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