Kia ora, 

The Ministry of Health is taking a short break over Easter from 3 April to
7 April 2026. During this time this inbox will not be monitored. We will
endeavor to respond to your email upon our return.

Have a safe and happy Easter weekend.
OIA Services Team
Ministry of Health | Manatū Hauora

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Kia ora A Goodwin,

  

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health - Manatū Hauora on 6 April 2026
You requested:

 

 

The reference number for your request is H2026081054. We will endeavour to
respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than
5 May 2026 being 20 working days after the day your request was received.
If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of
an extension of that timeframe.

 

If you have any queries regarding your request, please feel free to
contact the OIA Services Team on [1][email address]. If any
additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request,
please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into
account. 

 

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: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

 

 

Ngā mihi, 
 
OIA Services Team

Ministry of Health | Manatū Hauora

 

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Tçnâ koe,  
 
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) on 6 April 2026 for:
A recent post on X by Dr David Gollogly states:
“My College [Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care (RNZCUC)] raised
this myocarditis risk with the MoH around September 2021, some months
before the TAG advice. Their response was: no change, so as not to fuel
vaccine hesitancy. We negotiated that it would be okay for our doctors to
advise young males to rest after vaccination.”
Please provide all communications between the Ministry of Health and/or
other health system officials or organisations and the RNZCUC and/or its
members, pertaining to myocarditis risk, and communications about the
risk, for covid vaccinees in 2021.  Please provide communications by all
channels including, but not limited to, emails, text messages, messages
via other messaging apps, memos, phone calls if noted, recorded or
transcribed etc
 
Your request asks for information which is more closely connected to the
functions of Health New Zealand. For this reason, the Ministry has decided
to transfer your request under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act. You can
expect a response from their agency in due course. Their contact email is:
[email address] 
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: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602. 
Ngâ mihi,

OIA Services Team

Ministry of Health | Manatû Hauora

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Tçnâ koe,

 

Thank you for your email. 

 

Under the Official Information Act (OIA), agencies are required to respond
to requests for official information as soon as reasonably practicable and
no later than 20 working days after receiving them.

If your request is for data that Health NZ holds, have you checked
[1]Lighthouse first to see if the data you are seeking is already
published?

 

Lighthouse is a searchable catalogue that makes a range of data and
analytics products available to New Zealanders to enable easier, faster
access to insights about health services.

 

You can find further information about how OIA timeframes are calculated,
including the Ombudsman’s OIA calculator, at the link below:
[2]Official information calculators | Ombudsman New Zealand

 

We will provide a response to your request in line with the statutory
timeframes set out in the OIA.

We appreciate your understanding and patience during this time.

 

Ngâ mihi,
Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora

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Kia ora Alison, 
 
Thank you for your request for information on 21/04/2026. Please find
attached our response to your request.
 
If you have any questions, please get in touch at
[1][email address]
 
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
 
Ngā mihi, 
Andrew
Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team
 
 
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