for drawing water from the river not to create an excessive impact on the river system, he said, the implication being that “smart” water meters could help achieve this. Currently there are no water meters in Tairua, he said. “Smart” water meters were considered by the team to be a better option than conventional meters because there was no need to physically access the meter box (such as by prying up the meter box cover) to get a reading, and the potential for human error in reading meters was eliminated by the wireless transmission of data.

We did not discuss what other measures, if any, the Council has trialled to reduce  or better manage water demand at the peak time of year, such, as for example, public education campaigns to promote water conservation and/or promotion of installation of rain water tanks to supplement the town water supply for some applications.  (This was an oversight on my part.)

 

Technical aspects of the “smart” water meters being trialled in Tairua

The young engineer was excited by the results of the trial so far, in which an initial test had shown that the signal from one of the “smart” water meters could be detected 600 metres from the “smart” meter, despite buildings and trees being in the way between the water meter and receiver.

The “smart” meter chosen by the Council for Tairua is the Sappel Altair Concentric V3 meter supplied in NZ by Hynds.  The Council has chosen to use the 434MHz  option for the transmission frequency (which presumably means that the Council engineering team has chosen to team up the meters with the Diehl IZAR RC radio transmitter.)  434 MHz is a public frequency also utilised by some common gadgets such as automatic garage door openers.  However, the manufacturer of the IZAR RC radio transmitter designed to be compatible with Sappel modular meter states that its transmission range is “500 metres, depending on the environment”, so it is obviously much more powerful than a garage door opening gizmo.  (In practice, as above, the transmission range may be longer than the manufacturer’s specifications.)

According to the engineer, the “‘smart” meters chosen will be transmitting every eight seconds.  (The battery life of the for the transmitter is claimed by the manufacturer to be 15 years, without any sort of guarantee that this will actually be the case.) The Council is exploring different ideas for reading the meters, I was told. The trial is using a handheld or drive-by system in which a portable device is used to collect the data from the “smart” water meters as they transmit.  The transmitters on the meters are unidirectional.  One option the Council team is considering for the ongoing collection of data is to have a receiver mounted in the rubbish trucks which make weekly rounds of the towns to collect garbage, thereby eliminating the need for a separate vehicle (or person on foot) to patrol the streets to collect the data.  This is considered an attractive option because it would reduce the cost associated with gathering data from the “smart” meters.

 

Possible implications for privacy if the trial is considered successful

The IZAR transmitters that are compatible with the Sappel meters used in the Tairua trial have the capacity to be used with a fixed “IZAR RECEIVER GPRS/LAN” system which is capable of collecting all the data from “smart” water meters, storing it and then transferring it to a central computer system.  If the Thames-Coromandel District Council were happy with the results of the Tairua trial and chose this option for collection of data from “smart” water meters, this potentially raises privacy concerns, since if the meters transmit data every eight seconds, it should be theoretically possible to use the data to work out patterns of activity in a household, based on patterns of water consumption, in a similar way in which patterns of activity in a household can be inferred from electricity use.  (See the graphic at this link http://www.smartmeterpowerstruggle.wordpress.com/  for an example of how electricity “smart meters” can compromise privacy, and for a discussion of privacy and home security issues please see these links: https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/government-and-electricity-industry-positions/network-tasman-there-are-no-privacy-concerns-with-smart-meters-yeah-right/ and www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/how-smart-meters-can-help-burglars/.)

 

Health implications

About 25% of households and businesses in Tairua have been selected by the Council to participate the in trial.  (The properties chosen have been selected on the basis of ensuring that they represent different types of properties (i.e. permanent residential, holiday homes and business) and different areas of the town.) By contrast, the trial of “smart” water meters in Tauranga was limited to one suburb. (See this link for a discussion of the trial of “smart” water meters in Tauranga: https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/smart-water-meters-in-nz-the-situation-so-far/.)

Considering that each “smart” water meter used in the Tairua trial will transmit every eight seconds around the clock for a distance of up to half a kilometre (or possibly more) at the 434MHZ frequency, the “smart” water meter trial in Tairua may represent an experiment in exposure of an entire town to this particular frequency at levels that are unique in the history of NZ.

People who have electrohypersensitivity (EHS)** may be adversely affected by this trial.  Overseas, concern has been raised that exposure to the non-ionising radiation produced by “smart” meters used to measure electricity consumption appears to act as a trigger for the development of EHS in some people. (See: http://skyvisionsolutions.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/aaem-wireless-smart-meter-case-studies.pdf )   In NZ, many of the “smart” meters being introduced for electricity are designed to transmit for longer distances (“a few kilometres”), according to the PDF “Smart-Meter-FAQ-Aug11.pdf” on the website of the Electricity Authority, so electricity “smart” meters are obviously more powerful than are “smart” water meters.  Moreover, as the strength of the signal from any “smart” meter declines with distance, “smart” electricity meters which are typically mounted on the wall of a home probably pose more of a risk than “smart” water meters on council property. (Presumably these will be installed in the footpath, as  are the conventional “water” meters in Auckland.)  However, the possibility that “smart” water meters may trigger EHS cannot be ruled out and the longer term effects of living in an area where “smart” waters meters transmit every eight seconds twenty four hours a day must be considered an unknown.

 

Possible outcome of the trial

If the trial is successful, conceivably the Thames-Tairua District Council may choose to introduce “smart” water meters in other towns in its region.

Pe0ple in Tairua (or elsewhere in the  area administered by the Thames-Tairua District Council) who are not happy with the idea of being exposed to additional electromagnetic radiation from “smart” water meters may wish to notify the Council that they do not consent to the installation of a “smart” water meter to measure water consumption at their home or business.  A template that can be personalised may be downloaded from the link below:

FORMAL NOTICE OF NON CONSENT FOR SMART WATER METER

Please share this post with family and friends in this area. 

 

More information on smart water meters in NZ may be found at this post: www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/smart-water-meters-in-nz-the-situation-so-far/

 

**Information on electrohypersensitivity may be found at this link: http://www.es-uk.info/

For a personal story which illustrates how difficult a condition EHS is for sufferers to live with, please see this link: https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/what-is-it-like-to-live-with-electrohypersensitivity-ehs-one-womans-story/

Health professionals may want to read this link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/87308119/Guideline-of-the-Austrian-Medical-Association-for-the-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-EMF-related-health-problems-and-illnesses-EMF-syndrome

Live in Tairua? If you don’t want a “smart” water meter, read this post

If you live in Tairua or own a business there, you may have received a letter from the Thames-Coromandel District Council stating that your property has been chosen for a “smart” water meter trial and that any exisiing analogue water meter will be removed from your property and replaced with a “smart” water meter which will be on Council property. The trial of  “smart” water meters in Tairua is due to start in May and  approximately 25% of homes/businesses have been selected by the Council to participate.

If the “smart” water meters planned to be used in Tairua are the same brand and model as those used in a  trial in Tauranga, they may transmit radiofrequency signals as often as every eight seconds and the transmission range may be up to half a kilometer, meaning that people whose properties have not been chosen to be part of the trial may be exposed to radiofrequency radiation from meters  on neighbouring properties (or on council-owned land.)*

In addition to the possible health effects from the additional radiofrequency radiation produced by “smart” water meters,  “smart” water meters may pose privacy concerns depending on the infrastructure that is used to support their use.

Please read this post for a more general discussion  of “smart” water meters (including a discussion of privacy in relation to “smart” water metering):

https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/smart-water-meters-in-nz-the-situation-so-far/

If you do not want to be part of the trial, it may be helpful to do the following:

Email to the Council refusing consent  for the following:

1) Entry to your property for the purposes of removal of  your analogue meter

2) Radiofrequency radiation to be broadcast over your property by your water provider, including to or from any of your neighbour’s properties or to or from council property

3)  Installation of any electronic device monitoring the supply of water to your home or business from which patterns of use of water within your home/business could be inferred, thus violating your privacy 

 

You may also want to put a sign on your letter box and/or water meter stating the same.

If you do this, and would like to share the Council’s response, please email through this link: https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/contact-us/

Thank you.

* NB:  Details of the make and model and other specifications for the “smart” water meters for the planned Tairua trial will be posted on www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz as soon as they are available. 

 

 

 

In the Nelson or Tasman area? “Smart meters” are NOT a government requirement

If you live in the Nelson or Tasman area served by lines company Network Tasman, you may have read the following statement on the company’s website:

“The requirement for meter replacement is regulated by the NZ Government and must be completed nationally by 2015”

This statement was at the following link  http://www.networktasman.co.nz/Main.asp?ID=17 (at the time of writing this post) but an email from company representative Andrew Stanton sent on Monday May 19 stated that the website is going to be updated, so the link above no longer includes the wording.

However, I took a screenshot of  the part of the website that contains the statement “The requirement for meter replacement is regulated by the NZ Government and must be completed nationally by 2015” and you can see it at this link:

https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Frequently-asked-questions-from-Network-Tasman-website3-May-17-2014.png

The original statement on Network Tasman Ltd’s website gave the impression that the government regulations mean that existing analogue meters (also known as electromechanical meters or Ferraris meters) have to be replaced with “smart meters”.

However, according to the Electricity Authority, there is no government requirement for existing analogue to be replaced with “smart meters”.  The Electricity Authority requires that electricity meters be “re-certified” by April 2015.  (See this link for a discussion of this issue https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/is-it-compulsory-to-have-a-smart-meter/. )

As far as I am aware, there is no reason why lines companies cannot re-certify existing analogue meters that are in good working order (or install brand new, appropriately certified analogue meters for those homes/businesses where an analogue meter has reached the end of its useful life.

New analogue meters are considerably cheaper than new “smart meters”.  Analogue meters also have the advantage that they can not produce any “dirty electricity”.  (Any meter with electronic components –  even a “smart meter” which has had its transmission chip – also known as a modem – removed so that it does not produce microwave radiation – will probably contain a “switch mode” power  supply and thus may produce “dirty electricity”. )

Some people who are sensitive to electromagnetic radiation (EMR) react adversely to “dirty electricity”. There is also research linking “dirty electricity” to cancer. (For more information about “dirty electricity” please see this link www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/health-issues/)

 

Former Microsoft CEO now leading wireless safety movement in Canada

Frank Clegg, who was the CEO of Microsoft Canada is now leading Canada’s wireless safety organisation Canadians for Safe Technology (C4ST). http://www.c4st.org/

As www.stopsmartmeters.com.au reports, Mr Clegg has written at Vitality Magazine:

“It has been three years since the World Health Organization shocked the medical community by warning that exposure to microwave radiation from wireless devices might increase our cancer risk. If the same elite cancer specialists were to meet again today, the warning would be upgraded from a  ‘possible carcinogen’ to a ‘probable carcinogen.’ That is according to Professor Emeritus Anthony Miller, of the University of Toronto, who was speaking recently to Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee.”

So-called “smart” or “advanced” electricity meters use microwave radiation to transmit information about electricity.

To read the rest of Mr Clegg’s article, please visit this link:  http://vitalitymagazine.com/article/invisible-threat/

SOURCE: http://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2014/03/06/longtime-president-of-microsoft-canada-is-now-canadas-leading-advocate-for-wireless-radiation-safety/

Take Back Your Power Now at #3 – Please vote now!

Great news! Stop Smart Meters in Victoria, Australia has reported that the “smart meter” documentary Take Back Your Power is at #3 in the voting ranking for the “Transformational Film of the Year Award, so please vote now if you have not already done so!  (SOURCE:  http://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2014/02/02/vote-for-take-back-your-power-film/)

This is the link at which you can vote: awareguide.com

 

Further information is below:

Take Back Your Power, the documentary on “smart meters” and the “smart grid” which explores, health, privacy and other issues relating to “smart meters” has been nominated for the “Transformational Film of the Year” award by awareguide.com.

Winners of the award are determined by votes from the public, so if you have seen this excellent documentary and would like to support it, please vote online at awareguide.com

Votes need to be made by the evening of Monday February 3rd, (LA time).

(You can see introductory materials about the documentary here:  http://awareguide.com/index.php?start=6

If you have not seen the film you can stream or purchase a copy at www.takebackyour power.net

The trailer can be accessed via at this link:

https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/trailer-for-new-smart-meter-documentary-now-online/

Public screenings of Take Back Your Power are planned for many parts of NZ in 2014, so please sign up to the email list at www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz and you will be emailed information about showings near you.  If you are interested in running a showing yourself, please email through this link  https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/contact-us/ and you will sent information and support materials.

 

New film on electrohypersensitivity

French film maker Marc Khanne (currently a resident of London) spent three years researching electrohypersensitivity (also known as EHS or electrosensitivity or ES) in  preparation for making his latest film.  EHS is a distressing condition in which people react to electromagnetic radiation (such as that which is produced by cell phones, cell phone towers, smart meters etc) with a variety of symptoms which often include severe pain and fatigue.  The trailer for his film Desperately Seeking White Zone may be viewed on youtube at this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSK7ciWMFmE&feature=youtu.be

The website for the film is http://www.electrosensitive-white-zone-ehs-film.com/

Copies of the DVD may be purchased from the site, with a free DVD being offered for each DVD purchased. (NZ requires PAL DVDs.)

For health professionals who need information about EHS, the following link provides useful information:  http://www.magdahavas.com/austrian-medical-association-guidelines-to-diagnosing-and-treating-patients-with-electrohypersensitivity/

http://www.scribd.com/doc/87308119/Guideline-of-the-Austrian-Medical-Association-for-the-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-EMF-related-health-problems-and-illnesses-EMF-syndrome

Smart meter investigation leads to health improvement

Editor’s note:  The following email was contributed by a site visitor who was suffering from chronic headaches and was concerned that these could be linked to the “smart meter” at his house.  Consequently he engaged Paul Waddell from www.safespace.net.nz to test his home for EMR.  The result was that the most likely cause of his headaches was identified as the Wi-Fi router in  his bedroom – and other sources of electropollution in his home were identified as well.

 

Hi Katherine,

What a learning curve from Paul, my computer modem was dishing out 20,000 microwatts per square metre in my bedroom!

Since I connect to the modem by cable, he showed me how to disconnect the Wi-FI part of the router. A microwave oven is 8,000  microwatts per square metre.

Also, the office downstairs was being radiated 24/7 by the portable telephone at 20,000 microwatts per square metre!  This was a big shock its twice the level of an iphone , luckily these things drop dramatically every few feet from source.  However, the lounge above the office was being radiated through the ceiling, so that has been thrown out and a land line installed.

The “smart meter” [on the wall of his home] luckily is only pulsing every 6 hours. I know some are pulsing more regularly depending on their location. Some have to pulse to other meters in the neighbourhood and then pass it to the cell phone tower; those are more dangerous than mine.  The “smart meter”  was measured as pulsing at 3,750 microwatts per square metre. [See note below – Ed]  The electricity company is avoiding my calls as they know I want the meter removed… I’m lucky as my meter is not one of the ones that pulse more frequently, a small relief for me, but this can be deadly for children.  (In the case of the Te Horo school boy who died from a brain tumour recently his father discovered after the lad’s diagnosis that he had been sleeping with his iphone under his pillow.) Paul showed they [iphones] pulse at 10,000 microwatts per square metre when they ring or receive a txt but having it near your head for hour on end can be very unhealthy.  Now I’m educated about the levels of radiation I can make changes to avoid long term exposure, and my headaches have now gone. 

 

Editor’s comment:  The measurement of 3,750 microwatts per square metre was not taken directly at the “smart meter” but about ten metres away from the “smart meter”. (The reasons for this was that it wasn’t possible to set up the equipment at a secure location closer to the “smart meter”. )  As the interior of the wall onto which the “smart meter” was installed has had aluminium foil put up to reflect the radiation away out of the house, the reading inside the home could well have been higher had this precaution not been taken.

This contributor’s experience also shows the importance of identifying other sources of  potentially harmful EMR in a home.  Exposure to the pulsed microwave radiation from Wi-Fi can cause unpleasant symptoms for some people, such as the contributor above.  Cordless phones and their bases can produce high levels of EMR and in fact one study found that people who had  begun to use cordless phones as a child or or teenager had almost four times the brain tumour risk of people who did not use cordless phones until they were 20.  (Starting cell phone use as a child or teenager was associated with five times greater risk of brain tumours than people who did not use cell phones until they were 20 years old. See:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8606104/Mobile-phones-cause-five-fold-increase-in-brain-cancer-risk.html)

German Doctors Warn About Health Risks From Wireless Technologies

At the link below you can read a document written by a large group of medical doctors in Germany expressing their concern about how micro9wave radiation from wireless devices is adversely impacting that health of people in their medical practices.

http://www.justproveit.net/sites/default/files/prove-it/files/FREIBURGER_APPEAL.pdf

 

NB: The document has been translated from German;  at times the English is not perfect.  The message, however, is clear; these doctors have been able to trace the origin of many unpleasant symptoms in their patients to exposure to electromagnetic radiation, such as from cell phone towers, cell phone or DECT cordless phone use.

 

NB:  “Smart meters” are not in general use in Germany: See https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/germany-rejects-eu-smart-meter-plan-too-expensive-insufficient-savings/

 

 

South Canterbury Alpine Energy to begin “smart meter” roll out

The Timaru Herald has reported that South Canterbury company lines  Alpine Energy plans to roll out 36,000 “smart meters” to it customers beginning in 2014.

The company has received permission from the Commerce Commission to increase prices by 10% to fund new capital expenditure, presumably that  involved in purchasing and installing the “smart meters”.

According to the paper:

“The project, which includes installing the infrastructure and other programming, is expected to cost $14 million – or about $388 per meter – but neither Contact nor Meridian Energy would say whether the increased costs would be reflected in people’s power bills. Alpine Energy will own the meters.”

The full story may be read at this link: http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/9025489/Powercos-quiet-on-meter-cost

(By comparison, a new electromechanical meter can be purchased for around $NZ50.)

If you are in the South Canterbury area and do not want to have a  “smart meter”, please visit this link of the site:  https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/how-to-avoid-getting-a-smart-meter/

After a “smart meter” has been installed it can be very difficult to have it removed, so if you do not want a “smart meter”  please take steps to avoid its installation.

Please also sign up for the email list on www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz so that you can receive updates on the “smart meter” issue.

NB:  If you are in the South Canterbury area and would like to organise a screening of the documentary Take Back Your Power to help inform people in your community about the “smart meter” issue, please email through this link https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/contact-us/ and you will be given information  and support.

Dr Don Maisch Auckland Lecture Now Online

Dr Don Maisch (from www.emfacts.com) visited  New Zealand in November, and gave three free public lectures on “smart meters” focusing on how “smart meters” and the “smart grid” have a variety of undesirable consequences. His talk included a discussion of “smart meter”-associated health issues.

His  lecture in Remuera, Auckland was filmed by Vinny Eastwood of www.thevinnyeastwoodshow.com and the footage of the lecture may now be viewed at this link: http://youtu.be/RSJemrpM5Us

 

The Q&A section will be posted at a later date.

 

 

December 3: Take Back Your Power, Hawkes Bay!

The first Hawkes Bay screening of the highly recommended  new documentary on “smart meters”  Take Back Your Power is taking place on Tuesday, December 3.

 

Details are as follows:

7.30pm Tuesday 3rd December

Clive Hall, 162 Main Road Clive

(Hawke’s Bay)

A gold coin donation/koha is requested to help cover the cost of the hire of the hall.

 

If you are not in the Hawkes Bay, please check out this link for local screenings that are happening near you:

www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/free-screenings-of-take-back-your-power-updated/

OR see the trailer at this linkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDMYc1qlhFY  

OR stream/buy the DVD from this link: www.takebackyourpower.net

 

If you would like to arrange a screening in your area please email through the Contact form at this link and you will be sent information to help you do this. https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/contact-us/

 

December 5: Take Back Your Power, West Auckland

The first West Auckland screening of the highly recommended  new documentary on “smart meters”  Take Back Your Power is taking place on Thursday, December 5.

 

Details are as follows:

The Peasant Film Club (which regularly runs documentaries on interesting topics) will be hosting a West Auckland showing of the outstanding new documentary on “smart meters” Take Back our Power on Thursday, December 5.

The screening will take place at the premises of WEA Waitakere, 9 Henderson Valley  Rd, Henderson, West Auckland, starting at 7.30 PM.

Details and a map of the venue location may be found at this link:  http://localwatch.net.nz/peasants/

The venue seats 30 people, so if numbers are too high to accommodate everyone, there will be a repeat screening on Friday December 6.

 

If you are not in West Auckland, please check out this link for local screenings that are happening near you:

www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/free-screenings-of-take-back-your-power-updated/

OR see the trailer at this linkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDMYc1qlhFY  

OR stream/buy the DVD from this link: www.takebackyourpower.net

 

If you would like to arrange a screening in your area please email through the Contact form at this link and you will be sent information to help you do this. https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/contact-us/

Another chance to see Dr Don Maisch

Visiting electromagnetic radiation expert Dr Don Maisch, PhD gave a free public lecture on “smart meters”, including health risks in Remuera on Tuesday 26th November. The informative lecture and power point presentation included question time in which members of the public shared their experiences with smart meters, including reporting symptoms developed after  exposure to “smart meter” radiation as well as being able to ask Dr Maisch questions.

Dr Maisch will be speaking on Auckland’ North Shore on Thursday November 28th.  Details are at this link:

https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/dr-don-maisch-north-shore-talk/

 

 

The next “smart meter” related event after Dr Maisch’s talks will be the free Auckland screening of the new documentary Take Back Your Power on November 30. Please see this link for details: https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/take-back-your-power-free-auckland-screening/

 

To learn about up coming events, please join the email list for www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz and you will be emailed information.

 

Dr Don Maisch North Shore talk November 28

Dr Don Maisch, PhD from www.emfacts.com is giving a lecture on smart meters on Auckland’s North Shore on Thursday November 28.

Details for the talk are as follows:

 

Date:  Thursday November 28.

Time: 7 – 8.30 pm

Venue: Outram Hall, 478 Beach Rd, Murrays Bay, Auckland

 

A poster for this event may now be downlaoded from this link:  https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Dr-Don-Maisch-North-Shore-Poster.pdf

If you can, please print it out and put it up locally to advertise the talk.

 

For details of Dr Maisch’s other public talks, please see this link: https://stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/emr-expert-to-visit-nz/