Kia ora Michael,

 

Thank you for your request for official information received on 8 October
2021 for:

 

"I'm a Deaf programmer and found you share valuable COVID-19 Data on
GitHub
[1]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...

Our NZ Deaf Community cares a lot about each other but we feel left out
during investigations. Most COVID stats are compared by location and
ethnicity but not by us, by Deaf people.

We would like to encourage more Deaf people to get vaccinated. To achieve
the 90% goal. We are a minority and understand NZSL best (New Zealand Sign
Language). That said, can you please pass this further to the IT
development?

The idea here is not to share API data only by ethnicity but also by
language and Deaf people (NZSL). This will help everyone of us to
prioritise our actions to achieve this big goal, to vaccinate Aotearoa by
90% including Deaf people left out by media.”

 

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202114668.

 

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 8 November 2021, being
20 working days after the day your request was received.

 

Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. If
we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we will
notify you of an extension of that time frame.

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

E: [2][email address]

 

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Kia ora Michael,

 

Thank you for your correspondence on 8 October 2021 for:

 

Our NZ Deaf Community cares a lot about each other but we feel left out
during investigations. Most COVID stats are compared by location and
ethnicity but not by us, by Deaf people.

 

We would like to encourage more Deaf people to get vaccinated. To achieve
the 90% goal. We are a minority and understand NZSL best (New Zealand Sign
Language). That said, can you please pass this further to the IT
development?

 

The idea here is not to share API data only by ethnicity but also by
language and Deaf people (NZSL). This will help everyone of us to
prioritise our actions to achieve this big goal, to vaccinate Aotearoa by
90% including Deaf people left out by media

 

Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Health does
not hold a definitive data set of people who are deaf or use NZSL so we
cannot create a list of deaf people who are vaccinated.  There is
currently some cross government work using the Integrated Data
Infrastructure held by Statistics New Zealand to analyse various cohorts. 
Your suggestion has been passed onto this group to consider if it’s
possible and fits in with their priorities.

 

Thank you for writing to the Ministry.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

E: [email address]

 

 

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