2 November 2021
Ref: DOIA 2122-0934
Bruce Reilly
[FYI request #17280 email] Dear Bruce
Thank you for your email of 20 October 2021 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
I request the following information for the 1 January 2021 to 18 October 2021 (or similar dates):
1. The number of arrivals into MIQ facilities from flights from Australia by day.
2. Of the above, the number of persons testing positive for COVID-19 during their stay in MIQ by day
3. Of the above returnees who tested positive, from which testing day was their positive result
returned.
4. Which dates in 2021 a pre-departure test was required before flying to New Zealand from
Australia.
I am writing to inform you that MBIE has transferred parts 2, 3, and 4 of your request to the Ministry of
Health (MoH) under 14(b)(i) of the Act. This transfer is occurring because MBIE understands that the
information to which the request relates is not held by MBIE but is rather held by MoH.
MBIE will continue to provide a response to part 1 of your request.
You have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman
of my decision to transfer your request. The relevant details can be found at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
Yours sincerely
Jacquiline Cooke
Team Leader, Ministerial Services
Managed Isolation and Quarantine