133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
20 June 2022
Chuck Schooner
By email: [FYI request #18215 email]
Ref: H202206716
Tēnā koe Chuck
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health (the Ministry) on 20 May 2022. Please find a response to each part of your request
below:
With regards to the example outlined in my initial request (H202204611) and reported
on by the NZ Herald are you able to provide in the context of his recommendation
- The Panel recommendation - personal details can be redacted
- Supporting comment by the panel for the reason this exemption was declined
Please also include 5 other examples of the reason for the application being declined
and the panels comments along with the medical professionals who supported their
application.
This part of your request is withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of
natural persons. 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.
To include in this request, of the 747 TME applications that were declined can you
please provide
- Following the declination of the exemption did anyone die within 21 days of one of
their jabs
- How many of the declined applications saw an adverse reaction that was recorded in
the Medsafe data
- Were there any adverse reactions that resulted in claims to ACC for adverse
reactions
While the Act enables people to request official information from the Ministry, there is no
obligation to create information or compile information it does not hold in order to respond to
requests. Therefore, this part of your request is refused section 18(g) of the Act as the
Ministry does not hold the information in its requested form. If you would like to make a new
refined request the Ministry would be open to answering this for you. Please note the
Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) is responsible for compensation, please contact
them for further information regarding claims they have received.
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
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