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PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
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10 November 2023
Erika Whittome
By email: [FYI request #24511 email]
Ref:
H2023032568
Tēnā koe Erika
Partial/Transfer of your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to Manatū Hauora
(the Ministry of Health) on 24 October 2023. You requested:
“Under schedule 3 of COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border) Order
2021, there were exemptions entitled "Exemptions from some COVID-19 provisions".
These were for various groups of people:
-Diplomatic or consular officials
-New Zealand Defence Force members returning from service
-Persons arriving on foreign military craft
-Persons with permission to arrive for humanitarian reasons
-Refugees
-Citizens of Afghanistan
Please would you share:
- the number of exemptions that were applied for under this order?
-the number of exemptions that were given?
-the above number by "types of exemption" given and by the "various groups" eg NZDF
"All COVID-19 provisions" 100 applied and 99 given.”
Manatū Hauora does not hold any information relating to your request. However, I have been
advised that this information is held by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand. For this reason, I
have decided to transfer your request to Te Whatu Ora under section 14(b)(i) of the Act. You
can expect a response from Te Whatu Ora 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:
[email address] or by cal ing 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, na
Jan Torres
Manager, OIA Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga
COPY OF OIA REQUEST
From: Erika Whit ome
<[FYI request #24511 email]>;
Received: Tue Oct 24 2023 13:16:55 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
To: OIA Requests
<[email address]>; OIA
<[email address]>;
Subject: Of icial Information request - Exemptions given by the MoH for the COVID-19 Public
Health Response (Air Border) Order 2021
Dear Ministry of Health,
Under schedule 3 of COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border) Order
2021, there were exemptions entitled "Exemptions from some COVID-19 provisions". These
were for various groups of people:
-Diplomatic or consular officials
-New Zealand Defence Force members returning from service
-Persons arriving on foreign military craft
-Persons with permission to arrive for humanitarian reasons
-Refugees
-Citizens of Afghanistan
Please would you share :
- the number of exemptions that were applied for under this order?
-the number of exemptions that were given?
-the above number by "types of exemption" given and by the "various groups" eg NZDF "Al
COVID-19 provisions" 100 applied and 99 given.
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
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