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Kia ora Erika
 
Thank you for your request of 22 December 2025 for the following
information:
 

I am requesting Rachel Mackay's 2021 specific emails based on 7 September
2021 dated minutes of the "Covid-19 Vaccine Immunisation Program Steering
Group"
(page 158 onwards from
[1]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...) 

The minutes dated 7 Sept 2021 of the "Covid-19 Vaccine Immunisation
Program Steering Group" on page 161 say:

Update on school-based vaccinations (Rachel Mackay)

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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 7 January 2026. You requested:

 

"I am requesting Rachel Mackay's 2021 specific emails based on 7 September
2021 dated minutes of the "Covid-19 Vaccine Immunisation Program Steering
Group" (page 158 onwards from
https://fyi.org.nz/request/15656/respons...)

 

The minutes dated 7 Sept 2021 of the "Covid-19 Vaccine Immunisation
Program Steering Group" on page 161 say:

 

"Update on school-based vaccinations (Rachel Mackay)

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As of today, we have communicated with the Ministry of Education and
Tertiary Institutions that employees are now eligible for priority to be
vaccinated.

...

-It is noted there are some difficulties with anti-vaccine sentiment in
this environment. The Ministry of Health is meeting with the digital
security team to review the security settings."

 

Would you please share:

1. All the 2021 emails from Rachel Mackay that contain the following
keywords/phrases:

digital, 

digital security, 

security, 

anti-vaccine, 

antivaccine-sentiment, 

sentiment 

 

The date range is for 2021. If there are too many, I am happy to narrow
the date scope based on the start and end dates you locate in your keyword
search.

 

2. Please include any related or attached memos, minutes, work orders, IT
change control forms, IT Requests, IT firewall changes, texts, emails and
correspondence to external providers, contractors, consultations, network
security etc around the above." 

 

The reference number for your request is H2026077326. 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: [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/.  

 

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onwards will take into account the summer holiday period (25 December 2025
to 15 January 2026). Please refer to this guide for an explanation of
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Ngā mihi,
 
OIA Services Team

Ministry of Health | Manatū Hauora
 

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