5 December 2023
Erika Whittome
[FYI request #24511 email]
Tēnā koe Erika,
Your request for Official information, reference: HNZ00031705
Thank you for your email on 10 November 2023, asking for the following under the Of icial
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“Under schedule 3 of COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border) Order
2021, there were exemptions entitled "Exemptions from some COVID-19 provisions".
These were for various groups of people:
-Diplomatic or consular officials
-New Zealand Defence Force members returning from service
-Persons arriving on foreign military craft
-Persons with permission to arrive for humanitarian reasons
-Refugees
-Citizens of Afghanistan
Please would you share :
- the number of exemptions that were applied for under this order?
-the number of exemptions that were given?
-the above number by "types of exemption" given and by the "various groups" eg NZDF "Al
COVID-19 provisions" 100 applied and 99 given.”
I am refusing your request under section 18(g) of the Act as the information you have requested is
not held by Te Whatu Ora and we have no grounds to believe that the information is held by
another entity subject to the Act.
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Nāku iti noa, nā
Michael Cleary
Acting OIA Manager
Government Services
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz