Kia ora

 

Thank you for taking the time to write to Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister for
COVID-19 Response, Minister of Education, Minister for the Public Sector
and Leader of the House. We are receiving a significant amount of
correspondence at the moment and, although your email will be carefully
considered and noted, it is not possible to respond to each individual
email.

 

For the latest updates on COVID-19, we encourage you to regularly check
the dedicated [1]COVID-19 and [2]Ministry of Health websites regularly.
They will be updated as soon as new information is available.

 

If your query is in regards to the COVID-19 vaccine, there are substantive
resources about our COVID-19 vaccine planning and our COVID-19 vaccine
strategy on the dedicated COVID-19 website
here: [3]https://covid19.govt.nz/health-and-wellb...
or the Ministry of Health website
here: [4]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise....

 

Please remember to take care, and be kind. We have beaten COVID-19 before,
and we can do it again.

Ngā mihi,

Office of Hon Chris Hipkins

Minister for COVID-19 Response | Minister of Education | Minister for the
Public Sector | Leader of the House | MP for Remutaka

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Kia ora Letitia,

On behalf of Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister for COVID-19 Response, thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982.

The information requested appears to be more closely associated with the functions and responsibilities of the Ministry of Health. Accordingly, I am transferring your request to the Ministry under section 14(b)(ii) of the Official Information Act 1982.

You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to review this decision to transfer your request for information.

Thank you again for writing.

Ngā mihi

Lydia Verschaffelt | Health Private Secretary
Office of Hon Chris Hipkins
Minister for COVID-19 Response | Minister of Education | Minister for the Public Service | Leader of the House
Parliament Buildings, Private Bag 18041, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: Letitia [mailto:[FOI #16116 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 18 July 2021 7:19 PM
To: C Hipkins (MIN) <[Chris Hipkins request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - PCR testing cycles used in New Zealand - Ref: OIA0256

Dear Chris Hipkins,
Could you clearly state how many cycles are run in the PCR testing procedure here in New Zealand to determine a Covid19 infection. If there is much variation in the number of cycles that are run, could you comment generally on how many are above 35 cycles and how many are below 35 cycles.

Yours faithfully,
Letitia Simon

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Kia ora Letitia

Thank you for your request which was transferred from Hon Chris Hipkins' to the Ministry of Health.

Information pertaining to your request has previously been responded to and the response is publicly available at: https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/...

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
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Ministry of Health
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lydia Verschaffelt <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, 22 July 2021 1:43 pm
To: [FOI #16116 email]
Subject: RE: Official Information request - PCR testing cycles used in New Zealand - Ref: OIA0256

Kia ora Letitia,

On behalf of Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister for COVID-19 Response, thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982.

The information requested appears to be more closely associated with the functions and responsibilities of the Ministry of Health. Accordingly, I am transferring your request to the Ministry under section 14(b)(ii) of the Official Information Act 1982.

You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to review this decision to transfer your request for information.

Thank you again for writing.

Ngā mihi

Lydia Verschaffelt | Health Private Secretary Office of Hon Chris Hipkins Minister for COVID-19 Response | Minister of Education | Minister for the Public Service | Leader of the House Parliament Buildings, Private Bag 18041, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: Letitia [mailto:[FOI #16116 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 18 July 2021 7:19 PM
To: C Hipkins (MIN) <[Chris Hipkins request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - PCR testing cycles used in New Zealand - Ref: OIA0256

Dear Chris Hipkins,
Could you clearly state how many cycles are run in the PCR testing procedure here in New Zealand to determine a Covid19 infection. If there is much variation in the number of cycles that are run, could you comment generally on how many are above 35 cycles and how many are below 35 cycles.

Yours faithfully,
Letitia Simon

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