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...

 

Please be advised that due dates for requests received from 29 November
2021 onwards take into account the following periods:

 

Christmas (25 December 2021)

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New Year's Day (1 January 2022)

Day after News Year's Day (2 January 2022)

 

If you'd like to calculate the due date for your request, you can use the
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If you have any questions while we're processing your request, please let
us know via [3][email address]

 

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[4]Ministry of Health information releases  

[5]Unite against COVID-19 

 

 

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Kia ora Grace,

 

Thank you for your request for official information. The Ministry's
reference number for your request is: H202116871.

 

Please be advised that due dates for requests received from 29 November
2021 onwards take into account the following periods:

 

Christmas (25 December 2021)

Summer Holidays (25 December to 15 January)

New Year's Day (1 January 2022)

Day after News Year's Day (2 January 2022)

 

Your request has been logged and you can expect a reply no later than 17
January 2022 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.

 

Ngā mihi

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

E: [1][email address]

 

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Tēnā koe Grace

 

Response to your request for official information

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) on 29 November 2021 for
information regarding vaccination status certificates. Each point of your
request is answered in turn.

 

Please provide the legislation under which citizens in new zealand are
required to have vaccine passports and are required to carry them

 

My Vaccine Pass is an official record of a person's COVID-19 vaccination
status for use within Aotearoa New Zealand. It allows people to access
certain events and venues operating under the COVID-19 Protection
Framework (traffic light system). COVID-19 vaccination certificate (CVC)
are issued under the COVID-19 Public Health Response (COVID-19 Vaccination
Certificate) Order 2021
([1]https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulati...).
The COVID-19 Public Health Response (Protection Framework) Order 2021
([2]https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulati...)
sets out the rules of where CVCs must be used.

 

You can find information regarding My Vaccine Pass on the United against
COVID-19 website:
[3]covid19.govt.nz/covid-19-vaccines/covid-19-vaccination-certificates/my-vaccine-pass/#about-my-vaccine-pass.

 

the criteria for having a vaccine passport is to be double jabbed please
provide the research documentation which supports the issuing of a vaccine
passport to some one who had their second jab more than six months ago and
how these people can be considered more protected than some one with their
own immunity

 

The Ministry does not conduct research. You can find publicly available
studies on pubmed: [4]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/. You can find
information regarding vaccine efficacy and effectiveness on the Ministry’s
website:
[5]www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-vaccines/covid-19-vaccine-effectiveness-and-protection.

 

The vaccine passport is valid for 6 months from issue which means that
some one vaccinated over 6 months ago is effectively reaching the 1 year
mark when their passport is still valid while a person who has not been
vaxxed but has the same level of protection is excluded from participation
in society .. Please provide the research that shows the legal basis on
which this can this be justified

 

The Ministry does not hold any information in scope of your request.
Please note, policy work on the use of vaccination certificates is being
led by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). You may
wish to contact DPMC for further questions regarding vaccination status
certificates.

 

You can find the COVID-19 Response (Vaccinations) Legislation Bill online:
[6]www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2021/0101/latest/whole.html.

 

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: [7][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

 

Nāku noa, nā

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

E: [8][email address]

 

 

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4. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
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