Country of departure for persons testing positive in NZ MIQ Facilities
Christopher Auld made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
The request was successful.
From: Christopher Auld
Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
I am a New Zealand citizen. I make the below request to your Ministry under the Official Information Act 1982.
I request the following information for the 6 month period 1 August 2020 to 1 February 2020;
1. The number of arrivals into MIQ facilities grouped by country of original departure to New Zealand.
2. The number of persons testing positive for COVID-19 during their stay in an MIQ facility grouped by their country of original departure to New Zealand.
I would appreciate receiving this information in a form that allows these values to be determined on a week-by-week basis. However, I am happy to receive that data as such temporal granularity, up to and including single per-country values for the whole 6 month period, as may be required to protect the privacy of natural persons under s9 of the Act.
I look forward to your prompt response.
Kind Regards,
Christopher Auld
From: Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Ref: 2021-1511
Dear Christopher,
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 14 February 2021 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
“I request the following information for the 6 month period 1 August 2020
to 1 February 2020;
1. The number of arrivals into MIQ facilities grouped by country of
original departure to New Zealand.
2. The number of persons testing positive for COVID-19 during their stay
in an MIQ facility grouped by their country of original departure to New
Zealand.
I would appreciate receiving this information in a form that allows these
values to be determined on a week-by-week basis. However, I am happy to
receive that data as such temporal granularity, up to and including single
per-country values for the whole 6 month period, as may be required to
protect the privacy of natural persons under s9 of the Act.”
Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.
Please note, due to ongoing COVID-19 response work, requests are currently
being triaged and those relating to Covid-19 processed as a priority.
Remaining requests are being assessed as per the Ombudsman’s guidance
(which can be found here:
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/news/chief-ombudsmans-statement-official-information-response-times-during-covid-19-emergency)
and processed accordingly.
If you have any enquiries regarding your request, or its urgency, feel
free to contact us via email at [2][MBIE request email].
Nâku noa, nâ
MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
NZBN 9429000106078
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Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Dear Christopher,
Please find letter attached from Rose Chamberlain, Team Leader,
Ministerial Writing regarding your OIA request of 23 February 2021.
Best wishes,
Ministerial Services
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From: OIA Requests
Kia ora
Thank you for your request for official information received 23 February
2021 for:
"I request the following information for the 6 month period 1 August 2020
to 1 February 2020; 2. The number of persons testing positive for COVID-19
during their stay in an MIQ facility grouped by their country of original
departure to New Zealand?"
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202101822.
As required under the Official Information Act 1982 we will endeavour to
respond to your request no later than 23 March 2021, being 20 working days
after the day your request was received.
If we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we
will notify you of an extension of that time frame.
If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Dear Christopher,
Please find attached the Ministry’s notification of extension to your OIA
request of 14/02/21.
Kind Regards,
Ministerial Services
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services
Email: [1][MBIE request email]
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: OIA Requests
Kia ora,
Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]
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From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Dear Christopher.
Regarding your email of 14 February 2021 to the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment requesting the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I request the following information for the 6 month period 1 August 2020
to 1 February 2020; 1. The number of arrivals into MIQ facilities grouped
by country of original departure to New Zealand. 2. The number of persons
testing positive for COVID-19 during their stay in an MIQ facility grouped
by their country of original departure to New Zealand. I would appreciate
receiving this information in a form that allows these values to be
determined on a week-by-week basis. However, I am happy to receive that
data as such temporal granularity, up to and including single per-country
values for the whole 6 month period, as may be required to protect the
privacy of natural persons under s9 of the Act.
This email is to inform you that we are in the process of finalising our
response to your request and that we apologise for the delay in getting
this to you. We are working quickly to provide answers to your questions
and will have response for you as soon as possible.
Kind Regards,
Ministerial Services
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services
Email: [1][MBIE request email]
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
[2]www.mbie.govt.nz
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From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Dear Christopher,
Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your OIA request of
14/02/21.
We apologise for the delay in sending this to you.
Kind Regards,
Ministerial Services
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services
Email: [1][MBIE request email]
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
[2]www.mbie.govt.nz
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