7 October 2024
Chris McCashin
[FYI request #27558 email]
Tēnā koe Chris
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00067437
Thank you for your email on 24 September 2024, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for
the following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“This isn't good enough
Please provide Health NZ definition of "Misinformation" and how the data that Barry young
has released is "misinformation"
It wouldn't be difficult if you weren't trying to hide something
I have asked for the caveat as to how this is misinformation and you guys can't respond
You just say it is "misinformation" despite children having strokes and cardiac arrests
Can you please provide contact details as to who is in charge so I can arrange a meeting or
send me a contact number so I can discuss this directly
As I said you have all the information and are now and have been for the last twelve
months knowingly killing kiwis”
Response
While the Official Information Act allows New Zealanders to ask for information from Ministers and
public sector agencies, there is no requirement for agencies to create new information, compile
information they do not hold, or provide or prove an opinion.
Your question(s) and the statements that support them appear designed to engage in a debate
about COVID-19 vaccination, rather than a request for official information. The Act does not
support requests where an opinion, comment, argument, or statement is put to Health NZ for
response, couched as a request for information. Accordingly, your request is refused under section
18(g) on the grounds that the information requested is not held by Health NZ.
Health NZ is not obliged to meet with you or speak to you by telephone regarding this matter and
declines to do so.
If you are not satisfied with our response you are entitled to complain to the Office of the
Ombudsman.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[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
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health NZ may proactively
release a copy of this response on our website. Al requester data, including your name and
contact details, wil be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Danielle Coe
Manager (OIA) Government Services
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand