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Kia ora,

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
received on 26 May 2025, copied below. We will respond to your request
within the statutory timeframes set out in the Act. If we are unable to
meet these timeframes we will notify you.

Your request will be managed by the Ministerial Services team within DPMC.
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact us at
[DPMC request email].

DPMC may publish the response to your OIA request. If we publish the
response your personal information, including your name and contact
details, will be removed.

Ngā mihi,

Ministerial Coordinator 
Ministerial Services 
Strategy, Governance and Engagement 
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 
  
E    [DPMC request email] 

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communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you
are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute
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in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately. 

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Kia ora,

 

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi,

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|Ministerial Coordinator  |
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|Ministerial Services  |
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|Strategy, Governance and Engagement  |
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|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
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|E    [1][DPMC request email]  |
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|The information contained in this email|
|message is for the attention of the intended|
|recipient only and is not necessarily the|
|official view or communication of the|
|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.|
|If you are not the intended recipient you|
|must not disclose, copy or distribute this|
|message or the information in it. If you have|
|received this message in error, please|
|destroy the email and notify the sender|
|immediately.  |
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The information contained in this email message is for the attention of
the intended recipient only and is not necessarily the official view or
communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you
are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute
this message or the information in it. If you have received this message
in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately.

 

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Kia ora Erika

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health on 5 June 2025. You requested:

 

“I am seeking information and documents from 2021 that was advice to the
Minister of Covid19 Response regarding the Health Act 1956  when
directing/drafting /requesting/ provisioning  for Covid 19 Public Health
Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021 that became secondary legislation in
2021 and in particular section 92I (5) of the Health Act 1952 which says:
"5) In no case may a direction require an individual to submit to
compulsory treatment."
 

The reference number for your request is H2025068119. As required under
the Act, the Ministry will endeavour to respond to your request no later
than 20 working days after the day your request was received:
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/.   

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch ([1][email address]).

 

 

Ngā mihi 
 
OIA Services Team 
[2]Ministry of Health information releases 

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Tçnâ koe Erika

 

Response to your request for official information

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Health – Manatû Hauora (the Ministry) on 5 June
2025 for information regarding the COVID-19 response Orders and The Health
Act 1956. You requested:

 

“I am seeking information and documents from 2021 that was advice to the
Minister of Covid19 Response regarding the Health Act 1956  when
directing/drafting /requesting/ provisioning  for Covid 19 Public Health
Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021 that became secondary legislation in
2021 and in particular section 92I (5) of the Health Act 1952 which says:
"5) In no case may a direction require an individual to submit to
compulsory treatment."

 

[1]https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/publ...

 

Your request for information is refused in full under section 18(e) of the
Act as the information requested does not exist. The Covid 19 Public
Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021 was made under the COVID-19
Public Health Response Act which had its own safeguards and limitations,
rather than being made under the Health Act 1956. Therefore, the section
92I (5) of the Health Act 1956 would not have been triggered as the
Vaccination Order was not made under this act.

 

If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this
decision, please feel free to contact the OIA Services Team on:
[2][email address].

 

Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [3][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

 

 

Ngâ mihi 

  

OIA Services Team

Ministry of Health  | Manatû Hauora 

M[4]inistry of Health information releases 

 

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