21 October 2022
R S Grant
[FYI request #20776 email]
Tēnā koe R S Grant,
Your Official Information Act request, reference HNZ00005268
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health on 6 October 2022. Your request was transferred in part to Te Whatu Ora - Health
New Zealand on 19 October 2022 as the information is more closely connected with the
functions of our agencies.
You requested the following information:
2) The two relevant purposes of the information being collected, as stated in the Privacy
section of the NZ Traveller Declaration website itself, are: (a) The Ministry of Health may use
this information for contact tracing, to provide relevant public health messaging, and on
occasion to request that you complete surveys; and (b) Travel history may be used by the
Ministry of Health for contact tracing.
Please provide the number of occasions that the information provided in NZ Traveller declarations
has been used by the Ministry of Health for the purposes listed above.
Your request for this information is refused under section 18(e) of the Act as this information does
not exist or, despite reasonable efforts to locate it, cannot be found.
If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact
[email address].
If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to seek an investigation and review by
the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802 602.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Nick Allan
Interim Lead Ministerial Services
Te WhatuOra.govt.nz