133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
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New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
12 December 2023
Ryan
By email: [FYI request #25121 email]
Ref:
H2023033869
Tēnā koe Ryan
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 10 December 2023. You requested:
1.
Please provide information under the act anticipated within Report #47 with update as
to why we have had no data to allay our concerns for so long and then provide, to the
latest date available, if not to the present day, information to show how many injected
in total died within 21 days of any cause from Dose 1, Dose 2, Dose 3, Dose 4, Dose 5
et al - please provide number injected and number dead in table form broken into age
brackets as per the Medsafe report #46 tables 6, 7 & 8 - no need to provide the
background data as we now have this.
2.
Please provide information to clarify the cumulative total injected with Dose 1 as there
is discrepancy between the 4,350,651 injected as stated in the above mentioned
Medsafe report #46 and the Te Whatu Ora current published statistics as at Friday 1st
December 2023 being 4,032,197 which indicates 318,454 doses less than stated in the
Medsafe total published a year earlier - please clarify which record is correct with
statistics quoted from
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tewhatuora
.govt.nz%2Four-health-system%2Fdata-and-statistics%2Fcovid-vaccine-
data%2F&data=05%7C02%7Coiagr%40health.govt.nz%7Ce0f1d69844d04847521808
dbf91d06ee%7C23cec7246d204bd19fe9dc4447edd1fa%7C0%7C0%7C63837767530
0088109%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzI
iLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Zfo%2BOnb%
2Baw9QfCtDfn6nS5IFvXo06d6N45Eei8L9gog%3D&reserved=0
3.
Medsafe report #46 states 4,185,404 were injected with Dose 2 by 30th September
2022 but Te Whatu Ora says cumulative total for Dose 2 is just 3,985,395 up to &
including 1st December 2023 creating a shortfall in latest data of 200,009 - please
clarify which record is correct and the reasons for discrepancy.
4.
Please provide in table format, the latest data for the next tier of reporting for the
‘number of days’ in which people died from any cause following vaccination - such as
those who died within 30 days 45 days 60 days and 120 days et al as well based on
data held by the various govt departments.
5.
Report #46 from Medsafe to 30th Sept 2022 stated 2,733,743 were injected with Dose
3 and that by 1st December 2023 that number had risen to 2,775,685 meaning the
uptake of Dose 3 across the 14 months was 41,942 - please release the month-by-
month statistics in relation to Dose 3 showing number injected and how many deaths
from any cause within 21 days, 30 days and 60 days of taking a covid injection.
6.
Regarding vaccine exemptions - according to Medsafe report #46 it appears there was
a shortfall of 165,247who were injected with Dose 1 but did not go on to get Dose 2 by
30th Sept 2022 and by 1st December 2023 there were stil 46,802 who had one dose
but not a second - please provide information on how many sought and how many
received vaccine exemptions based on adverse events to Dose 1 and also provide any
and all findings into the health outcomes for this cohort who clearly started the
treatment but for some reason did not take the second dose which was an accepted
follow up for anyone taking the first dose.
7.
Please provide information showing how many covid vaccine exemptions were applied
for, and how many were granted to individual persons acting as PCBU as a cumulative
total & the date range in which they were provided.
8.
Regarding the covid vaccine data - please provide information showing how many
vaccinated with any dose are now listed as dead / deceased based on the most current
data held as a cumulative total along with the background rate of how many people
have died in New Zealand since April 2021 to the same most current date period.
I am advised that this information is more closely connected with the functions of Te Whatu Ora
– Health New Zealand. For this reason, I have decided to transfer your request in full to Te
Whatu Ora under section 14(b)(ii) 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
Alex Fuller
(Acting) Manager, OIA Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga
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COPY OF OIA REQUEST
From: Ryan
<[FYI request #25121 email]>;
Received: Sun Dec 10 2023 14:12:10 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
To: OIA Requests
<[email address]>; OIA
<[email address]>;
Subject: Of icial Information request - Covid-19 Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting
Attention Ministry of Health New Zealand and Te Whatu Ora and Health New Zealand and
Susan Kenyon for Medsafe
On 14th December 2022 Medsafe published report #46 in relation to Adverse Events following a
covid-19 vaccination.
https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/safety-report-46.asp
Contained within the published data were tables 6, 7 & 8 showing the numbers who died from
any cause within 21 days of being injected and split into tables by age and dose showing
cumulative totals for deaths following Doses 1, 2 and 3 for each age grouping.
Despite Te Whatu Ora website directing us to current information in regard to obvious and
widespread concerns around safety & side effects of the covid injections, there has been no
further update to these statistics that only report up to and including 30 September 2022 and I
quote these numbers from the report specifically as follows:
Dose 1 = 4,350,651 injected - 1114 dead within 21 days of injection
Dose 2 = 4,185,404 injected - 1147 dead within 21 days of injection.
Dose 3 = 2,733,743 injected - 972 dead within 21 days of injection
1. Please provide information under the act anticipated within Report #47 with update as to
why we have had no data to allay our concerns for so long and then provide, to the latest
date available, if not to the present day, information to show how many injected in total
died within 21 days of any cause from Dose 1, Dose 2, Dose 3, Dose 4, Dose 5 et al -
please provide number injected and number dead in table form broken into age brackets
as per the Medsafe report #46 tables 6, 7 & 8 - no need to provide the background data as
we now have this.
2. Please provide information to clarify the cumulative total injected with Dose 1 as there is
discrepancy between the 4,350,651 injected as stated in the above mentioned Medsafe
report #46 and the Te Whatu Ora current published statistics as at Friday 1st December
2023 being 4,032,197 which indicates 318,454 doses less than stated in the Medsafe total
published a year earlier - please clarify which record is correct with statistics quoted from
https:/ aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tewhatuora.go
vt.nz%2Four-health-system%2Fdata-and-statistics%2Fcovid-vaccine-
data%2F&data=05%7C02%7Coiagr%40health.govt.nz%7Ce0f1d69844d04847521808dbf
91d06ee%7C23cec7246d204bd19fe9dc4447edd1fa%7C0%7C0%7C63837767530008810
9%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik
1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Zfo%2BOnb%2Baw9QfCtDfn
6nS5IFvXo06d6N45Eei8L9gog%3D&reserved=0
3. Medsafe report #46 states 4,185,404 were injected with Dose 2 by 30th September 2022
but Te Whatu Ora says cumulative total for Dose 2 is just 3,985,395 up to & including 1st
December 2023 creating a shortfall in latest data of 200,009 - please clarify which record is
correct and the reasons for discrepancy.
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4. Please provide in table format, the latest data for the next tier of reporting for the ‘number
of days’ in which people died from any cause following vaccination - such as those who
died within 30 days 45 days 60 days and 120 days et al as well based on data held by the
various govt departments.
5. Report #46 from Medsafe to 30th Sept 2022 stated 2,733,743 were injected with Dose 3
and that by 1st December 2023 that number had risen to 2,775,685 meaning the uptake of
Dose 3 across the 14 months was 41,942 - please release the month-by-month statistics in
relation to Dose 3 showing number injected and how many deaths from any cause within
21 days, 30 days and 60 days of taking a covid injection.
6. Regarding vaccine exemptions - according to Medsafe report #46 it appears there was a
shortfall of 165,247who were injected with Dose 1 but did not go on to get Dose 2 by 30th
Sept 2022 and by 1st December 2023 there were stil 46,802 who had one dose but not a
second - please provide information on how many sought and how many received vaccine
exemptions based on adverse events to Dose 1 and also provide any and all findings into
the health outcomes for this cohort who clearly started the treatment but for some reason
did not take the second dose which was an accepted follow up for anyone taking the first
dose.
7. Please provide information showing how many covid vaccine exemptions were applied for,
and how many were granted to individual persons acting as PCBU as a cumulative total &
the date range in which they were provided.
8. Regarding the covid vaccine data - please provide information showing how many
vaccinated with any dose are now listed as dead / deceased based on the most current
data held as a cumulative total along with the background rate of how many people have
died in New Zealand since April 2021 to the same most current date period.
Please provide all information in relation to each of these 8 points in a timely manner as
soon as available within the statutory period provided for under the Official Information
Act as a matter of utmost urgency being of huge public interest and given the growing
concern around the world over whether the vaccine rollout caused harm so the release of
this data is absolutely necessary for transparency and accountability evident by the many
unanswered questions.
Regards - Ryan
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