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Kia ora Erika

Thank you for the information request 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 3rd of February 2025. 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.

Please note, the period between 25 December – 15 January are not considered to be “working days” for the purposes of calculating the 20 working day timeframe for providing a response under the Act.

In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email [email address].

Ngā mihi

Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education | AG
education.govt.nz

We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes
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Tēnā koe Erika

 

Thank you for your email of 15 December 2024 via the FYI website to the
Ministry of Education (the Ministry) requesting the following information
under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):

 

I refer to an update from the Ministry of Education dated 1 November 2021
sent to school leaders which says:

 

Update

Monday 1 November 2021

Ngā mihi o te ahiahi,

Thank you for all feedback sent through about last week’s bulletins – it
was good to hear that the  information about responding to employment
matters was clear.

 

There are two key priorities for guidance this week: a table of
information that outlines the  nuances of who needs a vaccination and who
doesn’t, and a definition for medical exemptions and what to do with staff
who have one. The Ministry of Health is publishing guidance on exemptions
shortly, and we’ll then prepare our own and have it ready for you later
this week.

There has been quite a lot of media coverage about "bogus medical
exemptions". I strongly advise not to accept any medical exemptions until
information from both the Ministry of Health and us is published.

....

 

Nāku iti noa, nā,

Iona

 

Would you kindly share all the correspondence, memos, emails, minutes,
guidance discussions presented to Iona Holsted to "strongly advise not to
accept any medical exemptions..." on 1 November 2021?

 

We note that the full sentence that you have partially quoted in your
request is “I strongly advise not to accept any medical exemptions until
information from both the Ministry of Health and us is published.”

 

Please note that the reason for the Secretary for Education advising as
such is provided in the previous sentence of the Bulletin item you have
transcribed, where it states that “The Ministry of Health is publishing
guidance on exemptions shortly, and we’ll then prepare our own and have it
ready for you later this week.”

 

This means that the Secretary was advising the education sector to wait
for the planned guidance from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry
before accepting medical exemptions, in order to make informed decisions.
It does not mean that the Secretary was advising the sector not to accept
any medical exemptions. Your request is therefore based on a false
premise, and is refused under section 18(e) of the Act, as the information
requested does not exist.

 

Thank you again for your email. You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to
review the decision on your request, in accordance with section 28 of the
Act. You can do this by writing to [1][email address] or to
Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.  

 

Nāku noa, nā,

Official and Parliamentary Information | Ministry of Education | ED

[2]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
[3][IMG]

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Kia ora Erika  

 

Thank you for the information request 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 11 February 2025. 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.

 

Please note, the period between 25 December – 15 January are not
considered to be “working days” for the purposes of calculating the 20
working day timeframe for providing a response under the Act.

 

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 | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of
Education | TW

[2]education.govt.nz

We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ōna huanga
[3]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga

 

 

 

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