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4 February 2025
Erika Whittome
By email: [FYI request #29628 email]
Ref:
H2024059008
Tēnā koe Erika
Transfer of your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health - Manatū Hauora (the Ministry) on 20 December 2024. You requested:
“
A document called "Health & Disability Worker Vaccinations Order Guidance document for PCBUs and workers" is dated Oct 2021 and was published by the
Ministry of Health https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2
Fweb%2F20211025002150%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.health.govt.nz%2Fsystem%2Ffil
es%2Fdocuments%2Fpages%2Fhealth_worker_vaccination_guidance_document_for_pc
bus_and_workers_-
_october_2021_0.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Coiagr%40health.govt.nz%7C7bcd5e0119764f7
0058508dd205c2cec%7C23cec7246d204bd19fe9dc4447edd1fa%7C0%7C0%7C638702
302463064568%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiI
wLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C80000%7
C%7C%7C&sdata=bavvZ8%2BryCYr%2FhDGs7Z8GI8ekMGQF11YVbTLTyVE7ec%3D&
reserved=0 The MoH has removed the document from its website I assume in 2022. The publication
is no longer on the MoH website.
-all the memos, correspondence, advice, meetings etc for the decision to remove this
document from the website - the subsequent advice that replaced this particular document -the notifications and/or communications to all health and disability PCBUs and workers
that this October 2021 dated advice was now no longer applicable.”
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– Te Whatu Ora. For this reason, I have decided to transfer your request to Health New Zealand
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([email address]).
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Nāku noa, na
Jan Torres
Manager, OIA Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga
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COPY OF OIA REQUEST
From: Erika Whittome <[FYI request #29628 email]>;
Received: Fri Dec 20 2024 07:37:26 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>; OIA <[email address]>;
Subject: Official Information request - Guidance document for PCBUs and workers - removal
from MoH website
Dear Ministry of Health,
A document called "Health & Disability Worker Vaccinations Order
Guidance document for PCBUs and workers" is dated Oct 2021 and was published by the
Ministry of Health
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb
%2F20211025002150%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.health.govt.nz%2Fsystem%2Ffiles%2Fdocu
ments%2Fpages%2Fhealth_worker_vaccination_guidance_document_for_pcbus_and_workers
_-
_october_2021_0.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Coiagr%40health.govt.nz%7C7bcd5e0119764f70058
508dd205c2cec%7C23cec7246d204bd19fe9dc4447edd1fa%7C0%7C0%7C638702302463064
568%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIs
IlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bavv
Z8%2BryCYr%2FhDGs7Z8GI8ekMGQF11YVbTLTyVE7ec%3D&reserved=0
The MoH has removed the document from its website I assume in 2022. The publication is no
longer on the MoH website.
Would you kindly share:
-all the memos, correspondence, advice, meetings etc for the decision to remove this document
from the website
- the subsequent advice that replaced this particular document
-the notifications and/or communications to all health and disability PCBUs and workers that this
October 2021 dated advice was now no longer applicable.
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
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