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[IN-CONFIDENCE]

Kia ora

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 which was received on Friday, 25 February 2022, copied below. A response will be provided in accordance with the Act.

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Ngā mihi,

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial and Business Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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From: Jeremy Nimmo <[FYI request #18687 email]>
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2022 8:43 pm
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Changes to mask/face covering requirements

I have been informed by the Ministry of Health that the changes to face covering requirements that imposed additional costs on poor and working-class New Zealanders were not actually motivated by public health concerns (c.f. https://fyi.org.nz/request/18410-changes... ).

They have suggested that they have forwarded a request to you for all communications, advice, reports, notes, agendas, meeting attendance lists, minutes, and decision documents relating to:
1) The decision to ban the use of bandanas and other facial coverings that can be utilized at low or no cost for protection in areas where masks are required, as an equivalent substitute for commercial masks, despite the fact that numerous scientific studies have proven they are more effective than the masks the MoH suggests citizens buy from Foodstuffs and Woolworths (c.f.doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.8168).

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Kia ora koe,

 

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial and Business Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E    [1][DPMC request email]
 
 
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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Kia ora Jeremy,

 

Thank you for your follow-up emails of 23 and 27 March 2022 regarding your
request.

 

Please find attached a copy of our response to your request for reference.

 

As per our response, the Cabinet paper COVID-19 Protection Framework:
Updates to Red settings was found to be within scope of your request.

 

We advised that this Cabinet paper will be published on Unite Against
COVID-19 website shortly. There are various steps involved prior to the
publication of information on the website including the assessment and
preparation of the information for release and consultation with relevant
parties.

 

The document is awaiting final approvals before we can prepare it for
publishing. We are working towards it being published around mid-April.

 

As advised, the document will be released on the Unite Against COVID-19
website:

[1]covid19.govt.nz/about-our-covid-19-response/proactive-releases.

 

This is the central repository for COVID-19 related releases, as opposed
to the DPMC website referenced in your email.

 

The link provided in your email dated 27 March 2022 links to a
published Official Information Act reply. This response was published on
23 April
2021: [2]dpmc.govt.nz/publications/response-official-information-act-request-oia-202021-0214-request-relating-covid-19.
It is not connected to the material referenced in your request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial and Business Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E    [3][DPMC request email]
 
 
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