Kia ora

I am writing further to your request for official information:

"Please provide me with all correspondence to and from Sam Morgan or his
associates held by the ministry since 1 March 2020. Please also provide me
with any information held (reports, briefings, aide memoire) held by the
ministry in relation to any Covid-related proposals or ideas promoted by
Mr Morgan or his associates."

As set out in section 12 of the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act),
if you wish to pursue obtaining information that is not in the public
domain, you may be asked to provide evidence that you meet the
requirements of the Act, as set out below.

Section 12
(1) Any person, being—
(a) a New Zealand citizen; or
(b) a permanent resident of New Zealand; or
(c) a person who is in New Zealand; or
(d) a body corporate which is incorporated in New Zealand; or
(e) a body corporate which is incorporated outside New Zealand but which
has a place of business in New Zealand,—

If you are requesting information through FYI.org.nz, please be advised
that copies of your personal ID may be published on this website. The
Ministry recommends that you send us this information privately through
[email address]

If you could please provide a response by 4 September 2020 so the Ministry
can proceed to processing your request.

Please note that if we do not receive a response from you by this date,
your request will be withdrawn.

For further information about the Act, please refer to the New Zealand
Legislation website:
[1]http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/publi...

Please feel free to get in touch if you have any queries.

Ngâ mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

From:        "George Morrison"
<[FYI request #13631 email]>
To:        "OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health" <[Ministry of Health request email]>
Date:        01/09/2020 12:29 pm
Subject:        Official Information request - Correspondence with Sam
Morgan

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Dear Ministry of Health,

Please provide me with all correspondence to and from Sam Morgan or his
associates held by the ministry since 1 March 2020. Please also provide me
with any information held (reports, briefings, aide memoire) held by the
ministry in relation to any Covid-related proposals or ideas promoted by
Mr Morgan or his associates.

Yours faithfully,

George Morrison

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FYI request #13631 email]

Is [Ministry of Health request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests
to Ministry of Health? If so, please contact us using this form:
[2]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

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Kia ora George Morrison

Please supply evidence that you meet the requirements of the Act. The
Ministry recommends that you send this information privately through
[email address]

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

From:        "George Morrison"
<[FOI #13631 email]>
To:        "OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health" <[Ministry of Health request email]>
Date:        01/09/2020 08:03 pm
Subject:        Re: Official Information request - Correspondence with Sam
Morgan - Further information required (6796)

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Dear Ministry of Health,

I confirm that I meet the requirements of the Act in that I am a citizen
of New Zealand. Please provide the information as requested.

Yours faithfully,

George Morrison

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Kia ora George Morrison

Please refer to section 12 of the Official Information Act 1982:
[1]http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/publi...

As noted in the Ombudsman guidance, agencies are entitled to make
reasonable enquiries to satisfy themselves that a requester is eligible to
make a request under the OIA.

Ngâ mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

From:        "George Morrison"
<[FYI request #13631 email]>
To:        "OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health" <[Ministry of Health request email]>
Date:        02/09/2020 09:16 am
Subject:        Re: Official Information request - Correspondence with Sam
Morgan - Further information required (6796)

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Dear Ministry of Health,

Please point to the section of the Act that stipules what evidence can be
requested. The information I have requested should be publicly available
and I’ve assured you I meet the requirements of the Act.  I note the
Ombudsman guidelines for making an OIA via this site state, “Agencies
should only query eligibility if there is a genuine need to do so” and I
don’t see the need for you to do so in this instance.

Yours faithfully,

George Morrison

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Kia ora George Morrison

As you have not supplied evidence that you meet the requirements of the
Act, your request for information has been withdrawn.

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

From:        "George Morrison"
<[FOI #13631 email]>
To:        "OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health" <[Ministry of Health request email]>
Date:        01/09/2020 12:29 pm
Subject:        Official Information request - Correspondence with Sam
Morgan

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Dear Ministry of Health,

Please provide me with all correspondence to and from Sam Morgan or his
associates held by the ministry since 1 March 2020. Please also provide me
with any information held (reports, briefings, aide memoire) held by the
ministry in relation to any Covid-related proposals or ideas promoted by
Mr Morgan or his associates.

Yours faithfully,

George Morrison

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #13631 email]

Is [Ministry of Health request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests
to Ministry of Health? If so, please contact us using this form:
[1]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
[2]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

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Kia ora George Morrison
As noted in the Ombudsman guide for making official information requests
(https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/reso...),
an agency is not required to respond in terms of the Official Information
Act 1982 if you are deemed ineligible to submit a request; however, an
agency should still deal with your request in a reasonable manner.
As such, the Ministry has reconsidered your request of 1 September 2020
and is providing some information that may be useful to you.
Information requested: Please provide me with all correspondence to and
from Sam Morgan or his associates held by the ministry since 1 March 2020.
Please also provide me with any information held (reports, briefings, aide
memoire) held by the ministry in relation to any Covid-related proposals
or ideas promoted by Mr Morgan or his associates.
The Ministry has recently provided some information relating to the
COVIDCard in response to another request for official information. This
has been made publicly available at:
[1]https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/...
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: [email address] or by calling 0800 802
602.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team

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