Authority forms - Covid 19 vaccinations and boosters - all products
M.R.M. made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
Response to this request is long overdue. By law Ministry of Health should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.
      From: M.R.M.
      
    
    Dear Ministry of Health,
I am requesting under the Official Information Act that you provide me with copies of the Covid 19 vaccination and booster authority forms that everyone was required to complete and sign before administration of each of their original vaccinations and subsequent boosters.
I am aware that there was a range of different Covid 19 vaccination and booster products previously available to everyone that are no longer available, as well as subsequently introduced and still currently available vaccination and booster products.
Should it be the case that there historically were, and currently are, different authority forms for the various different Covid 19 vaccination and booster products, I request that I be provided with copies of each of them.
My preference is to have the requested information provided through the FYI website.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
M.R.M.
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    Tçnâ koe
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
 Act) to Manatû Hauora (the Ministry of Health) on 7 December 2023.
Manatû 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 their agency under section 14(b)(i) of the Act. You can expect
 a response from Te Whatu Ora ([1][email address]) 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: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
 802 602.
 
 Ngâ mihi
  
 OIA Services Team
 Manatû Hauora | Ministry of Health
 [3]Ministry of Health information releases 
  
  
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    Tēnā koe, 
 
Thank you for contacting Te Whatu Ora, Health NZ. This is an automatic
 reply to confirm that we have received your email.  Depending on the
 nature of your request you may not receive a response for up to 20 working
 days.  We will try to respond to your query as quickly as possible.
 
 
Ngā mihi
 
Te Whatu Ora, Health NZ.
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    Tēnā koe,
Thank you for your email of 11 December 2023, asking for the following
 information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I am requesting under the Official Information Act that you provide me
 with
 copies of the Covid 19 vaccination and booster authority forms that
 everyone was
 required to complete and sign before administration of each of their
 original
 vaccinations and subsequent boosters.
 I am aware that there was a range of different Covid 19 vaccination and
 booster
 products previously available to everyone that are no longer available, as
 well
 as subsequently introduced and still currently available vaccination and
 booster
 products. 
 Should it be the case that there historically were, and currently are,
 different
 authority forms for the various different Covid 19 vaccination and booster
 products, I request that I be provided with copies of each of them.
 My preference is to have the requested information provided through the
 FYI
 website.
This email is to let you know that Te Whatu Ora needs more time to make a
 decision on your request.
The Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
 later than 20 working days after the day we received your request.
 Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit and we are
 therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our
 decision, to 15 February 2024
This extension is required because the consultations necessary to make a
 decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably
 be made within the original time limit.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [1][email address]
If you are not happy with this extension, you have the right to make a
 complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
 at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
 
Nāku iti noa, nā
 
 Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team
  
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      From: M.R.M.
      
    
    Dear hnzOIA,
To comply with the legal obligation to provide me with the information I requested, or to give me notice of an extension, Te Whata Ora was required to do either inside the 20 working day time-limit. Since this expired yesterday - Tuesday 30 January 2024 - your extension notice of today's date - Wednesday 31 January 2024 - is INVALID. In any event I don't accept there was any need for an extension because the requested information is readily available in your computer systems.
While Te Whata Ora is already in breach of the 20 working day time-limit, I am nonetheless giving you until close of business on Friday 1 February 2024 to provide me with all of the information I requested. Should this not happen then I will immediately complain to the Ombudsman.
Please note that I used the Ombudsman's online calculator to work out the date by which you needed to respond, or give notice of an extension. Refer https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/agen... I corrected input the request date as 11 December 2023 and the answer returned was that the 20 working day deadline fell on 30 January 2024. .
Yours sincerely,
M.R.M.
        From: hnzOIA
      
    
    Kia ora MRM,
  
 Thank you for your email.  Please note that your request was transferred
 to Te Whatu Ora by the Ministry of Health on 13 December 2023. 
  
 Section 15(1) of the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) requires
 government agencies to make their decision on requests "not later than 20
 working days after the day on which the request is received by that
 department".  As Te Whatu Ora received the request on 13 December 2023
 your response was due by 01 February 2024.
  
 In this case Te Whatu Ora has extended the deadline for a response under
 section 15A(1)(b) of the Act, 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.  We notified you
 of this before the 01 February deadline.
  
 We are endeavouring to provide the finished response to your request as
 soon as possible, and in any case no later than 15 February 2024.
  
 If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a
 complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
 at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
  
 Ngā mihi,
  
 Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team
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      From: M.R.M.
      
    
    Dear hnzOIA,
The extended deadline to provide me with the requested information has expired. I have therefore taken steps to raise a formal complaint with the Ombudsman.
I must record my dissatisfaction at the tardiness of your department in failing to comply with the provisions of the Official Information Act. I believe that this is not due to circumstances beyond your control but that this is an intentional act designed to withhold the information from public scrutiny. I will therefore request that the Ombudsman direct your department to publish the requested information on this website, which is my preference for a response.
Yours sincerely,
M.R.M.
        From: hnzOIA
      
    
    Kia ora MRM,
  
 Thank you for your request for information regarding vaccination consent
 forms received by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora on 12 December
 2023. Please find attached our response to your request.
  
 We apologise for the lateness of this response and are working to ensure
 this won't happen again in the future.
  
 If you have any questions, please get in touch at
 [1][email address].
  
 If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a
 complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
 at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
  
 Ngā mihi,
  
 Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team
  
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