Headquarters
New Zealand Defence Force
Defence House
Private Bag 39997
Wellington Mail Centre
Lower Hutt 5045
New Zealand
OIA-2022-4375
2 May 2022
M. Fitzgibbon
[FYI request #19170 email]
Dear M. Fitzgibbon
I refer to your request of 19 April 2022, under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA),
regarding the vaccination status of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel and
employees, as follows:
I would like a summary of the current COVID-19 vaccination status of the NZDF, both Civilian
employees, service members (Regular Force), and combined totals for both.
Please also provide each of the below as both a the actual number of people and as a
percentage figure (%); (Please provide the information displayed in tables, as a PDF file).
Please supply the actual number of:
Total number of Civilian Employees of the NZDF.
Civilian employees - Non-vaccinated.
Civilians employees - Partially vaccinated, one shot.
Civilians employees - Vaccinated, received two shots (Pfizer vaccine).
Civilians employees - Boosted (3rd shot).
Total number of NZDF Service Members (Regular Force).
Service Members - Non-vaccinated.
Service Members - Partially vaccinated, one shot.
Service Members - Vaccinated, received two shots (Pfizer vaccine).
Service Members - Boosted (received 3rd shot).
Service Members - Boosted (received 4th shot if any).
Thirdly, please also proved above service members vaccination numbers broken down by
service; Army Navy Airforce.
The NZDF does not hold all of the information requested and therefore cannot provide the
information in the format requested. For instance, the NZDF does not hold the relevant
health information for civilian staff. This part of your request is therefore declined in
accordance with section 18(e) of the OIA.
Information on the total number of civilian staff and Regular Force personnel is publicly
available in the NZDF Annual Report,1 and in reporting provided to the Foreign Affairs
1 www.nzdf.mil.nz

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Defence and Trade Select Committee.2 This part of your request is therefore declined in
accordance with section 18(d) of the OIA.
The NZDF holds the following information regarding the vaccination status of Regular Force
personnel:
Vaccination Status
Green: have met the baseline requirement of a completed primary course (2 doses) and
booster.
Amber: have completed a primary course, still due for a booster but not yet overdue (noting
that the due date is 6 months from the end of the primary course, or 90 days after
documented COVID-19 infection).
Red: either have not completed a primary course, or overdue for booster after primary
course.
Royal New Zealand Navy
Green – 1,920
Amber – 133
Red
– 245
New Zealand Army
Green – 4,113
Amber – 185
Red
– 320
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Green – 2,314
Amber – 60
Red
– 113
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the OIA, to ask an Ombudsman to review this
response to your request.
Yours sincerely
AJ WOODS
Air Commodore
Chief of Staff HQNZDF
2 https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl/foreign-affairs-defence-and-trade/tab/report