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COVID-19 Risk Assessment

Peter Russell made this Official Information request to Department of Conservation

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From: Peter Russell

Dear Department of Conservation,

According to your website: "As part of the policy development process, DOC undertook a risk assessment of the measures needed to best protect staff from the risks posed by COVID-19. This is required by health and safety law and is an expectation of all government agencies."

I request a copy of the risk assessment.

Yours faithfully,

Peter Russell

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Department of Conservation

Kia ora Peter

Thank you for your official information request to the Department of
Conservation.
Your reference number is OIAD-1972.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and no
later than 18/05/2022, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
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If you have any queries email us at [1][email address]. 

Ngā mihi

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From: Harry Maher
Department of Conservation

Attachment DOC COVID 19 Risk Assessment Third Review 30 March 2022 DOC 6966080.pdf
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Attachment OIAD 1972 Response Russell DOC 6987365 1.docx
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Kia ora

 

Please find attached the response to your query of 19 April 2022

 

 

Harry Maher

Director, Health & Safety

Department of Conservation

 

027 6915107

 

 

 

 

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From: Peter Russell

Dear Harry Maher,

The information you provided does not include an assessment of how requiring workers and visitors to "hold a My Vaccine Pass (vaccination only)" minimised the risk of people becoming infected by SARS-Cov-2 (erroneously referred to as COVID-19).

Your reply indicates a heavy reliance on Ministry of Health advice and states that "the risk assessment determined that vaccination against Delta... presented a higher level of protection as a control measure and significantly moved the profile of risk down in terms of likelihood of transmission and severity of consequence." It goes on to state confidently that "the control measures implemented have been effective and fit for purpose."

Such confident conclusions must have been backed by solid data. I require you to provide all the data used by the Department to reach those conclusions.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Russell

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Kia ora Peter

Thank you for your official information request to the Department of
Conservation, received on 16/01/2023. 

Your reference number is OIAD-2710.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and no
later than 15/02/2023, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries email us at [1][email address]. 

Ngā mihi

Government Services

Department of Conservation

Te Papa Atawhai

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be used to provide you with a response to, and communicate with you about,
your request. Records are retained, used and disposed of in accordance
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From: Harry Maher
Department of Conservation

Attachment DOC risk assessment transmission of COVID 19 in the workplace DOC 6873027.pdf
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Attachment OIAD 2710 Response Russell DOC 7251863 1.docx
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Good morning Mr Russell

Response to your request of 16 January is attached as the MS Word document. The response refers to an additional document, which is also attached as a PDF.

Harry Maher
Director - Health, Safety & Security
Department of Conservation

027 6915107

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