3 October 2025
Ref: DOIA-REQ-0021371
Erika Whittome
Email
: [FYI request #32355 email]
Tēnā koe Erika
Thank you for your email of 21 September 2025 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
The Attorney General wrote this advice 23 Nov 2021 on how the right to decline a medical
treatment in the Bil of Rights (BoRA) can be limited:
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.justice.govt.nz%2Fas
sets%2FDocuments%2FPublications%2F20211123-NZ-BORA-Advice-COVID-19-Vaccinations-
Legislation-
Bil .pdf&data=05%7C02%7CMinisterialServices%40mbie.govt.nz%7Cbe4a650a417f425ac43408dd
f95dcc4c%7C78b2bd11e42b47eab0112e04c3af5ec1%7C0%7C0%7C638940903432304988%7CUn
known%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIs
IkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HqSas9Rpn0%2F4qQwxxrL%2FXv3
2sXYD7nqP8WVkzZodk5Q%3D&reserved=0
Please share the information on how this document from the AG on BORA was promulgated at the
Employment Relations Authority Please share any memos, correspondence and meeting minutes
about this AG document on BoRA at the ERA
On behalf of the Chief of the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority), I can confirm that the
document you referred to was not promulgated to the Members of the Authority. As such, your request
is declined under section 18(e) of the Act, as the documents al eged to contain the information requested
do not exist.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance,
please contact
[email address].
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Nāku noa, nā
Daniel de Villiers
Director Regulatory and Advisory Services
Employment Services