This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Exemptions for the Covid Vaccine.'.



 
16 June 2025 
 
 
 
Amanda Murtagh 
 
 
By email: 
[FYI request #31218 email] 
Ref:   
SBOIA25-752 
 
 
Dear Amanda 
 
Transfer of your request for information 
 
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 4 June 2025 
to the Minister of Health, Hon Simeon Brown. You requested:  
 
“Please provide by percentage,  by government agency, the number of individuals, 
that were exempted by the previous Health Minister, Ashleigh Bloomfield,  to have 
exemption to not receive the Covid 19 Vaccine” 
 
The information you have requested is more closely connected with the functions of Health 
New Zealand. Therefore, this office has decided to transfer your request to Health NZ under 
section 14(b)(i ) of the Act. You can expect a response from Health NZ in due course. 
 
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: 
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602. 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
Reef Stewart 
Ministerial Advisor