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Kia ora

Thank you for the information request below. The Ministry will consider and respond to your request in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is received. You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your request on or before 27th of January 2026. If more than 20 working days are needed due to the potential workload and/or consultations involved in answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.

Please note, the days between 25 December – 15 January (inclusive) are not considered to be “working days” for the purposes of calculating the 20 working day timeframe for providing a response under the Act.

In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email [email address].

Ngâ mihi

Enquiries National Team | Te Tâhuhu o te Mâtauranga | Ministry of Education | MC education.govt.nz

We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes He mea târai e mâtou te mâtauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ôna huanga

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[IN-CONFIDENCE - RELEASE EXTERNAL]

Tēnā koe Erika

Thank you for your email of ​8 December 2025​ to the Ministry of
Education (the Ministry) requesting the following information:

Another OIA response shared the number of teachers terminated during
vaccine mandate in 2021 to ~4 April
2022. [1]https://fyi.org.nz/request/19702/respons...

Please provide total number of education workers excluding teachers who
were terminated due to vaccine mandates.  For example teacher aids,
caretakers, admin, enrolment admin, career counsellors, lab technicians
etc. 

Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).  

I am refusing your request for this information under section 18(g) of the
Act, as the Ministry does not hold the information requested, and we have
no grounds for believing it is either held by, or more closely connected
to the functions of, another department or organisation subject to the
Act. 

This information has previously been requested under the Act. Our response
to that request provides additional information around how payroll details
are recorded, in line with the response quoted in your request, and is
publicly available
here: [2]https://web-assets.education.govt.nz/s3f...

I can confirm that, for the period the ‘vaccine mandate’ was in place, the
numbers quoted in the above response remain accurate,
being school employees who left their positions for COVID‐19‐related reasons in
the broad sense. However, please note that, due to the live nature of the
dataset, these numbers may change if re-run on a different date. 

Thank you again for your email. 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 [3][email address] or to
Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143. 

Nāku noa, nā,

Official and Parliamentary Information | Ministry of Education | ED

[4]education.govt.nz

He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ōna huanga
We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes
[5][IMG]

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Thank you for your email to the Ministry of Education.  
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Please do not respond to this message.  
The Ministry of Education is closed for the holiday period between the
25^th of December and 4^th of January.
  
We will respond to your email as soon as possible on our return.   
Happy Holidays!
Tēnā koe mō tō īmēra mai ki te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga.  
  
He urupare aunoa tēnei hei whakaatu kua tae mai tō īmēra
ki a mātou. Kaua noa e whakautu i tēnei karere.  
  
Mea ake nei ka urupare tonu atu mātou ki tō īmēra. 

  

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