Kia ora, 

 

The OIA team at Manatū Hauora is currently on holiday break. We will
return on 8 January 2024.

 

Please note, over the holiday period there are three weeks that don’t
count as ‘working days’. For Official Information Act (OIA) requests, that
period is 25 December 2023 to 14 January 2024 (inclusive). OIA requests
received after 27 November 2023 may take a bit longer than you expected.
If you'd like to calculate the timeframe, you can use the Ombudsman's
online calculator here: [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/  

 

Have a safe and happy holiday period.

 

Ngā mihi

 

OIA Services

Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Heath

 

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Tçnâ koe Erika

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to Manatû Hauora (the Ministry of Health) on 1 January 2024.

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 Erika, 

Thank you for your email on 8 January 2024, asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act): 
 
I refer you to my previous OIA HNZ00023978 which states: "From 13 November
2021 to 26 September 2022, a total of 478 applications for Significant
Service Disruption exemption (SSD) were received. 103 applications were
granted, covering approximately 11,005 workers."
These were vaccination exemptions under Clause 12A of the Covid 19 Public
Health response (Vaccinations) Order 2021.
Subsequently my OIA HNZ00027972 has a response on the 29th Sept 2023 which
states, "All those who received 12A exemptions per the previous response
(ref. HNZ00029378) were in health-related work. "
Under clause 12a of the order, it says in (6): The Minister may impose
conditions on the exemption as the Minister considers necessary.
Would you kindly share details of ALL of these conditions that were
imposed on these (approx) 11005 workers for their vaccination exemptions
by the Minister? 
Please include all emails, correspondence, minutes and meeting notes
related to these conditions as well.
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 25 March 2024. 
 
This extension is required because the request necessitates a search
through a large quantity of information and meeting the original time
limit would unreasonably interfere with the operations of Te Whatu
Ora such that a proper response cannot reasonably be made within the
original time limit.
 
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us 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 nui

Hannah
Government Services

 
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand 
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz 

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Kia ora Erika,
 
Thank you for your request for information. I apologise for the delay
in providing our response, now attached. 
 
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 nui

Hannah
Government Services
[3][email address]  
 
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
 
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Kia ora Erika, 
 
On 25 March 2024, Health New Zealand I Te Whatu Ora provided you with a
partial response to your request, ref. HNZ00035461. Please now find
attached our complete response to your request for information. 
 
Again, we would like to 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.  
 
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 nui,
 
Hannah
Government Services
[3][email address]  
 
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
 
 
 

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Kia ora Erika,
 
Thank you for your follow up email in response to HNZ00035461. Apologies
for our delay in providing a response to you.

Health NZ can advise that we provided the following in relation to your
request:

* A summary of the SSD exemption process on 25 March 2024
* Further documents which related to your request on 13 May 2024

In our summary on 25 March 2024, we explained: “Conditions were
communicated via a letter that granted the application. All conditions
related to the period of time which the granted exemption was valid for.
The length of time that each exemption was valid for is provided within
Appendix One.” For clarity, the only conditions on these exemptions
related to the period of time which the exemption was valid for. The
period of time, or “conditions”, can be found in Appendix One, which shows
all applications, both approved and declined.

For further background, those who received a temporary SSD exemption were
advised that their exemption applied specifically to their work and did
not allow them to access a Vaccine Pass.

I trust that this answers your query.
 
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 [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
 
Ngâ mihi, 
 
Hannah 
Government Services (OIA)
[2][email address]    

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
 
 

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