Vaccination requirements at Ministry of Educaiton
Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Ministry of Education
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Ministry of Education,
Between December 2021 - April 2022, the Ministry of Education promulgated advice in bulletins encouraging vaccination for staff.
Under the Official Information Act, provide the following information:
1.Was Covid 19 a disease reported to Worksafe by The Ministry of Education?
2.Did Covid 19 arise out of the nature of work at Ministry of Education and any of its facilities or schools?
3.Is there or was there in the past, any genetic “gain of function” work taking place at the Ministry of Education facilities on corona viruses, or the nursing of corona virus patients?
Please provide:
4.The written authorisation from the Director General specifying persons at The Ministry of Education who were authorised enforcement person(s) under section 18 (2) the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act 2020. Please provide the functions and powers that could be carried out by the authorised enforcement person(s) and;
5.Number of exemptions issued to The Ministry of Education workers under clause 9 of the Covid 19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021;
6.Any other exemptions issued to staff, please provide grounds and number issued and;
7.In relation to covid 19 vaccines, any payment The Ministry of Education and/or its subsidiaries received for each staff member that was vaccinated, the amount and the scheme the payment was provided under and;
8.Any payment the Ministry of Education and/or its subsidiaries received for leasing or renting floor space, or allowing mobile clinics on-site for vaccination in 2021 and 2022 and the scheme the payment was provided under.
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
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Kia ora Erika
Thank you for your request for information below. The Ministry will
consider and respond to your request in accordance with the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of
our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any
case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is
received. You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your
request on or before the 17 June 2024. If more than 20 working days are
needed due to the potential workload and/or consultations involved in
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[1][email address].
Ngā mihi
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[2]education.govt.nz | [3]Follow us on Twitter: @educationgovtnz
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From: Erika Whittome <[5][FOI #26850 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 4:17 AM
To: Enquiries National <[6][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Vaccination requirements at
Ministry of Educaiton
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Dear Ministry of Education,
Between December 2021 - April 2022, the Ministry of Education promulgated
advice in bulletins encouraging vaccination for staff.
Under the Official Information Act, provide the following information:
1.Was Covid 19 a disease reported to Worksafe by The Ministry of
Education?
2.Did Covid 19 arise out of the nature of work at Ministry of Education
and any of its facilities or schools?
3.Is there or was there in the past, any genetic “gain of function” work
taking place at the Ministry of Education facilities on corona viruses, or
the nursing of corona virus patients?
Please provide:
4.The written authorisation from the Director General specifying persons
at The Ministry of Education who were authorised enforcement person(s)
under section 18 (2) the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act 2020. Please
provide the functions and powers that could be carried out by the
authorised enforcement person(s) and;
5.Number of exemptions issued to The Ministry of Education workers under
clause 9 of the Covid 19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021;
6.Any other exemptions issued to staff, please provide grounds and number
issued and;
7.In relation to covid 19 vaccines, any payment The Ministry of
Education and/or its subsidiaries received for each staff member that was
vaccinated, the amount and the scheme the payment was provided under and;
8.Any payment the Ministry of Education and/or its subsidiaries received
for leasing or renting floor space, or allowing mobile clinics on-site
for vaccination in 2021 and 2022 and the scheme the payment was provided
under.
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
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From: Enquiries National
Ministry of Education
Kia ora Erika
Please find attached a response to your requests under the Official
Information Act 1982.
Nāku noa, nā,
Official and Parliamentary Information | Ministry of Education | CG
[1]education.govt.nz
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ōna huanga
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outcomes
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From: Enquiries National
Ministry of Education
Kia ora Erika
Please find attached a response to your requests under the Official
Information Act 1982.
Nāku noa, nā,
Official and Parliamentary Information | Ministry of Education | CG
[1]education.govt.nz
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ōna huanga
We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes
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Ministry of Education
Kia ora Erika
Please find attached a response to your requests under the Official
Information Act 1982.
Nāku noa, nā,
Official and Parliamentary Information | Ministry of Education | CG
[1]education.govt.nz
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ōna huanga
We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Enquiries National,
Thank you for your response.
You appear to have uploaded the same letter more than once and you have not answered question 1 on schedule 1 clause 8 on transitional savings
The doc you shared in your response https://assets.education.govt.nz/public/...
…It Does not at all mention this transitional savings clause of the order. Please would you supply the requested information on item 1 of my OIA.
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
From: Enquiries National
Ministry of Education
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From: Enquiries National
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Kia ora Erika
Thank you for your request for information below. The Ministry will
consider and respond to your request in accordance with the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of
our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any
case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is
received. You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your
request on or before the 15 July 2024. If more than 20 working days are
needed due to the potential workload and/or consultations involved in
answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.
The Ministry may publicly release on our website the response to your
request five days after you have received it. Any personal information
will be removed.
In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email
[1][email address].
Ngā mihi
Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education - TW
[2]education.govt.nz | [3]Follow us on Twitter: @educationgovtnz
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-----Original Message-----
From: Erika Whittome <[5][FOI #26850 email]>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2024 6:13 AM
To: Enquiries National <[6][email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA 1328719/1328940/1329041 - Response
Dear Enquiries National,
Thank you for your response.
You appear to have uploaded the same letter more than once and you have
not answered question 1 on schedule 1 clause 8 on transitional savings The
doc you shared in your response
[7]https://assets.education.govt.nz/public/...
…It Does not at all mention this transitional savings clause of the order.
Please would you supply the requested information on item 1 of my OIA.
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
-----Original Message-----
Kia ora Erika
Please find attached a response to your requests under the Official
Information Act 1982.
Nāku noa, nā,
Official and Parliamentary Information | Ministry of Education | CG
[1]education.govt.nz
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ōna huanga We shape an education system that delivers equitable and
excellent outcomes [2][IMG]
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From: Enquiries National
Ministry of Education
Kia ora Erica
Thank you for your email of 14 June 2024 via the FYI website to the
Ministry of Education (the Ministry) requesting the following information:
You appear to have uploaded the same letter more than once and you have
not answered question 1 on schedule 1 clause 8 on transitional savings The
doc you shared in your response
[1]https://assets.education.govt.nz/public/...
…It Does not at all mention this transitional savings clause of the order.
Please would you supply the requested information on item 1 of my OIA.
As advised in your response letter of 10 June 2024, the letter was a
response to three requests you made in short amount of time. As such, the
letter contains responses to all three of these requests.
Additionally, per both that letter and our email of 12 June 2024, any
further information regarding that request was refused under section 18(f)
of the Act, as the information requested cannot be made available without
substantial collation or research. We advised that this was due to the
significant volume of information regarding the topics shared with schools
via the Bulletins at the time, and that it was not centrally stored in a
manner in which it would be easily retrieved. We also advised that in
coming to this decision, as required by sections 18A and 18B of the Act,
there was consideration as to whether the Ministry would be able to meet
your request by seeking further refinement, fixing a charge, or extending
the time limit for responding, but found that none of these mechanisms
would be appropriate, and any possible refinement would be unlikely to
reduce the volume of material significantly.
Additionally, we advised that correspondence seeking or receiving legal
advice would be withheld under section 9(2)(h) of the Act, to maintain
legal professional privilege.
Thank you again for your email. You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to
review my decision on your request, in accordance with section 28 of the
Act. You can do this by writing to [2][email address] or to
Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
Nâku noa, nâ,
Official and Parliamentary Information | Ministry of Education | AM
[3]education.govt.nz
He mea târai e mâtou te mâtauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ôna huanga
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Enquiries National,
I have lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman because the requested information has not been supplied under the Official Information Act 1982.
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
From: Enquiries National
Ministry of Education
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Heather Darby left an annotation ()
Re point 8. Please provide any other exemptions issued to staff, please provide grounds and number issued. The answer given is “no other exemptions were made.”
I wonder if this refers to initial exemptions, as exemptions were given to teachers who had been injured by the mRNA jab.
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