Kia ora S Randell,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request dated 21 February 2022 regarding:

 

+ Please provide a copy of all staff feedback received as part of the
COVID-19 Controls Policy consultation process.

 

+ Please provide all emails, minutes of meeting, documents and briefings
provided to members of the Executive Leadership Team in relation to
the decision and implementation of Stats NZ's COVID-19 Controls
Policy.

 

+ Please provide all emails, minutes of meeting, documents and briefings
relating to the development of the draft COVID-19 Office risk
assessment dated January 2022, and any further risk assessment which
has been prepared since.

 

+ Please advise the current overall COVID-19 vaccination status of Stats
NZ staff.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 21 March 2022, being 20 working days after the day
your request was received taking into account public holidays. If we are
unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an
extension of that timeframe.

 

Your request is being handled by the Office of the Government Statistician
and Chief Executive. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact
me using the details in the signature below. If additional factors come to
light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to
contact us so that these can be taken into account.

 

Kind regards,

 

Ruth Naude

Senior Advisor | Kaitohutohu Matua

Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive | Tari O Te
Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouārahi Matua
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | [1]stats.govt.nz | +64 4 931 4902 | +64
27 2359 503

 

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Tçnâ koe S Randell,

 

Official Information Act (OIA) request: Stats NZ’s COVID-19 Controls Policy

Thank you for your email dated 21 February 2022 requesting under the
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) the following:

o Please provide a copy of all staff feedback received as part of the
COVID-19 Controls Policy consultation process.
o Please provide all emails, minutes of meeting, documents and briefings
provided to members of the Executive Leadership Team in relation to
the decision and implementation of Stats NZ's COVID-19 Controls
Policy.
o Please provide all emails, minutes of meeting, documents and briefings
relating to the development of the draft COVID-19 Office risk
assessment dated January 2022, and any further risk assessment which
has been prepared since.
o Please advise the current overall COVID-19 vaccination status of Stats
NZ staff.

It may be helpful if a Stats NZ staff member, familiar with the matter of
your request, could have a phone call with you. This may help to clarify
the scope of your request and may expedite a response. As your request is
currently framed it could be very difficult to meet without substantial
collation or research.

If you agree to a phone call with a Stats NZ staff member to amend and
clarify your request, please reference your OIA request and provide a
contact phone number to this email: [1][Statistics New Zealand request email]

 

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Ruth Naude

Senior Advisor | Kaitohutohu Matua

Executive and Government Relations - Office of the Chief Executive | Tari
O Te Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouârahi Matua
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | [2]stats.govt.nz | +64 4 931 4902 | +64
27 2359 503

 

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Kia ora S Randell,

Thank you for your email and your willingness to clarify/adjust the scope of the request. As this process can encompass a lot of emailing back and forth, it would be good if I could contact you on an alternative email address to discuss the request. Can you please provide an email address that will work for you?

Thank you and look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Ruth Naude
Senior Advisor | Kaitohutohu Matua
Executive and Government Relations - Office of the Chief Executive | Tari O Te Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouārahi Matua
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz | +64 4 931 4902 | +64 27 2359 503

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-----Original Message-----
From: S Randell <[FOI #18616 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2022 2:36 pm
To: Ruth Naude <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Information relating to Stats NZ's COVID-19 Controls Policy

Dear Ruth Naude,

Thank you for your email. I would prefer to communicate by email, as phone conversations are not suitable for me. I am happy to clarify any part of my request, or adjust the scope as need be. Please let me know what I could do make it easier for my questions to be answered.

Yours sincerely,

S Randell

-----Original Message-----

Tçnâ koe S Randell,

 

Official Information Act (OIA) request: Stats NZ’s COVID-19 Controls Policy

Thank you for your email dated 21 February 2022 requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) the following:

o Please provide a copy of all staff feedback received as part of the
COVID-19 Controls Policy consultation process.
o Please provide all emails, minutes of meeting, documents and briefings provided to members of the Executive Leadership Team in relation to the decision and implementation of Stats NZ's COVID-19 Controls Policy.
o Please provide all emails, minutes of meeting, documents and briefings relating to the development of the draft COVID-19 Office risk assessment dated January 2022, and any further risk assessment which has been prepared since.
o Please advise the current overall COVID-19 vaccination status of Stats NZ staff.

It may be helpful if a Stats NZ staff member, familiar with the matter of your request, could have a phone call with you. This may help to clarify the scope of your request and may expedite a response. As your request is currently framed it could be very difficult to meet without substantial collation or research.

If you agree to a phone call with a Stats NZ staff member to amend and clarify your request, please reference your OIA request and provide a contact phone number to this email: [1][Statistics New Zealand request email]

 

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Ruth Naude

Senior Advisor | Kaitohutohu Matua

Executive and Government Relations - Office of the Chief Executive | Tari O Te Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouârahi Matua Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | [2]stats.govt.nz | +64 4 931 4902 | +64
27 2359 503

 

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Kia ora S Randell,

 

Please find attached Stats NZ’s response to your Official Information
request.

 

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Ruth Naude

Senior Advisor | Kaitohutohu Matua

Executive and Government Relations - Office of the Chief Executive | Tari
O Te Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouârahi Matua
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | [1]stats.govt.nz | +64 4 931 4902 | +64
27 2359 503

 

About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa

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Kia ora S Randell,

 

Thank you for your email and refining your request. Accordingly, we now
set out our understanding of your request, as follows, in accordance with
section 12(5) of the OIA:

Official Information Act (OIA) request: Stats NZ’s COVID-19 Controls
Policy

+ Advice and briefings provided to the Executive Leadership Team in
relation to the Stats NZ's COVID-19 Controls Policy (excluding staff
feedback in its original form). This information would still include a
summary of staff feedback, which was provided to ELT.
+ All records of the Executive Leadership Team’s discussions and
decision making relating to the COVID-19 Controls Policy.
+ Advice and briefings provided to the Executive Leadership Team in
relation to the COVID-19 Office risk assessment.
+ Key drafts and all updates of the COVID-19 Office risk assessment,
including any draft versions provided to Stats NZ by any external
providers. 
+ The current overall COVID-19 vaccination status of Stats NZ staff.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible within
the next 20 working days.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Ruth Naude

Senior Advisor | Kaitohutohu Matua

Executive and Government Relations - Office of the Chief Executive | Tari
O Te Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouârahi Matua
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | [5]stats.govt.nz | +64 4 931 4902 | +64
27 2359 503

 

About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa

Data that improves lives today and for generations to come

 

[6]Facebook | [7]Twitter | [8]LinkedIn

 

Work days: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

 

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