133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
12 April 2021
Shanna Reeder
By email:
[FYI request #14810 email]
Ref:
H202103012
Dear Shanna Reeder
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) which was
transferred from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) on 16 March
2021 for:
“I wish to know the number of other workers, not employed by Hotels, but working in
MIQF's who are currently earning below the Living Wage.”
The Ministry of Health (the Ministry) can advise that health staf ,
not employed by hotels, in
managed isolation and quarantine facilities in Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua and Wellington do
not receive an hourly rate that is less than the living wage.
Please be advised, MBIE’s response to your request wil include information for the non-health-
based workers and who are not employed by hotels in managed isolation and quarantine
facilities.
As advised in our letter to you on 7 April 2021, we have partially transferred your request to
Canterbury District Health Board (Canterbury DHB) for their response. You can expect a
response from Canterbury DHB in due course.
I trust this information fulfils your request. Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to
ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may
be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Ministry website at:
www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/responses-official-
information-act-requests.
Yours sincerely
Shona Meyrick
Group Manager, COVID-19 Border and Managed Isolation
COVID-19 Health System Response