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Kia ora Heather Darby

 

Thank you for your request for information below.  The Ministry will
consider and respond to your request in accordance with the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act).

 

Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of
our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any
case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is
received.  You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your
request on or before the 23 February 2022.  If more than 20 working days
are needed due to the potential workload and/or consultations involved in
answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.

 

The Ministry may publicly release on our website the response to your
request five days after you have received it. Any personal information
will be removed.

 

In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email
[1][email address].

 

Ngā mihi

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education - TW
[2]education.govt.nz  |  [3]Follow us on Twitter: @educationgovtnz

[4]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga

 

 

 

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Tēna koe Heather,

 

Thank you for your email of 26 January 2022 to the Ministry of Education
requesting the following information:

 

Please provide the risk assessment carried for teaching staff to support
the Pfizer mandate with reference to the toxicity reported in the Pfizer
safety data sheet.

 

Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).

 

The need for the COVID-19 vaccine, and the legislation mandating
vaccination for workers in specified settings, is Government policy, not a
function of the Ministry of Education. The Ministry’s role is to implement
Cabinet’s decisions and the resulting legislation as they relate to the
education sector, and risk assessment of the Pfizer vaccine is not part of
that implementation role. I am therefore refusing your request under
section 18(e) of the Act, as the document alleged to contain the
information requested does not exist.

 

Information on the assessment and approval of vaccines can be found on the
Ministry of Health’s website here: [1]COVID-19: Assessing and approving
the vaccines | Ministry of Health NZ.

 

Thank you again for your email. You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to
review this decision. You can do this by writing to
[2][email address] or Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152,
Wellington 6143.

 

Thanks

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education - TW
[3]education.govt.nz  |  [4]Follow us on Twitter: @educationgovtnz

[5]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga

 

 

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Kia ora Heather

Thank you for your email, as noted in the response, further information on the assessment and approval of vaccines can be found on the Ministry of Health’s website so we would recommend contacting Ministry of Health for further information.

Thanks,

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education - TW
education.govt.nz | Follow us on Twitter: @educationgovtnz

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