Kia ora,

On behalf of Hon Kris Faafoi, thank you for your email. 

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important, and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
personally reply to all emails.  As such, the following guidelines apply:

·        Invitations and meeting requests will be processed as soon as
possible and a staff member will be in contact with you in due course

·        All media queries will be responded to by a staff member

·        Requests for official information will be managed in accordance
with the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, which may
include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency

·        If your email falls outside of the Minister’s portfolio
responsibilities, expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple
Members of Parliament, then your opinion will be noted and your
correspondence may be transferred to another office, or there may be no
further response to you

Thank you for the taking the time to write.

Nga mihi,

Office of Hon Kris Faafoi

Minister of Justice, Minister of Immigration, Minister for Broadcasting
and Media

Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Kris Faafoi MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

 

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Dear Chuck

 

On behalf of Hon Kris Faafoi, Minister of Justice, Minister of
Immigration, and Minister for Broadcasting and Media I acknowledge receipt
of your email requesting information under Section 12 of the Official
Information Act 1982.

 

Your request was received in this Office on 28 March 2022 and will be
responded to under the provisions of the Official Information Act.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Office of Hon Kris Faafoi

Minister of Justice | Minister of Immigration | Minister for Broadcasting
and Media

Executive Wing | Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington
6160 | New Zealand

 

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Authorised by Hon Kris Faafoi MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

 

Disclaimer: Please note information about meetings or events related to
the Minister’s portfolios will be proactively released (this does not
include personal or constituency matters).  For each meeting in scope, the
summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description,
location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio.  If you attend a
meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the
organisation will be released.  If you are a senior staff member at an
organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your
name may also be released.  The location of the meeting will be released,
unless it is a private residence.  The proactive release will be
consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including
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ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask
for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong.  If you’d like to ask for
a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned
about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please
contact the sender.  You can read more about the proactive release policy
at [2]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

 

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Kia ora Chuck,

 

Thank you for your request of 25 March 2022 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:

 

- Are the refugees required to be vaccinated to enter country - please
provide any and all vaccination requirements associated with this policy

- who is liable for refugees entering country getting jabbed and getting
injured?

- If there aren’t vaccination requirements please provide risk assessment
associated with these refugees

- Please provide all of the documents associated with housing for the
refugees - where will they be living, at what cost, who is paying

- What is provided to refugees in terms of job availability?

- Have the refugees been made aware of if they can find work then do they
know the excessive spending / incompetent fiscal policy / stupidity /
corruption then the money they earn probably won’t buy them a grape?

- do the refugees have other options as to countries they can go to?

- have there been any focus groups to ask if the refugees want to come to
New Zealand?

 

A response to your request is being prepared. However, due to necessary
consultations, a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made
within the original time limit. Accordingly, we are extending the time
limit for response to this request by 20 working days under section 15A of
the Act and will respond to you by 26 May 2022. A response will be
provided earlier than this date, if possible.

 

You have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to complain to the
Ombudsman about the decision to extend the time for responding to your
request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by emailing
[1][email address].

 

Kind regards,

 

Mark Andrew

Private Secretary (Ministerial Servicing - Immigration) | Office of Hon
Kris Faafoi MP

Minister of Justice, Minister of Broadcasting and Media, Minister of
Immigration

 

Executive Wing | Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington
6160 | New Zealand

 

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Kia ora Chuck,

 

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request.

 

Kind regards,

 

Mark Andrew

Private Secretary (Ministerial Servicing - Immigration) | Office of Hon
Kris Faafoi MP

Minister of Justice, Minister of Broadcasting and Media, Minister of
Immigration

Executive Wing | Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington
6160 | New Zealand

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