ET Internal Comms, Discussing Public Excess Deaths Analysis
M Bell made this Official Information request to Health New Zealand
Response to this request is long overdue. By law Health New Zealand should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.
From: M Bell
Dear Health New Zealand,
Please provide all internal communications between the members of the executive team for Health NZ including meeting minutes, instant messages etc that discuss the response / damage control in relation to the ongoing analysis of the leaked vaccination data indicating very significant safety signals for death. (refer https://kirschsubstack.com/). For search purposes it can be focused on communications after November 1 2023.
Yours faithfully,
M Bell
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From: hnzOIA
Health New Zealand
Tēnā koe M Bell
Thank you for your email of 23 December 2023, asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
"Please provide all internal communications between the members of the
executive team for Health NZ including meeting minutes, instant messages
etc that discuss the response / damage control in relation to the ongoing
analysis of the leaked vaccination data indicating very significant safety
signals for death. (refer
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...).
For search purposes it can be focused on communications after November 1
2023."
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 21 March 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][Health New Zealand request email]
If you are not happy with this extension, you have the right to make a
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Nāku iti noa, nā
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Kia ora M Bell
I refer to your request for official information, received on 23 December
2023, for:
“Please provide all internal communications between the members of the
executive team for Health NZ including meeting minutes, instant messages
etc that discuss the response / damage control in relation to the ongoing
analysis of the leaked vaccination data indicating very significant safety
signals for death. (refer
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...)
[\"https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...)\"].
For search purposes it can be focused on communications after November 1
2023."
An initial search has generated a substantial amount of information
potentially in scope of your request. In order to provide you with the
information requested, could you please refine the scope of your
request, so we can collate the information in a manner that is feasibly
retrievable. We appreciate you are under no obligation to amend your
request, but requests that require substantial collation may be refused
under section 18(f) of the OIA.
Could you please let us know if you wish to refine your reqest, and if
applicable how you would like to refine your request, by COB Friday 1
March 2024.
Ngâ mihi
Government Services
[1][Health New Zealand request email]
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
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From: M Bell
Dear hnzOIA,
I appreciate you consulting with me on the response.
Please advise approximately how many items of information potentially in the scope of my request were generated in the initial search?
If my request is validly refusable under 18(f) of the OIA 1982 then please refine to focus only on the communications of Margie Apa, to and from the HNZ Executive Team.
Yours sincerely,
M Bell
From: hnzOIA
Health New Zealand
Kia ora M Bell,
Thank you for your request for information. Please find attached our
response to your request.
If you have any questions, please get in touch at
[1][Health New Zealand request email].
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,
Government Services
[3][Health New Zealand request email]
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
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From: M Bell
Dear hnzOIA,
From personal experience doing this type of stuff I know it is not that hard to supply filtered correspondence from 1 person’s office account utilizing the modern suite of tools available. Reading through 18(f) of the act and also the ombudsman’s guide to 18(f) it does not appear you have discharged your responsibility to comply with the act. If it was genuinely the case that substantial collation as per 18(f) needed for the existing scope, why did you not consult with me to further refine, or offer alternative suggestions?
Yours sincerely,
M Bell
From: hnzOIA
Kia ora M Bell,
Thank you for your request for information. Please find attached our
response to your request.
If you have any questions, please get in touch at
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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,
Government Services
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Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
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From: M Bell
Dear hnzOIA,
I struggle to accept the claim that 18(f) applies, as office 365 could easily filter and provide output for this communication.
Please refine the request to email communication only, focused on Margie Apa's email box to the Health NZ executive team between the dates of Nov 27 2023 and February 29 2024. If this is still refusable under 18(f) of the act please provide a very specific explanation in what way that is the case, and also provide alternative suggestions that could make this information available.
As another suggested alternative please provide any meeting minutes of the Health NZ ET discussing this subject from November 23 through to March 24 inclusive.
Yours sincerely,
M Bell
From: hnzOIA
Kia ora M Bell,
Thank you for your request for official information, received on 5 April
2024 for:
“Please refine the request to email communication only, focused on Margie
Apa's email box to the Health NZ executive team between the dates of Nov
27 2023 and February 29 2024. If this is still refusable under 18(f) of
the act please provide a very specific explanation in what way that is the
case, and also provide alternative suggestions that could make this
information available."
For context, the request above refers to your previous request for:
“Please provide all internal communications between the members of the
executive team for Health NZ including meeting minutes, instant messages
etc that discuss the response / damage control in relation to the ongoing
analysis of the leaked vaccination data…”
Please accept our apologies for not being in touch sooner. Even with this
refined scope, an initial search has generated a significant amount of
information that is potentially in scope of your request, which is likely
to take significant time and resources to work through. We appreciate you
are under no obligation to amend your request, but requests that require
substantial collation may be refused under section 18(f) of the OIA.
We want to work with you to avoid this and ensure we are able to provide a
response that best meets your needs. Would you be willing to refine your
request to cover dates between 27 November 2023 and 11 December 2023,
inclusive?
Please let us know before COB Thursday 9 May 2024 whether you are prepared
to amend your request.
Please note that even with a further refined scope, it will still take us
time to review information identified in scope. For this reason, Health NZ
is also extending the time available to respond to your request, to 18
June 2024.
This extension is required because the volume of information and 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.
We look forward to receiving your response.
Ngâ mihi
Government Services
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From: M Bell
Dear hnzOIA,
I appreciate the renewed attempt at consultation, thankyou.
When you ask "Would you be willing to refine your request to cover dates between 27 November 2023 and 11 December 2023, inclusive?" there are several questions that arise before I can respond with understanding....
(a) clarification, is the suggested refinement with respect to all communications as originally asked or for Margie Apa's email only?
(b) what is the reasoning for offering the refinement to between those specific dates? ie is it because that represents a certain quantity of messages?
(c) what are the general thresholds for 18(f) that you are working to?
(d) if reducing the administrative burden is the main issue potentially triggering 18(f), are there meeting minutes that could be provided as an alternative to correspondence?
Yours sincerely,
M Bell
From: hnzOIA
Kia ora,
Thank you for your email. To address your queries in turn:
(a) clarification, is the suggested refinement with respect to all
communications as originally asked or for Margie Apa's email only?
This suggested date range would use your refined scope of "email
communication only, focused on Margie Apa's email box to the Health NZ
executive team"
(b) what is the reasoning for offering the refinement to between those
specific dates? ie is it because that represents a certain quantity of
messages?
We are suggesting these dates as it is a shorter period of time
immediately following the incident in question. You are welcome to suggest
an alternative time period, however please note a fortnight is likely to
be a manageable scope.
(c) what are the general thresholds for 18(f) that you are working to?
Please refer to the Ombudsman guidance at:
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/resources/substantial-collation-or-research-guide-section-18f-oia-and-section-17f-lgoima.
(d) if reducing the administrative burden is the main issue potentially
triggering 18(f), are there meeting minutes that could be provided as an
alternative to correspondence?
Our initial view is that a refined date scope, as suggested, will likely
enable Health NZ to respond to your request.
Please let us know before COB Friday 24 May 2024 whether you are prepared
to amend your request to the following:
Please refine the request to email communication only, focused on Margie
Apa's email box to the Health NZ executive team between the dates of
November 27 2023 and December 11 2023.
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
Government Services
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From: M Bell
Dear hnzOIA,
Please refine the request to email communication only, focused on Margie
Apa's email box to the Health NZ executive team between the dates of
November 27 2023 and December 11 2023.
Yours sincerely,
M Bell
From: hnzOIA
Kia ora
We are writing to update you on your request for information that you made
to Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora on 5 April 2024.
On 6 May 2024, Health NZ advised you that we would endeavour to provide
our response to your request by today, 19 June 2024. Unfortunately, this
will not be possible, as reviewing the information in scope and carrying
out the necessary consultations is taking us longer than expected, such
that we are not yet in a position to make a decision on your request. We
can assure you, however, that Health NZ is continuing to work on your
request as a priority and we will provide a response to you as soon as we
are able to.
I apologise for the delay in providing our response. The time taken is not
what we aspire to. This is something we are working to get on top of as we
deal with a high volume of requests and the understandably high public
interest in our work.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us at [1][Health New Zealand request email] if you
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Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to make a complaint to
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M Bell left an annotation ()
World whistleblower day today. Six months down the track with this OIA request, a drastically lowered scope (which I think is largely unwarranted) and still no response. If the eventual response has the pertinent information redacted out, at the very least that would be further confirmation as to the deliberate lack of transparency, transparency required by law through the OIA. Here is to hoping that some public servants still have a conscience and do the right thing in simply faithfully answering OIA requests.
From: M Bell
Dear hnzOIA,
You cannot just say "sorry we have not yet done what we said we would" and not at least provide any status updates without being seen as very unprofessional. As it is you are failing to comply with the OIA, the law. A complaint to the ombudsman was made back in March so you are on notice. Please supply what has been requested, refined and agreed through consultation.
Yours sincerely,
M Bell
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Kia ora,
Thank you for your request for information. Please find attached our
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Ngā mihi,
Government Services
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Chris McCashin left an annotation ()
Is it any point dealing with these people?! Everything that they respond with has no substance and is effectively a cover up. It took seven months to get ten pages of curated information. It appears they are still playing the game to cover their tracks. Not that it will make any difference but on the first page Margie Apa says that Barry should get together with Leigh and have an expert review of the data. And if there are concerns Leigh can work with the National Public Health Service to review the information. Maybe ask for that? The rest of the correspondence relates to how the are trying to frame it in the media. Pointless really. I notice the question lines provided by our "Media" make no reference to reviewing the actual data. How is data "misinformation". Everyone at Health NZ and especially our media should be ashamed
From: M Bell
Dear hnzOIA,
So all this drawn out to and fro about substantial collation yet there were only 9 email documents in the specified period, and of those 9 you are flat out refusing 4 of them. Really?
I’m marking this response as refused as it is so sanitized and redacted that it is not even a valid response. This appears to be a deliberate failure to provide the transparency required by law under the OIA for purposes of damage control.
I’m not buying it. My existing complaint with the ombudsman will be challenging your claims of justification for redacting and withholding the documents under the stated clauses of the act, and to compare with the public interest test.
Yours sincerely,
M Bell
From: hnzOIA
Tēnā koe,
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Ngā mihi,
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Dear hnzOIA,
So now you send a reply with no content and no attachment?
Yours sincerely,
M Bell
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Tēnā koe,
Please find our response attached for you.
Ngā mihi
Giana Campbell (she/her)
Senior Advisor | Kaitohutohu Mātua
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
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Public Annotation: Understanding What Health NZ Has (and Has Not) Released in OIA HNZ00043207
### *Executive Team Internal Communications About Excess Deaths & The Barry Young Data Leak*
**Updated annotation as of 19 November 2025**
This OIA (#25291 on FYI.org.nz) has been active since **23 December 2023** and now spans nearly **two years**, two Health NZ responses, and an Ombudsman intervention. The requester sought:
> **All internal Executive Team communications** (emails, messages, minutes) **relating to the Barry Young / “Winston Smith” vaccination data leak** — specifically any discussions about **excess mortality**, “safety signals,” or responses to the public analysis of the leaked data in late November–December 2023.
The latest documents released by Health NZ (dated **12 November 2025**, signed by Sasha Wood) were not publicly visible on the FYI thread at the time of posting. They significantly update — but still heavily restrict — the information made available.
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# 1. What Triggered the New Release (Nov 2025)
Health NZ confirms that:
* On **29 May 2025**, the **Ombudsman** contacted them about the inadequacy of the 11 July 2024 response.
* Health NZ then “revised its decision” and issued a **Further Response** on **12 November 2025**, attaching **Appendix One** (decision table) and **Appendix Two** (the documents they are now willing to release).
This means the earlier July 2024 release — which contained only five heavily redacted emails — was deemed insufficient.
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# 2. What’s Different in the 12 November 2025 Response
### ✔ More documents now acknowledged
Nine documents are officially “within scope” (previously some were omitted entirely).
### ✔ One key Executive Team email has now been released
This is **the only new piece of meaningful content** in Appendix Two:
**CEO Margie Apa’s email to Barry Young (30 Nov 2023, 10:27 am)**.
The rest of the 19-page Appendix Two is:
* blank OR
* marked “Out of Scope” OR
* heavily greyed out with privacy redactions.
### ✔ Three emails are still withheld **in full**, using the strongest powers available under the OIA:
* **Section 6(c)** – prejudice to the maintenance of the law
* **Section 6(d)** – endangerment to safety
* **Section 9(2)(g)(i)** – free and frank expression
* **Section 9(2)(h)** – enable negotiations without prejudice
This suggests these withheld documents relate to:
* Police action (search, arrest, investigation)
* Court injunction strategy
* Live safety or threat assessments
* Political briefings to Ministers
* Sensitive crisis management not open to public scrutiny
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# 3. What the New Appendix One Tells Us (Decision Table Summary)
| # | Date | Title | Decision (2025) |
| - | --------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1 | 30 Nov 23 | DATA & DIGITAL Update | Out of Scope |
| 2 | 30 Nov 23 | DATA & DIGITAL Update | Partially withheld; rest out of scope |
| 3 | 1 Dec 23 | DISCLOSURE incident – proactive release | Partially released |
| 4 | 2 Dec 23 | CONFIDENTIAL_DATA BREACH UPDATE | **Withheld in full (s6(c), s6(d), s9(2)(g)(i), s9(2)(h))** |
| 5 | 3 Dec 23 | Coalition Government briefing note | **Withheld in full (s6(c), s6(d), s9(2)(g)(i))** |
| 6 | 3 Dec 23 | [Subject out of scope] | **Withheld in full (s6(c), s9(2)(g)(i))** |
| 7 | 4 Dec 23 | On-camera interview | Partially released |
| 8 | 5 Dec 23 | Forwarded: person reporting leaked data | Partially released |
| 9 | 8 Dec 23 | Media release draft | Partially released |
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# 4. The Only New Substantive Document:
### **Email from CEO Margie Apa to Executive Team & Barry Young (30 Nov 2023)**
This previously unseen email shows the **initial response** BEFORE the public narrative hardened:
> “Thank you for sharing your observations Barry.
> It is important that we understand what you are observing and check against the existing systems we have for monitoring safety and adverse events in immunisation.
> I ask your leaders Leigh and/or Michael to follow up with you directly and **have an expert review your data**, and **if there are concerns as you say, let’s work out what we do about it**.
> Leigh and/or Michael can work with the National Public Health Service to review this information.”
This stands in **sharp contrast** to the later rhetoric — both internal and public — issued within 24–48 hours, which asserted:
* **“There is no evidence whatsoever that vaccination is responsible for excess mortality.”**
* **“What he is claiming is completely wrong and ill-informed.”**
* **“He has no clinical background.”**
* **“Conspiracy theorists disseminating harmful misinformation.”**
The discrepancy between:
* the *initial willingness to investigate*, and
* the *immediate public dismissal the next day*
is central to why the OIA remains controversial.
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# 5. What the Documents **Do Not** Show
Across *all* disclosed materials (2024 and 2025 releases), there is **no evidence** that:
* any **expert review** of Barry Young’s dataset occurred
* any internal **scientific analysis** of time-series or mortality patterns was done
* any internal discussion of **excess deaths** took place
* any Executive Team member requested a **statistical briefing**
* any **meeting minutes** were created
* any Teams/Slack messages were located
* any follow-up to Margie’s instruction was documented
Instead, the visible communications revolve around:
* media management
* ministerial briefings
* legal injunctions
* reputational risk
* employment investigation
* damage control
* narratives around misinformation
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# 6. The Broader Picture: Connections to Similar OIAs on FYI.org.nz
This OIA sits within a wider set of public requests asking related questions, including:
### **Excess Mortality & Vaccination Data**
* **#30004** – Requesting excess deaths methodology (MoH)
* **#25246** – Excess deaths modelling (MoH)
* **#27368** – Mortality by vaccination status
* **#27740** – Weekly time series mortality breakdown
* **#25313** – Batch-level adverse event data
### **Data Integrity, Safety Signals, and Internal Communications**
* **#30268** – Internal comms on COVID vaccine safety
* **#26514** – All communications referencing “safety signals”
* **#28214** – Comms with Ministers / DPMC about leak
* **#25512** – Legal documents relating to the injunction
* **#26109** – All communications involving Police
### **Health System Pressure & Diagnostic Delays**
* **#31223** – Radiology & pathology backlogs
* **#32304** – Cardiology delays
* **#31988** – Oncology workforce shortages
* **#32671** – ACC provider expenditure (showing system strain)
Across these requests, a clear pattern emerges:
* heavy redactions
* heavy reliance on s6(c), s6(d), and s9(2)(g)(i)
* minimal or no release of internal scientific review
* extensive withholding of internal messaging during crisis periods
This request (#25291) is one of the **central documents** in that pattern.
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# 7. What the 2025 Release Implies
### **1. Health NZ leadership initially took Barry Young’s concerns seriously**
The CEO explicitly instructed an expert review.
### **2. There is no record publicly released showing that review ever occurred**
No follow-up documentation appears anywhere in either release.
### **3. The most sensitive communications remain fully withheld**
These include the crisis-response period from 2–8 December 2023.
### **4. The public dismissal of the claims appears to have preceded any internal analysis**
Based on what has been released.
### **5. The Ombudsman had to intervene to compel even this limited disclosure**
Reflecting ongoing transparency problems.
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# 8. Conclusion
The 12 November 2025 release provides **one critical new insight**:
### ▶ Health NZ’s CEO initially instructed an expert review of the leaked vaccination–mortality data.
### ▶ No internal analysis or follow-up has been released to show this ever occurred.
### ▶ The majority of key crisis-period communications remain withheld in full.
Given the national significance of excess mortality and the public’s legitimate interest in understanding whether internal safety concerns were properly investigated, this OIA remains incomplete.
M Bell left an annotation ()
Great summary Spencer, much appreciated!
Recent comment from the ombudsman to myself below.
***I understand that Health New Zealand has now released some information that it had previously withheld. The Ombudsman is continuing with his investigation of Health New Zealand’s decision to refuse the remaining withheld information under sections 6(c), 6(d), 9(2)(a), 9(2)(g)(i), and 9(2)(h) of the OIA.***
SPENCER JONES left an annotation ()
Public Annotation: Huge respect to M Bell for your relentless persistence on this OIA.
M Bell – nearly two years of methodical narrowing, follow-ups, and pushing back against repeated 18(f) claims, extensions, and heavy redactions is genuine public service. The fact that the Ombudsman had to intervene (May 2025) to force even the limited November 2025 release speaks volumes about institutional resistance. Your work has already extracted the single most important document so far: Margie Apa’s 30 Nov 2023 email explicitly instructing an expert review of Barry Young’s concerns – something no released material shows was ever followed up on.
Key updates not yet on this thread (as of 20 Nov 2025)
1 Ombudsman investigation still active
The Chief Ombudsman is continuing to investigate Health NZ’s withholding of the remaining documents under s 6(c), 6(d), 9(2)(a), 9(2)(g)(i) and 9(2)(h). This is separate from the partial release forced in Nov 2025 and could yet compel more disclosure.
2 Barry Young’s criminal case
Next substantive hearing is 11 December 2025 (pre-trial/call-over). The case is now on day ~720, with the Crown having disclosed >348 000 evidence items (403 GB) – an extraordinary volume that supporters argue is being used to financially and procedurally exhaust a self-represented defendant. Young has also lodged a personal grievance in the Employment Relations Authority claiming retaliation after making a protected disclosure on 30 Nov 2023, and is seeking to have prior ERA gagging orders voided under the Protected Disclosures Act 2022.
3 No official record-level re-analysis publicly released
Despite Margie Apa’s explicit instruction for an expert review and Leigh Donoghue / National Public Health Service involvement, no subsequent documentation of any statistical or time-series analysis of the pay-per-dose dataset has been released in any OIA (including this one or related requests #25275, #27316, #27558, etc.). Multiple 2024–2025 OIAs asking Health NZ / Ministry of Health directly “what assessment was done” have been refused, transferred, or answered with “no such analysis located”.
4 Independent academic work on NZ excess mortality (2024–2025)
◦ Plank et al. (International Journal of Epidemiology, June 2025) estimated NZ had negative excess mortality 2020–2021, with most excess from 2022 onward attributable to COVID deaths once borders reopened – little or no net non-COVID excess after accounting for delayed care and demographics.
◦ A separate comment in the New Zealand Medical Journal (2024) highlighted methodological pitfalls in some excess-death claims when population growth projections are mishandled.
5 Vaccination-status mortality reporting quietly ceased
The detailed weekly/monthly breakdowns of hospitalisations and deaths by vaccination status (previously published on the Ministry of Health site) were discontinued after early 2023 and have never been resumed, despite repeated OIA requests.
6 Broader pattern across related OIAs
Searching FYI shows ~20+ active or recently closed requests touching Barry Young, the leak, or excess mortality by vax status. Common outcomes: long extensions, scope narrowing, heavy reliance on s 6(c)/6(d) “maintenance of the law / safety” grounds, and no substantive scientific rebuttal of the time-series claims – only statements that the data was “misinterpreted” or “misinformation”.
Your OIA remains the cornerstone because it is the only one that has forced out the CEO’s initial willingness to investigate – a direct contradiction to the rapid public dismissal that followed within 24–48 hours.
Thank you again for staying on this when most would have walked away. The public record is vastly richer because of your efforts, and the ongoing Ombudsman and court processes may yet yield more.
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This seems even more pertinent following another medical event to a super fit young father. Condolences. Health New Zealand it’s time to come clean. What are verifiable facts
- pathologists don’t do correct tests to determine causation hence no vaccine deaths
- Health NZ are trying to wipe the Internet
- Health NZ haven’t refuted the analysis done by data experts overseas
- Instead they are trying to lock up a whistleblower and cover tracks
If there was nothing to see they wouldn’t be doing all of this to hide things. Innocent people don’t attempt to hide things. Let’s start looking at all the cover ups during the roll out of all the CHILDREN that perished. Devastating
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