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

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You can also call Healthline free on 0800 611 116 for health advice and
information at any time.

 

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To get your COVID-19 vaccination head
to [3]bookmyvaccine.covid19.health.nz or to the [4]Healthpoint website to
find a vaccination site near you.  

Getting your booster is as important as ever. Even if you aren’t due yours
yet, book it in now at the website above.

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about what to do at Orange go
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Kia ora Chuck,

 

Thank you for your request for official information. The Minister's Office
reference number for your request is: CHOIA261

 

Your request has been logged and you can expect a reply no later than 10
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Ngā mihi,

 

[1]cid:image001.jpg@01D433B3.8E157340 Daniel
Martin
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

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Chuck Schooner
[[2]mailto:[FOI #19332 email]]

Sent: Thursday, 12 May 2022 1:18 PM

To: C Hipkins (MIN) <[3][Chris Hipkins request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - NZ Government Definition of
Informed Consent

 

Dear Chris Hipkins,

 

Can the Minister please provide the definition used by the New Zealand
Government in relation to informed consent?

 

Does a mandate directly oppose a persons ability to obtain full informed
consent associated with a medical procedure?

 

Can the Minister please provide any and all studies / information from
PFIZER that the New Zealand government has relied on that show that the
vaccine is safe and effective for the use in adult human females that are
pregnant?

 

Would the trial of 44 female rats be adequate in assessing if a medicine
was safe and effective for pregnant woman if a drug trial was undertaken
in New Zealand and should pregnant woman be told that the potential
viability of their baby is based on a study of rats?

 

Would part of the informed consent process include notifying pregnant
woman that a study of rats is what was determined if they should be
injected with the vaccine?

 

Please provide an up to date assessment of the effectiveness of the
vaccine roll-out based on Medsafe Data - since February this year there
have been more deaths from Covid-19 than all of the two years with this
pandemic.  So with New Zealand being 90% vaccinated how does the Minister
determine results of the vaccine?

 

It appears that the vaccine either doesn't work or could potentially be
the catalyst for more deaths from Covid - what papers, reports, analysis
of NZ data (not Pfizer) confirms that the vaccine has achieved anything at
all?

 

Is the Minister aware that the J & J vaccine has been taken off the shelf
- this is however due to Fauci not making money from this vaccine as
opposed to making money from Pfizer and Moderna however this is a
precursor to Pfizer being removed from the shelves due to lawsuits....

 

Why are there any requirements for vaccines / mandates at all now given it
is clear they don't work.

 

At what point will the NZ Government distance itself from the "safe and
effective" narrative , will it be when the head of Medsafe is found guilty
of malfeasance, negligence.

 

The walls are closing in, and like overseas when the dominos start to fall
I suggest the Minister will probably need to lawyer up - you can stop this
madness now - remove any and all advertising that says this vaccine is
safe - your own Medsafe data directly contradicts this.

 

Yours faithfully,

Chuck

 

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Dear Chuck

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA request of 12 May 2022.

 

 

Kind regards

Lana

 

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Dear Chuck,

 

Response to your request for official information

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) on 12 May 2022 for:

 

              “1) Can the Minister please provide the definition used by
the New Zealand Government in relation to informed consent?

              2) Does a mandate directly oppose a person’s ability to
obtain full informed consent associated with a medical procedure”

 

While I am unable to provide specific legal advice, I hope you find the
following information useful.

 

For the purposes of health and disability services, the Code of Health and
Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) specifies that every
person undergoing a health procedure has the rights that are set out in
the Code including the right to make an informed choice and to give
informed consent to any procedure, except where any enactment, or the
common law. Or any other provision of the Code provides otherwise. The
requirements of informed consent are at the heart of the Code and trigger
a number of other rights in the Code (Rights 5, 6 and 7).

 

The Code provides that all persons must be presumed to be competent to
make informed choices and give informed consent, unless there are
reasonable grounds for believing they are not competent.

 

Included in the right to be fully informed is the right to an explanation
of the options available, including an assessment of the expected risks,
side effects, benefits of each option. A person can only give informed
consent if they have been fully informed about the procedure.

 

As has been found in legislation relating to Orders under the Covid-19
Public Health Response Act 2020, even where there are mandatory
requirements in Orders, these are not inconsistent with the requirements
for informed consent. Persons can also make informed decisions knowing the
consequences if they do not consent to medical treatment (such as
vaccination or testing).

 

The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 provides that every person has the
right not to be subjected to ‘medical or scientific experimentation’
without that person’s consent and everyone has the right to refuse to
undergo any medical treatment.

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [email address] or by calling 0800 802
602.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

[1]cid:image001.jpg@01D433B3.8E157340 Daniel
Martin
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

 

 

From: Daniel Martin
Sent: Thursday, 12 May 2022 1:33 PM
To: '[FOI #19332 email]'
<[FOI #19332 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - NZ Government Definition of
Informed Consent - OIA0716 (CHOIA261)

 

Kia ora Chuck,

 

Thank you for your request for official information. The Minister's Office
reference number for your request is: CHOIA261

 

Your request has been logged and you can expect a reply no later than 10
June 2022 as required under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

[2]cid:image001.jpg@01D433B3.8E157340 Daniel
Martin
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

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Chuck Schooner
[[3]mailto:[FOI #19332 email]]

Sent: Thursday, 12 May 2022 1:18 PM

To: C Hipkins (MIN) <[4][Chris Hipkins request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - NZ Government Definition of
Informed Consent

 

Dear Chris Hipkins,

 

Can the Minister please provide the definition used by the New Zealand
Government in relation to informed consent?

 

Does a mandate directly oppose a persons ability to obtain full informed
consent associated with a medical procedure?

 

Can the Minister please provide any and all studies / information from
PFIZER that the New Zealand government has relied on that show that the
vaccine is safe and effective for the use in adult human females that are
pregnant?

 

Would the trial of 44 female rats be adequate in assessing if a medicine
was safe and effective for pregnant woman if a drug trial was undertaken
in New Zealand and should pregnant woman be told that the potential
viability of their baby is based on a study of rats?

 

Would part of the informed consent process include notifying pregnant
woman that a study of rats is what was determined if they should be
injected with the vaccine?

 

Please provide an up to date assessment of the effectiveness of the
vaccine roll-out based on Medsafe Data - since February this year there
have been more deaths from Covid-19 than all of the two years with this
pandemic.  So with New Zealand being 90% vaccinated how does the Minister
determine results of the vaccine?

 

It appears that the vaccine either doesn't work or could potentially be
the catalyst for more deaths from Covid - what papers, reports, analysis
of NZ data (not Pfizer) confirms that the vaccine has achieved anything at
all?

 

Is the Minister aware that the J & J vaccine has been taken off the shelf
- this is however due to Fauci not making money from this vaccine as
opposed to making money from Pfizer and Moderna however this is a
precursor to Pfizer being removed from the shelves due to lawsuits....

 

Why are there any requirements for vaccines / mandates at all now given it
is clear they don't work.

 

At what point will the NZ Government distance itself from the "safe and
effective" narrative , will it be when the head of Medsafe is found guilty
of malfeasance, negligence.

 

The walls are closing in, and like overseas when the dominos start to fall
I suggest the Minister will probably need to lawyer up - you can stop this
madness now - remove any and all advertising that says this vaccine is
safe - your own Medsafe data directly contradicts this.

 

Yours faithfully,

Chuck

 

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Kia ora Chuck,  

  

Thank you for your request for official information. The Ministry's
reference number for your request is: H202207293.  

  

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. If you'd like to calculate the
timeframe, you can use the Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/ 

  

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significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. If
we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we will
notify you of an extension of that time frame. 

  

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get in touch. 

Ngā mihi 

  

OIA Services Team 

  

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Kia ora Chuck,

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) on 30 May 2022 for:

 

“… the definitions of
- coercion
- blackmail
- Hobson’s choice
It has recently been announced a second booster would be made available to
vulnerable groups (conspiracy theorists said this!). As at todays date
there are 18 serious side effects per Medsafe reporting. In line with the
definition of informed consent can you confirm that people looking to get
boosters and / or their fourth dose are made aware of all of these
potential side effects along with a warning that they could potentially
die given this gene therapy has killed people.
Please provide informed consent paperwork (if any) and or if I was to walk
into a pharmacy having not read a Medsafe report I’m assuming the
vaccinator will verbally inform me of the eighteen serious side effects
that Medsafe are monitoring?
If this is not completed why not?
If persons are not informed of these side effects then this doesn’t meet
the definition of informed consent per what you provided? Yes or No
With regard to the benefits latest Pfizer documentation has confirmed 12%
efficacy in the first week with a waning from there. Can you also confirm
per Pfizer’s documents that people are notified that there a limited
benefits as per the informed consent definition?”

 

Minister Verrall does not hold any information relating to your request;
however, I have been advised that this information is held by the Ministry
of Health (The Ministry). For this reason, I have decided to transfer your
request to the Ministry under section 14 of the Act. You can expect a
response from the Ministry in due course. 

 

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

 

Daniel Martin

Health Private Secretary | Office of Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall

Minister for COVID-19 Response

Minister of Research, Science and Innovation
Minister for Seniors

Associate Minister of Health

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

 

 

 

 

From: Daniel Martin
Sent: Thursday, 12 May 2022 1:33 PM
To: '[FOI #19332 email]'
<[FOI #19332 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - NZ Government Definition of
Informed Consent - OIA0716 (CHOIA261)

 

Kia ora Chuck,

 

Thank you for your request for official information. The Minister's Office
reference number for your request is: CHOIA261

 

Your request has been logged and you can expect a reply no later than 10
June 2022 as required under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

[2]cid:image001.jpg@01D433B3.8E157340 Daniel
Martin
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

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Chuck Schooner
[[3]mailto:[FOI #19332 email]]

Sent: Thursday, 12 May 2022 1:18 PM

To: C Hipkins (MIN) <[4][Chris Hipkins request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - NZ Government Definition of
Informed Consent

 

Dear Chris Hipkins,

 

Can the Minister please provide the definition used by the New Zealand
Government in relation to informed consent?

 

Does a mandate directly oppose a persons ability to obtain full informed
consent associated with a medical procedure?

 

Can the Minister please provide any and all studies / information from
PFIZER that the New Zealand government has relied on that show that the
vaccine is safe and effective for the use in adult human females that are
pregnant?

 

Would the trial of 44 female rats be adequate in assessing if a medicine
was safe and effective for pregnant woman if a drug trial was undertaken
in New Zealand and should pregnant woman be told that the potential
viability of their baby is based on a study of rats?

 

Would part of the informed consent process include notifying pregnant
woman that a study of rats is what was determined if they should be
injected with the vaccine?

 

Please provide an up to date assessment of the effectiveness of the
vaccine roll-out based on Medsafe Data - since February this year there
have been more deaths from Covid-19 than all of the two years with this
pandemic.  So with New Zealand being 90% vaccinated how does the Minister
determine results of the vaccine?

 

It appears that the vaccine either doesn't work or could potentially be
the catalyst for more deaths from Covid - what papers, reports, analysis
of NZ data (not Pfizer) confirms that the vaccine has achieved anything at
all?

 

Is the Minister aware that the J & J vaccine has been taken off the shelf
- this is however due to Fauci not making money from this vaccine as
opposed to making money from Pfizer and Moderna however this is a
precursor to Pfizer being removed from the shelves due to lawsuits....

 

Why are there any requirements for vaccines / mandates at all now given it
is clear they don't work.

 

At what point will the NZ Government distance itself from the "safe and
effective" narrative , will it be when the head of Medsafe is found guilty
of malfeasance, negligence.

 

The walls are closing in, and like overseas when the dominos start to fall
I suggest the Minister will probably need to lawyer up - you can stop this
madness now - remove any and all advertising that says this vaccine is
safe - your own Medsafe data directly contradicts this.

 

Yours faithfully,

Chuck

 

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[5][FOI #19332 email]

 

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Kia ora Chuck, 

Thank you for your request for official information which was transferred
from the Office of Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall and received by the Ministry of
Health on 29 June 2022. The Ministry’s reference number for your request
is H202207293.

    

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endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
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timeframe, you can use the Ombudsman's online calculator
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we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we will
notify you of an extension of that time frame.  

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get in touch.  

Ngā mihi 

  

OIA Services Team 

M[2]inistry of Health information releases 
U[3]nite against COVID-19 

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Kia ora Chuck,

 

Please find attached a response regarding your request for information.

 

Ngā mihi 

  

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Please find attached a response regarding your request for information.

 

Ngā mihi 

  

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