Kia ora,

Thank you for your Official Information Act request to the Ministry of Defence. The New Zealand Defence Force is a separate agency to the Ministry and NZDF is best-placed to respond to your queries. The attached letter transfers your request, and NZDF will respond to you directly.

Kind regards

Adrian MacGregor
Managing Principal, Ministry of Defence

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From: Jonty Piers [mailto:[FOI #21966 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 2 March 2023 1:57 a.m.
To: Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Entry Requirements Covid 19 Vaccine

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Dear Ministry of Defence,

The Defence Careers website states entry requirements include x 2 covid-19 vaccines, yet many other jurisdictions like Canada and soon to be USA are abandoning thos requirement.

Does the New Zealand armed forces still impose a mandatory covid-19 vaccine requirement for all new recruits as of 01/03/2023. If so, are you looking into abandoning this position or is this the long term positioning on requirements into the armed forces.

Yours faithfully,

B Stevenson

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Good afternoon B Stevenson
Your request below has been received and a response to your request will be provided no later than 30 March 2023. Responses to requests for information that are considered to be in the wider public interest will be published on the New Zealand Defence Force website (www.nzdf.mil.nz).

Regards

Corporate and Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force | Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa
www.nzdf.mil.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonty Piers [mailto:[FOI #21966 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 2 March 2023 1:57 a.m.
To: Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Entry Requirements Covid 19 Vaccine
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Dear Ministry of Defence,

The Defence Careers website states entry requirements include x 2 covid-19 vaccines, yet many other jurisdictions like Canada and soon to be USA are abandoning thos requirement.

Does the New Zealand armed forces still impose a mandatory covid-19 vaccine requirement for all new recruits as of 01/03/2023. If so, are you looking into abandoning this position or is this the long term positioning on requirements into the armed forces.

Yours faithfully,

B Stevenson

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #21966 email]

Is [Ministry of Defence request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Ministry of Defence? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

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Good morning B Stevenson
 
Please find attached the response to your OIA request of 2 March 2023.
 
 
 
Regards
 
Corporate and Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force
[1]www.nzdf.mil.nz
 
 
 
 
 
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