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Erika Whittome
[FYI request #34541 email]
25 May 2026
Tēnā koe Erika
OIA: GEMS-47879 – COVID-19
Thank you for your email of 25 April 2026 to the Ministry of Education (the Ministry)
requesting the following information:
I refer to this advice dated 10 Dec 2021 For teritaory and international
education which is published here
https://web.archive.org/web/20211227175633/https://www.education.govt
.nz/covid-19/advice-for-tertiary-providerswhare-wananga/covid-19-
protection-framework-advice-for-tertiary-education-
providers/red/#vaccination
It says
“Tertiary education providers that choose not to require My Vaccine Passes
onsite at Red must close to students and visitors”
1 Please would you share the meeting minutes correspondence, all emails etc
that took place to come up with this advice on your website.
2 Please include any correspondence meeting Minutes etc with the Teriary
Commission about this advice
3 Please share which services at tertiary and international learning facilities
were assessed to be “regulated services” . CVCs applied to regulated
services in part 3 of COVID-19 Public Health Response (Protection
Framework) Order 2021 | New Zealand Legislation
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
The Ministry needs to extend the timeframe for responding to your request, pursuant
to section 15A(1)(a) of the Act, as the request is for a large quantity of information or
necessitates a search through a large quantity of information, and meeting the
original time limit would unreasonably interfere
with the operations of the Ministry.
Wellington – National Office, PO Box 1666, Wellington 6140
Phone: +64 4 463 8000
education.govt.nz
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You can now expect to receive a response to your request on or before 30 June
2026, which is an extension of 25 working days.
You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to review my decision on your request, in
accordance with section 28 of the Act. You can do this by writing to
[email address] or to Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152,
Wellington 6143.
Nāku noa, nā
Kelly Jensen
Senior Advisor Official and Parliamentary Information
Government, Executive and Ministerial Services
Te Pou Rangatōpū | Corporate
education.govt.nz
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