29 October 2025
Attention: Erika Whittome
By email:
[FYI request #32630 email]
Tēnā koe Erika
Official information request for GLN information relating to COVID-19 vaccine mandates
Our Ref: OIA-2526070
1.
We refer to your official information request dated 22 October 2025, as follows:
I am seeking information from the GLN which is described here
https://www.crownlaw.govt.nz/government-legal-network
Please would you share the legal advice dated 2021 on covid-19 vaccine mandates. I
request the information from your office on vaccine mandates in any documents
including but not limited to:
•
Chief Legal Advisor Forum minutes, memo and Sub-Forum meetings minutes
and feedback
•
Seminars documents and events on this legal topic of vaccine mandates
•
Any annual conference documents on vaccine mandates
•
Articles in the bi-monthly newsletter on vaccine mandates
2.
As per section 12 (2) of the Official Information Act, an official information
request needs to be specified with due particularity. Your request is ambiguous
and will need to be clarified or amended to enable us to respond.
3.
We believe that you are seeking documents produced by the System Leadership
Group (now the System Leadership Team) at Crown Law, which supports the
GLN. If so, could you please confirm that your request can be reframed as:
I am seeking information produced in 2021 by the System Leadership Group in Crown
Law on covid-19 vaccine mandates to support the GLN, in any documents including
but not limited to:
•
Chief Legal Advisor Forum minutes, memo and Sub-Forum meetings minutes and
feedback
•
Seminars documents and events on this legal topic of vaccine mandates
•
Any annual conference documents on vaccine mandates
•
Articles in the bi-monthly newsletter on vaccine mandates
Level 3 Justice
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4.
If you are seeking
any legal advice produced by Crown Law on vaccine mandates
in 2021, we would be required to search through many documents, and relevant
documents are likely to be legally privileged.
5.
Please note, any clarification or amendment of a request is considered to be a
new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory timeframe for
response—see section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act.
Nāku noa, nā
Crown Law
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