2023 removal of covid-19 "vaccination assessment tool" from MBIE website
Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
The request was successful.
      From: Erika Whittome
      
    
    Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
I see sometime in December 2023 this page was removed from the MBIE website
https://web.archive.org/web/202302012126...
The page said:
Employers may still be able to maintain vaccination requirements, however these requirements would need to be supported by a full work health and safety risk assessment. The circumstances where vaccination could be required are likely to be more limited than they have in the past.
Would you please share all the advice including legal advice, memos, correspondence, emails, policy documents etc that brought about the decision to remove this page from the MBIE website under the OIA .
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
        From: NoReplyMinisterialServices
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Kia ora Erika Whittome,
  
 On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
 acknowledge your email of 14/11/2024 requesting, under the Official
 Information Act 1982, the following:
 I see sometime in December 2023 this page was removed from the MBIE
 website
 https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...
The page said:
 Employers may still be able to maintain vaccination requirements, however
 these requirements would need to be supported by a full work health and
 safety risk assessment. The circumstances where vaccination could be
 required are likely to be more limited than they have in the past.
Would you please share all the advice including legal advice, memos,
 correspondence, emails, policy documents etc that brought about the
 decision to remove this page from the MBIE website under the OIA .
  
 We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
 later than 12/12/2024, being 20 working days after the day your request
 was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
 notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If you have any enquiries
 regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
 [1][MBIE request email].
  
 Nāku noa, nā
 Ministerial Services
 Corporate Services, Finance  & Enablement
 Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140
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 1. mailto:[MBIE request email]
        From: LSE Ministerial Servicing
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Kia ora Erika
Please find attached the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s
 response to your Official Information Act request.
Ngâ mihi,
 
Ministerial Services | Kaitohutohu Pouwhakahaere me te Minita Matua
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
[1]www.mbie.govt.nz |Level 6, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box
 1473, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
NZBN 9429000106078
[2]http://thelink/how/PublishingImages/mbie...
 
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 1. http://www.mbie.govt.nz/
      From: Erika Whittome
      
    
    Dear LSE Ministerial Servicing,
Would you please share all the advice including legal advice, memos, correspondence, emails, policy documents etc that brought about the decision to remove this page from the MBIE website under the OIA .
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
        From: NoReplyMinisterialServices
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Kia ora Erika Whittome,
  
 On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
 acknowledge your email of 6/12/2024 requesting, under the Official
 Information Act 1982, the following:
 Would you please share all the advice including legal advice, memos,
 correspondence, emails, policy documents etc that brought about the
 decision to remove this page from the MBIE website under the OIA .
  
 Please note that the days from 25 December 2024 to 15 January 2025
 (inclusive) are defined as non-working days in the Act and are not counted
 in the calculation for the response due date. This will affect the time
 period for responding to your request.
  
 We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
 later than 27/01/2025, being 20 working days after the day your request
 was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
 notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If you have any enquiries
 regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
 [1][MBIE request email].
  
 Nāku noa, nā
 Ministerial Services
 Strategy and Assurance
 Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140
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 1. mailto:[MBIE request email]
        From: NoReplyMinisterialServices
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Kia ora Erika,
 
Further to your request below, we would like to set up a virtual meeting
 with you to clarify your request, ideally sometime this week. Are you able
 to provide a phone number and personal email address that we can contact
 you on to arrange this? 
 
Ngā mihi nui
 
Nadia (she/her)
Ministerial Services Advisor
 
TWSD Ministerial Services | Group Performance
Strategy, Performance & Design | Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery Group 
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Hikina Whakatutuki - Lifting to Make Successful
 
 
 
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      From: Erika Whittome
      
    
    Dear MBIE
I am requesting the legal advice, memos, correspondence, emails, policy documents etc that brought about the decision to remove this page from the MBIE website under the OIA.
I am unsure has to why an AVL is requested and whether this is part of the official information act 1982 process?
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
        From: NoReplyMinisterialServices
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Kia ora
  
 Please see attached our response to your request for information under the
 Official Information Act 1982.
Ngā mihi nui,
Ministerial Services
 Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
  
      From: Erika Whittome
      
    
    Dear NoReplyMinisterialServices,
I asked for information on what advice was changed in Dec 2023 and a page removed. You have shared emails from March 2022 . Would you kindly supply the requested information leading up to the advice removal around December 2023.
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
        From: NoReplyMinisterialServices
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Kia ora Erika, 
   
 Please see attached our response to your below email. 
 Ngā mihi nui,
 Ministerial Services
  Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
 
  
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        From: NoReplyMinisterialServices
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Kia ora Erika Whittome,
  
 On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
 acknowledge your email of 29/01/2025 requesting, under the Official
 Information Act 1982, the following:
 Would you kindly supply the requested information leading up to the advice
 removal around December 2023.
  
 We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
 later than 27/02/2025, being 20 working days after the day your request
 was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
 notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If you have any enquiries
 regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
 [1][MBIE request email].
  
 Nāku noa, nā
 Ministerial Services
 Strategy and Assurance
 Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140
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 1. mailto:[MBIE request email]
        From: NoReplyMinisterialServices
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Kia ora Erika,
  
 I understand you have been sent an acknowledgment email. Please find
 attached our response to your email dated 29 January 2025, that we
 responded to initially on 30 January 2025. Apologies for any confusion. 
 Ngā mihi nui,
Ministerial Services
 Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
  
      From: Erika Whittome
      
    
    Dear NoReplyMinisterialServices,
The reply is not a pdf. It's got all kinds of characters like
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Please would you supply the information.
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
        From: NoReplyMinisterialServices
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Kia ora Erika,
 
Apologies, please find re-attached our response to your email dated 29
 January 2025. We responded to your email initially on 30 January 2025, and
 I have attached this email as well. 
Ngā mihi nui,
 Ministerial Services
  Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
  
 
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        From: NoReplyMinisterialServices
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Kia ora Erika,
 
This email is to notify you that the below response to your Official
 Information Act and enclosed documents, with your personal details
 removed, will be published on the MBIE website:
 [1]www.mbie.govt.nz/about/open-government-and-official-information/published-official-information-act-requests.
 
If you have any questions, please email
 [2][email address] 
Ngâ mihi,
 
Ministerial Services | Kaitohutohu Pouwhakahaere me te Minita Matua
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
[3]http://thelink/how/PublishingImages/mbie...
[4]www.mbie.govt.nz |Level 6, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box
 1473, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
NZBN 9429000106078
 
 
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