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I am writing on behalf of the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

Your request will be responded to under the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982.

Yours sincerely

Dinah Okeby
Office of the Prime Minister

-----Original Message-----
From: M Lee [mailto:[FOI #16813 email]]
Sent: Monday, 20 September 2021 5:04 PM
To: J Ardern (MIN) <[Jacinda Ardern request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Exposure Events

Dear Jacinda Ardern,

At the post conference press conference on 20/9/21 you said that most of the exposure events have been from people going about their legal business.

For this August/September outbreak
I request the total number of exposure events.
The total number of exposure events where it was not compliant with Level 4.
Prosecutions as a result of the exposure events where it was not compliant with level 4.
The total number of people infected where the source was an exposure event where it was not compliant with Level 4.

Yours faithfully,

M Lee

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Tēnā koe

 

On behalf of Raj Nahna, I attach a letter in response to your OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Private Secretary (Executive Support)

Office of the Prime Minister

Authorised by Rt. Hon Jacinda Ardern MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Kia ora

 

Thank you for taking the time to get in touch with Prime Minister Jacinda
Ardern.

 

If you are writing about an issue relating to COVID-19, mental health,
Immigration, housing or benefit assistance, here's a list of links that
you might find helpful:

 

 

For queries around Managed Isolation availability  and/or exemptions:
miq.govt.nz

 

If you are overseas and need assistance please contact your nearest New
Zealand Embassy or Consulate. Contact details are listed in each
destination page on the SafeTravel website: 
[1]https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/news/covi...
  . For urgent consular assistance after-hours please contact +64 99 20 20
20 (monitored 24 hours a day).

 

For immigration and visa advice: contact the call centre which is open 
6:00am Monday to midnight on Saturday (NZT).
[2]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/contact  

 

For urgent housing or benefit enquiries:

∙             Call 0800 559 009 (for under 65)

∙             Call 0800 552 002 (for over 65)

 

If you need treatment or support for your health or wellbeing, the
following options are available.

 

Healthline – You can call Healthline for health advice on freephone 0800
611 116 at any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Healthline staff
can advise you on the best thing to do in your situation, including which
services are near you and open.

 

1737 – If you need to talk to someone about how you are feeling, you can
call or text 1737 for free at any time to talk to a trained counsellor.

 

Mental health crisis teams – If you are concerned that someone is going to
hurt themselves or someone else, you can call your local mental health
crisis team. A full list of numbers is available here:
[3]www.health.govt.nz/your-health/services-and-support/health-care-services/mental-health-services/crisis-assessment-teams

 

For Police assistance In an emergency call 111.

For everything else use 105.

You can also make a report online at 105.police.govt.nz 

 

We hope that one of the above links helps answer your question, if not we
will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you again

 

 

Office of the Prime Minister

 

 

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Kia ora Melissa,

 

Thank you for your request for official information which was transferred
from the Office of the Prime Minister and received by the Ministry of
Health on 15 October 2021. The Ministry’s reference number for your
request is H202114510.

 

If you need to contact us at any stage about your request, please quote
this reference number in your correspondence. You requested:

 

“For this August/September outbreak

I request the total number of exposure events.

The total number of exposure events where it was not compliant with Level
4.

Prosecutions as a result of the exposure events where it was not compliant
with level 4.

The total number of people infected where the source was an exposure event
where it was not compliant with Level 4.”

 

Your request has been logged and you can expect a reply no later than 15
November 2021 as required under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. 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.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

E: [1][email address]

 

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Kia ora Melissa

 

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request
attached, received by New Zealand Police on 15 October 2021, following
partial transfer of question three from Department of the Prime Minister
and Cabinet and after clarificaiton with DPMC, that Police cannot provide
prosecution data but can provide Covid-19 Alert Level 4 Breach data for
August-September 2021.

 

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet will respond directly to you
with regards to your other three questions.
 
Your request is being actioned pursuant to the OIA. You can expect a
response to your request on or before 15 November 2021.
 
Kind regards, Brittany
Ministerial Services PNHQ

 

 

From: J Ardern (MIN) <[Jacinda Ardern request email]>
Sent: Friday, 15 October 2021 2:36 pm
To: '[FYI request #16813 email]'
<[FYI request #16813 email]>
Subject: Your OIA Request - PMO 2021-236

 

Tēnā koe

On behalf of Raj Nahna, I attach a letter in response to your OIA request.

Ngā mihi

Private Secretary (Executive Support)

Office of the Prime Minister

Authorised by Rt. Hon Jacinda Ardern MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Kia ora

Our sincere apologies for the name error - when the request was transferred from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to Police, we were advised that was your name (see attached letter).

Police do not hold prosecution data, this is held by Ministry of Justice as they oversee the judicial system - however Ministry of Justice declined the transfer request from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Therefore in order to assist with your request, Police advised Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet that they can provide Covid-19 Alert Level 4 Breach data for August-September 2021 (the number of infringements notices issued to people who were non-compliant with the Public Health Response Alert Level Requirements Order No 9 2021).

Kind regards,
Ministerial Services

-----Original Message-----
From: M Lee <[FYI request #16813 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 19 October 2021 3:47 PM
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: OIA acknowledgment IR-01-21-31314 Partial transfer from Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet for question 3

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Dear Ministerial Services,

My name is not Melissa.

Why can't the Police the provide prosecution data?

Yours sincerely,

M Lee

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

Kia ora Melissa

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request attached, received by New Zealand Police on 15 October 2021, following partial transfer of question three from Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and after clarificaiton with DPMC, that Police cannot provide prosecution data but can provide Covid-19 Alert Level 4 Breach data for August-September 2021.

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet will respond directly to you with regards to your other three questions.

Your request is being actioned pursuant to the OIA. You can expect a response to your request on or before 15 November 2021.

Kind regards, Brittany
Ministerial Services PNHQ

From: J Ardern (MIN) <[Jacinda Ardern request email]>
Sent: Friday, 15 October 2021 2:36 pm
To: '[FYI request #16813 email]'
<[FYI request #16813 email]>
Subject: Your OIA Request - PMO 2021-236

Tēnā koe

On behalf of Raj Nahna, I attach a letter in response to your OIA request.

Ngā mihi

Private Secretary (Executive Support)

Office of the Prime Minister

Authorised by Rt. Hon Jacinda Ardern MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Kia ora M Lee,

 

I refer to your emails dated 15 October 2021 addressed to the Prime
Minister and dated 19 October 2021 addressed to the Department of the
Prime Minister and Cabinet concerning our response to your request under
the Official Information Act 1982 including the delay in transferring your
request to the Ministry of Health and NZ Police. Due to an administrative
error the letter was incorrectly addressed to  Melissa Lee, National
Party. We apologise for this error and for the delay in transferring the
request to the relevant agencies that hold your requested information.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Private Secretary (Executive Support)

Office of the Prime Minister

Authorised by Rt. Hon Jacinda Ardern MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

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

From: M Lee [[1]mailto:[FYI request #16813 email]]

Sent: Friday, 15 October 2021 6:55 PM

To: J Ardern (MIN) <[2][Jacinda Ardern request email]>

Subject: Re: Official Information request - Exposure Events

 

Dear Jacinda Ardern,

 

Thank you for your reply.

 

Firstly I am not Melissa Lee of the National Party.

Secondly although I appreciate you transferring this request on to the
other organisations that may have this information I would expect that
Jacinda Ardern would hold this information. If Jacinda Ardern does not
hold this information please confirm.

Thirdly it is disappointing that Jacinda Ardern has not met the legal
timeframe from the Ombudsman's "The OIA for Ministers and agencies"
document
[3]https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/site...

"transfer a request to another agency promptly, and no later than 10
working days, after the request is received;"

 

Yours faithfully,

 

M Lee

 

 

 

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Kia ora Melissa,

 

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: [1][email address]

 

 

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Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act (the Act) request. This is
an automatic reply to let you know we received it.

 

Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. We
will endeavour to acknowledge your request as soon as possible. Further
information about COVID-19 can be found on our
website: [1]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...

 

In accordance with the Act, we'll let you know our decision within no more
than 20 working days. If you'd like to calculate the timeframe, you can
use the Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [2]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/

If you have any questions while we're processing your request, please let
us know via [3][email address]

 

Ngā mihi  

OIA Services Team  

   

[4]Ministry of Health information releases  

[5]Unite against COVID-19 

 

 

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Kia ora M,

Apologies for the confusion regarding your name.

Please see the response to your OIA attached. Let us know if you have any further trouble opening it.

Ngā mihi,

Vince Neaves
Advisor | OIA Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]
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-----Original Message-----
From: M Lee <[FYI request #16813 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2021 6:13 pm
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Your request for information, ref: H202114510

Dear OIA Requests,

There appears to be an issue with the pdf attachment, can you please resend it.

Also my name is not Melissa. It is disappointing that due to and error within the PM's office and acknowledgment from the PM's office they did not attempt to rectify the problem they have created.

Yours sincerely,

M Lee

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Kia ora Melissa,

 

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: [1][email address]

 

 

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Tçnâ koe Melissa

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 15 October 2021.

Ngâ mihi

 

Julian Etchegoin (he/him)

Ministerial Services Advisor
NZ Police National Headquarters Wellington
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