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-----Original Message-----
From: Harold <[FOI #16724 email]>
Sent: Monday, 13 September 2021 9:25 am
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Domestic COVID-19 vaccination
certificates

 

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

 

This is a request for documents relating to DPMC’s programme for the
introduction of COVID-19 vaccine certificates for domestic use. An earlier
OIA request on this topic yielded a DPMC scoping report dated 9 April:

 

[3]https://fyi.org.nz/request/15162/respons...

 

I take it from recent media reporting that DPMC’s work in this space has
advanced since then, and I would therefore like to request:

 

1)            Copies of all briefings to Cabinet or any minister that deal
with the topic of COVID-19 vaccine certificates for domestic use, dated
since 9 April.

 

2)            Copies of all other reports generated by DPMC that deal with
the topic of COVID-19 vaccine certificates for domestic use, dated since 9
April.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Harold

 

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Kia ora koe,

 

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial and Business Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Kia ora koe,

 

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial and Business Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E    [1][DPMC request email]
 
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Dear Harold

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, which
was partially transferred from the Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet to the Minister for COVID-19 Response on 27 September 2021. You
requested:

 

“ 1) Copies of all briefings to Cabinet or any minister that deal with the
topic of COVID-19 vaccine certificates for domestic use, dated since 9
April. ”

 

I have decided under section 15A of the Act to extend the time limit for
deciding on your request by an additional 20 working days. Consequently,
the new date a response to your request is due will be 23 November 2021.

 

The extension is required because of the consultations needed to make a
decision on your request. Despite the extension, a response will be sent
to you as soon as possible.

 

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my
decision under section 28(3) of the Act.

 

I appreciate that the initial response to this request was due on Tuesday
26 October 2021. I apologise for the delay in getting the response to you.

 

Noho ora mai | Stay well
[1]cid:image001.jpg@01D433B3.8E157340 Erin
Sampson
(he/him)
| Private
Secretary,
COVID-19
Response
 
Office of
Hon Chris
Hipkins   

Minister
for
COVID-19
Response
 

 

 

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Kia ora koe,

 

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial and Business Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E    [1][DPMC request email]
 
[2]cid:image002.png@01D43609.296F69C0
 
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Kia ora Harold,

Thanks for your email. With apologies for the slight delay the answer has now been signed out, and will be transmitted this afternoon.

Noho ora mai | Stay well

Erin Sampson (he/him) | Private Secretary, COVID-19 Response
Office of Hon Chris Hipkins
Minister for COVID-19 Response
īmēra: [email address]

-----Original Message-----
From: Harold [mailto:[FOI #16724 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 November 2021 7:09 PM
To: Erin Sampson <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA Extension: Official Information Act request relating to COVID-19 vaccine certificates for domestic use

Dear Erin Sampson,

I'm following up on the part of my request trasnferred to your office back in September. On 6 November you informed me that my response was due 23 November (20 working days from 26 October).

Can I get an update on the status of this request?

Yours sincerely,

Harold

-----Original Message-----

Dear Harold

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, which was partially transferred from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to the Minister for COVID-19 Response on 27 September 2021. You
requested:

“ 1) Copies of all briefings to Cabinet or any minister that deal with the topic of COVID-19 vaccine certificates for domestic use, dated since 9 April. ”

I have decided under section 15A of the Act to extend the time limit for deciding on your request by an additional 20 working days. Consequently, the new date a response to your request is due will be 23 November 2021.

The extension is required because of the consultations needed to make a decision on your request. Despite the extension, a response will be sent to you as soon as possible.

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under section 28(3) of the Act.

I appreciate that the initial response to this request was due on Tuesday
26 October 2021. I apologise for the delay in getting the response to you.

Noho ora mai | Stay well
[1]cid:image001.jpg@01D433B3.8E157340 Erin Sampson
(he/him)
| Private
Secretary,
COVID-19
Response

Office of
Hon Chris
Hipkins

Minister
for
COVID-19
Response

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Kia ora Harold,

Please see attached the Minister's signed OIA response.

Noho ora mai | Stay well

Erin Sampson (he/him) | Private Secretary, COVID-19 Response
Office of Hon Chris Hipkins
Minister for COVID-19 Response
īmēra: [email address]

-----Original Message-----
From: Erin Sampson
Sent: Thursday, 25 November 2021 9:19 AM
To: 'Harold' <[FOI #16724 email]>
Subject: RE: OIA Extension: Official Information Act request relating to COVID-19 vaccine certificates for domestic use

Kia ora Harold,

Thanks for your email. With apologies for the slight delay the answer has now been signed out, and will be transmitted this afternoon.

Noho ora mai | Stay well

Erin Sampson (he/him) | Private Secretary, COVID-19 Response Office of Hon Chris Hipkins Minister for COVID-19 Response
īmēra: [email address]

-----Original Message-----
From: Harold [mailto:[FOI #16724 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 November 2021 7:09 PM
To: Erin Sampson <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA Extension: Official Information Act request relating to COVID-19 vaccine certificates for domestic use

Dear Erin Sampson,

I'm following up on the part of my request trasnferred to your office back in September. On 6 November you informed me that my response was due 23 November (20 working days from 26 October).

Can I get an update on the status of this request?

Yours sincerely,

Harold

-----Original Message-----

Dear Harold

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, which was partially transferred from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to the Minister for COVID-19 Response on 27 September 2021. You
requested:

“ 1) Copies of all briefings to Cabinet or any minister that deal with the topic of COVID-19 vaccine certificates for domestic use, dated since 9 April. ”

I have decided under section 15A of the Act to extend the time limit for deciding on your request by an additional 20 working days. Consequently, the new date a response to your request is due will be 23 November 2021.

The extension is required because of the consultations needed to make a decision on your request. Despite the extension, a response will be sent to you as soon as possible.

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under section 28(3) of the Act.

I appreciate that the initial response to this request was due on Tuesday
26 October 2021. I apologise for the delay in getting the response to you.

Noho ora mai | Stay well
[1]cid:image001.jpg@01D433B3.8E157340 Erin Sampson
(he/him)
| Private
Secretary,
COVID-19
Response

Office of
Hon Chris
Hipkins

Minister
for
COVID-19
Response

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Kia ora Harold,

The pack will be proactively released by the end of January 2022 at the latest.

Noho ora mai | Stay well

Erin Sampson (he/him) | Private Secretary, COVID-19 Response
Office of Hon Chris Hipkins
Minister for COVID-19 Response
īmēra: [email address]

-----Original Message-----
From: Harold [mailto:[FOI #16724 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 25 November 2021 6:57 PM
To: Erin Sampson <[email address]>
Subject: RE: OIA Extension: Official Information Act request relating to COVID-19 vaccine certificates for domestic use

Dear Erin Sampson,

According to Ombudsman's guideance

"As a matter of good practice, agencies should provide the precise or approximate date by which the information will be published"

when giving 18(d) refusals. Could you please provide me with the date you intend to publish the documents identified in your response letter?

Yours sincerely,

Harold

-----Original Message-----

Kia ora Harold,

Please see attached the Minister's signed OIA response.

Noho ora mai | Stay well

Erin Sampson (he/him) | Private Secretary, COVID-19 Response Office of Hon Chris Hipkins Minister for COVID-19 Response
īmēra: [email address]

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