Thank you for your email.

 

Please accept this as acknowledgement that your email has been received by
my office.

 

General COVID-19 information and testing

 

All the latest COVID-19 information can be found at [1]covid19.govt.nz

 

Locations of interest [2]can be found here. You can also call Healthline
free on 0800 611 116 for health advice and information, including where to
get tested.

 

We are currently in phase 3 of the response to Omicron. You can find more
information about what that means [3]here.  

 

Vaccination

 

To get your COVID-19 vaccination head
to [4]bookmyvaccine.covid19.health.nz or to the [5]Healthpoint website to
find a vaccination site near you.

 

For help with My Vaccine Pass you can call 0800 222 478 or head
to [6]mycovidrecord.health.nz to get it online.

Managed Isolation

The Government has announced its 5-step plan to re-open New Zealand
borders, commencing 27 February. Please carefully read the
steps [7]here as you may not be required to enter MIQ depending on the
date and location you wish to travel from, and visa requirements.

 

Anyone with queries regarding MIQ should contact +64 4 931 5720 if you’re
overseas (rates will apply) or 0800 476 647 if you’re in New Zealand.

You can also submit an enquiry via the [8]MIQ website.

 

Anyone with queries about changes to flights should
email [9][email address] with a copy of their original flight
ticket and their voucher, and details of the new flight number. This email
is monitored 24/7.

MIQ will continue to process [10]Emergency
Allocation and [11]Exemption requests. If you require an update on an
existing application then you can view the live status of your application
via the MIQ customer portal at any time.

Future room releases will be announced on the MIQ website and social media
platforms.

COVID-19 Protection Framework

 

If you have questions about the traffic light system, you can [12]make an
enquiry here.    

We appreciate your patience. 

Thanks again.
Authorised by Chris Hipkins MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Kia ora Ashleigh

Thank you for your request for official information, received on 5
December 2021 requesting:

“…what unions were invited to provide feedback on any draft of the
Vaccinations Order, and what union provided feedback on any draft of the
Vaccinations Order.

I also seek all correspondence between the office for the Minister of
COVID-19 Response and any person using an email domain which is identified
as being part of one of New Zealand's registered unions (including the New
Zealand Council of Trade Unions)."

I request the following documents received by your office:

- Implementing the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout to Border Workers (BEB RPT
21/002)
- Draft Cabinet Paper - Refining and Improving the elimination strategy
for COVID-19 (DPMC-2020/21-509)
- Elimination Strategy Update: Emergence of New Variants
(DPMC-2020/21-484)
- Meeting with union leaders to discuss Tier 1a Vaccine rollout
(2021-2918)
- Establishment of COVID-19 Engagement Mechanisms for Business
(DPMC-2020/21-615)
- Further advice on stronger regulatory levers to support the Covid-19
vaccine rollout to border workers (2021-2776)
- Increase in Funding for COVID-19 Response Unit Due to COVID-19
Resurgence (DPMC-2020/21-612)

I have identified a number of additional documents that haven't been
listed on the official COVID-19 website as being documents received by the
Minister of COVID-19 Response.

I would therefore like to request copies of the following documents, as
well as the reasons they have not been transparently listed as document
received by the Minister of COVID-19 Response:

- Maximising uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Tier 1 (Briefing paper
provided by the Ministry of Health, 10 February 2021).
- Briefing on Policy decisions: COVID-19 vaccination requirements for high
risk work in managed isolation, and attached "options for additional
support mechanisms for workers who are not vaccinated." (Briefing paper
provided by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, 16 April
2021)
- Briefing on COVID-19 Public Health response (Vaccinations) Order for
signature. (Briefing paper provided by the Ministry of Health, 28 April
2021).
- Briefing on COVID-19 Vaccination requirements at the Border Tranche 2
Advice (Provided by Ministry of Transport, 12 May 2021).
- Briefing on Final policy decisions required to draft amendments to
COVID-19 public health response order (Provided by Ministry of Health, 4
June 2021).
- Briefing on Further clarification on final policy decisions required to
draft the amendments to the COVID-19 public health response order
(Provided by Ministry of Health, 15 June 2021).
- Briefing on COVID-19 public health response amendment order 2021 for
signing (Provided by Ministry of Health, 8 July 2021)

To ensure transparency, can you please let me know if there are other
documents which have been received by the Minister for COVID-19 Response
which have not been published on the website?

It would also be of assistance to have a list of documents received by the
Minister of COVID-19 Response from June 2021 to December 2021.”

 

The Office has decided to extend the period of time available to respond
to your request under section 15A of the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act) as further collation is required.

You can now expect a response to your request on, or before, 19 April
2022.

You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review my decision to extend the time available to respond to your
request.

Ngâ mihi

 

 

[1]cid:image003.jpg@01D83ECB.80BE7BC0 Helena
Ryder
(Acting)
Health
Private
Secretary

Office of
Hon Chris
Hipkins   

Minister
for
COVID-19
Response |
Minister
of
Education
| Minister
for the
Public
Service |
Leader of
the House

Parliament
Buildings,
Private
Bag 18041,
Wellington
6160, New
Zealand

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[2]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160,
New Zealand

 

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Kia ora Mr Fechney,

Please find attached a response from Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister for COVID-19 Response regarding your request under the Official Information Act 1982.

Ngā mihi

Failagi Filipo | Office of Hon Chris Hipkins
Minister for COVID-19 Response | Minister of Education | Minister of the Public Service | Leader of the House
Parliament Buildings, Private Bag 18041, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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