19 April 2024
C179663
Colin Whiting
[email address]
Tēnā koe Colin,
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 19 March 2024 to the
Department of Corrections – Ara Poutama Aotearoa, requesting the fol owing information:
“…What process was used by Corrections for giving a Covid19 booster exemption to
fully vaccinated Corrections staff who returned to work, prior to the15th May 2022
after recovering from contracting Covid19, and no longer testing positive for
Covid19?
Or did these staff just remain off work until 15th May 2022, and were subsequently
included in the 220 staff who 'returned to work' after the 15th May 2022, when the
new version of the 7A Exemption was enacted?...”
Corrections needs to extend the timeframe of our response to your request by 20 working
days, pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA, as consultations necessary to make a
decision on the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit. Therefore, you can expect to receive a response to
your request by 20 May 2024. If you no longer require this information, please let us know
as soon as possible.
Please be advised that should you have any concerns regarding this response you have the
right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate our decision to extend the timeframe. Contact
details are: Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wel ington 6143.
Ngā mihi
Nic Barkley
Manager Ministerial Services
People and Capability
NATIONAL OFFICE, WELLINGTON
Mayfair House, 44 – 52 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Private Box 1206, Wellington 6140,
Phone +64 4 460 3000
www.corrections.govt.nz