133 Molesworth
Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
8 May 2020
Bronwyn Pullar
By email:
[FYI request #12687 email]
Ref:
H202002567
Dear Ms Pullar
Transfer of request for information to Southern District Health Board
Thank you for your request of 23 April 2020 under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
for:
“1. How many of the 343 individuals that participated in the sentinel tested on
Thursday 16 March 2020 at Five Mile in Queenstown were in the 20-29 year age
group?
2. How many of the 343 individuals that participated in the sentinel tested on
Thursday 16 March 2020 at Five Mile in Queenstown in the 20-29 year age group
were NZ residents and NZ citizens?
3. How many of the 343 individuals that participated in the sentinel tested on
Thursday 16 March 2020 at Five Mile in Queenstown in the 20-29 year age group
were foreign Nationals?
4. How many of the 343 individuals that participated in the sentinel tested on
Thursday 16 March 2020 at Five Mile in Queenstown were NZ residents and NZ
citizens?
5. How many of the 343 individuals that participated in the sentinel tested on
Thursday 16 March 2020 at Five Mile in Queenstown were foreign Nationals?
6 What is the total number of individuals that have been sentinel tested within the
Southern District Health Board region since 16 March? When and where were these
sentinel tests conducted?
7. Please provide a breakdown by age group, and by citizenship/nationality, for all
individuals sentinel tested within the Southern District Health Board region since 16
March.”
The Ministry of Health does not hold the information you have requested. However, I have
been advised that the information you have requested is more aligned with the functions of
the Southern District Health Board (SDHB)
As a result, I have decided to transfer your request to the SDHB under section 14 of the Act.
You can expect a response from the SDHB in due course.
You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to review my
decision to transfer your request for information.
Yours sincerely
Zoe Royden
Acting Manager, OIA Services
Office of the Director-General
