Exemptions for vaccine passes
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From: Hemant
Dear Ministry of Health,
In an 1pm press conference it was mentioned that based on the numbers in Australia, NZ was expecting about 100 medical exemptions for vaccine passes would be issued. How many medical exemptions have been issued that would allow someone to get a vaccine pass?
Yours faithfully,
Hemant
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Kia ora Hemant,
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From: Hemant <[FOI #17978 email]>
Sent: Friday, 17 December 2021 1:45 am
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Exemptions for vaccine passes
Dear Ministry of Health,
In an 1pm press conference it was mentioned that based on the numbers in
Australia, NZ was expecting about 100 medical exemptions for vaccine
passes would be issued. How many medical exemptions have been issued that
would allow someone to get a vaccine pass?
Yours faithfully,
Hemant
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Kia ora Hemant,
Thank you for your request for official information. The Ministry's
reference number for your request is: H202117901.
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 04
February 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.
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get in touch.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hemant <[FOI #17978 email]>
Sent: Friday, 17 December 2021 1:45 am
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Exemptions for vaccine passes
Dear Ministry of Health,
In an 1pm press conference it was mentioned that based on the numbers in
Australia, NZ was expecting about 100 medical exemptions for vaccine
passes would be issued. How many medical exemptions have been issued that
would allow someone to get a vaccine pass?
Yours faithfully,
Hemant
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Kia ora Hemant,
Thank you for your request for official information. The Ministry's
reference number for your request is: H202117958.
Please be advised that due dates for requests received from 29 November
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Summer Holidays (25 December to 15 January)
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February 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.
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Ngā mihi
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Dear OIA Requests,
Thank you for the response, that was exactly what i was after :).
Yours sincerely,
Hemant
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