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15 March 2022
Oscar
By email: [FYI request #18091 email]
Ref:
H202200219
Tēnā koe Oscar
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 3 January 2022.
You specifically requested:
“Copy's of all correspondence within the Ministry of Health regarding the MIQ rule's
broken by Robert Etheridge.
Copy's of any written correspondence between the Ministry of Health (any staff member)
and Robert Etheridge or his staff/managers.
Copy's of all correspondence with any other government agencies in regards to the MIQ
rule's broken by Robert Etheridge.”
The information you have requested is withheld in its entirety under section 9(2)(h) of the Act to
maintain legal professional privilege. I have considered the countervailing public interest in
release in making this decision and consider that it does not outweigh the need to withhold at
this time.
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Jan Torres
Acting Manager, OIA Services
Office of the Director-General