Kia ora  

 

Thank you for your email to the Minister of Health and Minster for Pacific
Peoples, Hon Dr Shane Reti.   

 

We will endeavour to respond to your email as soon as possible. However,
due to the high volume of emails, we may not be able to provide you with
an individualised response. Please note: 

* If you are an Whangârei constituent contacting the Minister about an
issue related to his electorate, your email will be passed to his
electorate office for consideration. 
* Invitations and requests to meet with the Minister will be considered
and his office will be in touch with you in due course. 
* Requests for official information will be managed in accordance with
provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, which may include a
transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency. 

If your email falls outside of the Minister's portfolio responsibilities,
expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple Members of Parliament,
then your email will be noted and may be transferred to another Minister’s
office, or there may be no further response to you. 

If your email relates to matters including: 

* Smokefree 2025, smoking or vaping - these matters fall within the
portfolio responsibilities of Hon Casey Costello, Associate Minister
of Health. You can contact her by
emailing [1][email address]. 
* Mental health & ACC - these matters fall within the portfolio
responsibilities of Hon Matt Doocey, Minister for ACC, Minister for
Mental Health, and Associate Minister of Health. You can contact him
by emailing [2][email address]. 
* Pharmac, Medsafe or medicines funding - these matters fall within the
portfolio responsibilities of Hon David Seymour, Associate Minister of
Health. You can contact him by
emailing [3][email address]. 

Further delegations details of Associate Ministers of Health can be
found [4]here. 

Please do not expect a response from this office if your email relates to
the above matters.  

 

If it’s a medical emergency – call 111 

* This can include chest pain or tightness, difficulty breathing,
choking, severe bleeding or bleeding that won’t stop, sudden weakness
or difficulty talking, fainting or unconsciousness. 

 

Vaccination advice 

* Call the Vaccination Healthline for information about COVID-19, flu,
MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella), Boostrix (whooping cough) on 0800
28 29 26 8AM – 6PM Monday to Friday. 
* You can also visit: [5]bookmyvaccine.health.nz/. 

 

Other health support and services 

* Healthline – call free on 0800 611 116  

* if you’re concerned or not sure about something 
* if you can’t access a GP or you don’t have one 
* for advice about what’s happening for you and next steps 
* if you want advice on finding services near
visit [6]Healthpoint. 

* Healthcare services and support [7]available in New Zealand. 
* Contact your doctor or clinician. 
* Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a
trained counsellor.  
* Call the COVID-19 Healthline on 0800 358 5453. 
* For disability health and wellbeing support: 

* visit the Whaikaha [8]website 
* with any general health concerns, including managing COVID-19,
call the Disability Helpline on 0800 11 12 13 or text 8988. 

Ngâ mihi

 

 

Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

Minister of Health

Minister for Pacific Peoples
Email:[9][email address]

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

 

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Kia ora Sam

 

Thank you for your request for official information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti. You
requested:

 

My question is when it was said that the damages done by Ms Ardern’s govt
re creation of Health NZ instead of getting more doctors in, can’t be
reversed but paused at where it is at the moment then why a new contract
was given to an IT company in Wellington to migrate the Health NZ
employees onto a new system for no apparent reason which would benefit
NZers health.

 

Also, as per a media report, the Te Aka Whai Ora is being disestablished
but the teams would still exist but under the Health NZ umbrella and some
hiring is still going ahead. Can you explain how come the savings it would
make, if any?

 

The reference number for your request is: SROIA-072

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Office will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. You can expect a response by 18 April
2024.  

 

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: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602. 

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

Minister of Health

Minister for Pacific Peoples
Email: [2][email address]

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tēnā koe Sam

 

Your request for official information, reference: SROIA-077

Thank you for your email on 19 March 2024 asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):

 

My question is when it was said that the damages done by Ms Ardern’s govt
re creation of Health NZ instead of getting more doctors in, can’t be
reversed but paused at where it is at the moment then why a new contract
was given to an IT company in Wellington to migrate the Health NZ
employees onto a new system for no apparent reason which would benefit
NZers health.

 

Also, as per a media report, the Te Aka Whai Ora is being disestablished
but the teams would still exist but under the Health NZ umbrella and some
hiring is still going ahead. Can you explain how come the savings it would
make, if any?

 

We are writing to notify you that we are extending the timeframe for
responding to your request, to 10 May 2024. This extension is to allow
time to carry out necessary consultations.

 

We apologise for this delay, and will endeavour to send you a final
response as soon as practicable.

 

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.

 

 

[2]cid:image001.jpg@01DA276A.3E60D140 Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

Minister of Health

Minister for Pacific
Peoples
Email:
[3][email address]

Private Bag 18041,
Parliament Buildings,
Wellington 6160, New
Zealand

 

From: Shane Reti (MIN)
Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2024 1:59 PM
To: [FOI #26145 email]
Subject: Acknowledgment of your request for official information -
SROIA-072

 

Kia ora Sam

 

Thank you for your request for official information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti. You
requested:

 

My question is when it was said that the damages done by Ms Ardern’s govt
re creation of Health NZ instead of getting more doctors in, can’t be
reversed but paused at where it is at the moment then why a new contract
was given to an IT company in Wellington to migrate the Health NZ
employees onto a new system for no apparent reason which would benefit
NZers health.

 

Also, as per a media report, the Te Aka Whai Ora is being disestablished
but the teams would still exist but under the Health NZ umbrella and some
hiring is still going ahead. Can you explain how come the savings it would
make, if any?

 

The reference number for your request is: SROIA-072

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Office will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. You can expect a response by 18 April
2024.  

 

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: [4][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602. 

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

Minister of Health

Minister for Pacific
Peoples
Email:
[5][email address]

Private Bag 18041,
Parliament Buildings,
Wellington 6160, New
Zealand

 

 

 

 

 

 

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