23 December 2021
James Graham
By email
[FYI request #17619 email]
Dear James
Re:
EXTENSION LETTER - Official Information Act request: COVID-19 positivity rate by
vaccination status in MIQ and in Auckland (ADHB Ref: 20211129-1105)
Thank you for your Official Information Act request of 18 November 2021 to the Ministry of Health
(MoH) and partial transfer (part 2 of your request) from the MoH to Auckland DHB on 29 November
2021 requesting the following information:
2. Can you please provide the total number of tests, positive test results and the positivity
rate for all COVID-19 tests taken from the three District Health Boards in the Auckland
region for the same period (18 October 2021 - 17 November 2021) broken down by
vaccination status? Please exclude any tests of returnees in MIQ or home isolation from
these figures.
Response
I am responding on behalf of the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre (NRHCC), the COVID-
19 response and vaccination team set up by the Northland, Waitematā, Auckland, and Counties
Manukau DHBs.
We are unable to provide a response within the normal timeframes due to our response to COVID-
19, as our clinicians, managers and staff are concentrating on measures to manage the current
COVID-19 Delta outbreak in the region.
Given these circumstances you will, therefore, understand that we do not currently have the
capacity to respond with our normal timeliness to OIA requests and, depending on how the outbreak
spreads, we may not have the capacity for some time to come.
Also, please note that the OIA system is on hold nationally between 24 December 2021 and 17
January 2022.
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It is therefore necessary to extend the time required to make a decision on your request for
information in accordance with section 15A of the Official Information Act. This is because the
information cannot reasonably be identified, collated or reviewed by the necessary people within 20
working days without unreasonably interfering with our operations.
We are therefore writing to notify you that we require an extension of the time and will be able to
supply the information you requested by
Monday 31 January 2022.
You are entitled to seek a review of the response by the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the
Official Information Act. Information about how to make a complaint is at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Dotchin
Acting Chief Executive
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