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Kia ora Chuck,

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Schooner <[FOI #19110 email]>
Sent: Monday, 11 April 2022 11:59 am
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Entry Requirements into New
Zealand

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

 

Please see the attached OIA to the Immigration Minister.

[3]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...

 

As per my additional request please provide the Public Health
recommendations as follows.

 

As per Government policy

 

- non-New Zealand citizens including New Zealand permanent residents need
proof of vaccination to enter NZ

- non-New Zealand citizens who are transiting New Zealand require proof of
vaccination

- foreign air crew arriving in New Zealand require proof of vaccination

 

Proof of vaccination is not required for refugees or people entering from
Ukraine amongst other groups - can you please provide all documentation
collaborating with the immigration minister relating to the following

 

- Documents, reporting, risk assessments and recommendations as to why the
above groups are required to have proof of vaccination - is it a perceived
higher risk? Please provide the public health recommendation for this
group of people requiring vaccination

- Documents, reporting, risk assessments and recommendations as to why
refugees and people from Ukraine ARE NOT required to have proof of
vaccination - is it a perceived lower risk? Please provide the public
health recommendation for this group of people and why the don't require
vaccination.

 

If the above has not been done then why not? Surely refugees and people
from Ukraine would then fall under the category of non-New Zealand
citizens entering in New Zealand who require vaccination and so the
category of people is the same?

 

Yours faithfully,

Chuck

 

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Kia ora Chuck, 

 

Thank you for your request for official information, received on 11 April
2022 requesting: 

 

“As per my additional request please provide the Public Health
recommendations as follows. 

 

As per Government policy 

 

- non-New Zealand citizens including New Zealand permanent residents need
proof of vaccination to enter NZ 

- non-New Zealand citizens who are transiting New Zealand require proof of
vaccination 

- foreign air crew arriving in New Zealand require proof of vaccination 

 

Proof of vaccination is not required for refugees or people entering from
Ukraine amongst other groups - can you please provide all documentation
collaborating with the immigration minister relating to the following 

 

- Documents, reporting, risk assessments and recommendations as to why the
above groups are required to have proof of vaccination - is it a perceived
higher risk? Please provide the public health recommendation for this
group of people requiring vaccination 

- Documents, reporting, risk assessments and recommendations as to why
refugees and people from Ukraine ARE NOT required to have proof of
vaccination - is it a perceived lower risk? Please provide the public
health recommendation for this group of people and why the don't require
vaccination. 

 

If the above has not been done then why not? Surely refugees and people
from Ukraine would then fall under the category of non-New Zealand
citizens entering in New Zealand who require vaccination and so the
category of people is the same?.” 

 

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to respond to your request under section 15A of the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act) as further consultation is required. 

 

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2022. 

 

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Ngâ mihi

 

OIA Services Team

 

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Kia ora Chuck,

 

Please find attached a response regarding your request for information.

 

Ngā mihi 

  

OIA Services Team 

  

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