Panel meetings and minutes for clause 12A covid19 vaccination exemptions
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Ministry of Health,
Another response to an OIA lists all the exemptions not to be vaccinated under clause 12A of the Covid-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021. These are recorded in this document https://fyi.org.nz/request/25319/respons...
Please share the full meeting minutes for the following "Panel Assessment Dates" (column 3 of the above pdf) of these clause 12A (service disruption exemptions)
1. November 2021 on 13,14, 15,16,17,18,22, 24 and 29th.
2. December 2021 on 1,3,6,10,14 and 20th
3. January 2022 on 11 and 18th.
4. February 2022 on 15 22 and 23th
5. March 2022 on 1st.
6. Please include the minutes of the decision to abandon exemptions for individuals and instead to accept applications for exceptions for groups of people made by PCBU.
7. Please share further details on the column "Other" which contains various objections for being vaccinated such as "Religion", "Health", "Family", "Vaccine Concern", "Vaccine Trial", "Freedom of choice" for not getting vaccinated.
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Erika,
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health on 22 December 2025. You
requested:
"Please share the full meeting minutes for the following "Panel Assessment
Dates" (column 3 of the above pdf) of these clause 12A (service disruption
exemptions)
1. November 2021 on 13,14, 15,16,17,18,22, 24 and 29th.
2. December 2021 on 1,3,6,10,14 and 20th
3. January 2022 on 11 and 18th.
4. February 2022 on 15 22 and 23th
5. March 2022 on 1st.
6. Please include the minutes of the decision to abandon exemptions for
individuals and instead to accept applications for exceptions for groups
of people made by PCBU.
7. Please share further details on the column "Other" which contains
various objections for being vaccinated such as "Religion", "Health",
"Family", "Vaccine Concern", "Vaccine Trial", "Freedom of choice" for not
getting vaccinated."
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