Health officers and notifications to them
Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
Response to this request is long overdue. By law Ministry of Health should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.
From: Erika Whittome
Dear Ministry of Health,
Would you please supply
1. the Names of the four public officers of health in the four areas. This web page doesn’t have their names https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/our-healt...
2. Any Notifications these Public officers of health from Dec 2019 until the present day .
A search on the NZ Gazette for
“health Act” notices does not appear to list the appointment of these officers .
https://gazette.govt.nz/home/NoticeSearc...
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Erika,
Thank you for your request for official information. The reference number
for your request is: H2023033229
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, Manatū Hauora will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. Please note, due to the summer break,
there are no working days in the period from 25 December 2023 to 15
January 2024. If you'd like to calculate the timeframe, you can use the
Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact the OIA Services Team
on [2][email address]. If any additional factors come to light which
are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that
these can be taken into account.
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: [3][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
M[4]inistry of Health information releases
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From: OIA Requests
Tēnā koe Erika
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to Manatū Hauora (the Ministry of Health) on 28 November 2023.
Manatū Hauora does not hold any information relating to your request;
however, I have been advised that this information is held by Te Whatu Ora
– Health New Zealand. For this reason, I have decided to transfer your
request to their agency under section 14(b)(i) of the Act. You can expect
a response from Te Whatu Ora ([1][email address]) in due course.
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: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
[3]Ministry of Health information releases
From: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2023 2:29 pm
To: Erika Whittome <[FOI #24909 email]>
Subject: Acknowledgement of your request for official information ref:
H2023033229 CRM:0114216
Kia ora Erika,
Thank you for your request for official information. The reference number
for your request is: H2023033229
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, Manatū Hauora will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. Please note, due to the summer break,
there are no working days in the period from 25 December 2023 to 15
January 2024. If you'd like to calculate the timeframe, you can use the
Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [4]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact the OIA Services Team
on [5][email address]. If any additional factors come to light which
are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that
these can be taken into account.
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: [6][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
M[7]inistry of Health information releases
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From: hnzOIA
Tēnā koe,
Thank you for contacting Te Whatu Ora, Health NZ. This is an automatic
reply to confirm that we have received your email. Depending on the
nature of your request you may not receive a response for up to 20 working
days. We will try to respond to your query as quickly as possible.
Ngā mihi
Te Whatu Ora, Health NZ.
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From: hnzOIA
Kia ora Erika,
Thank you for your request for official information, received on 15
December 2023 asking for the following:
Would you please supply: the Names of the four public officers of health
in the four areas. This web page doesn’t have their names
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...
2. Any Notifications these Public officers of health from Dec 2019 until
the present day .
In order to respond to your request, could you please clarify the
information you are seeking regarding the above questions.
* There are many statutory officers, many more than four. Are you asking
for the four regional public health leads? Or all statutory officers?
* Please confirm what you mean by notifications?
Please note, under section 15 of the Official Information Act 1982, any
clarification or amendments made to a request within seven days after the
date it is received, that request may be treated as a new request and the
time limit for the response restarts.
We look forward to receiving your response.
Ngâ mihi
Giana
Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
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From: hnzOIA
Kia ora Erika,
Thank you for your request for information, please find attached our
response to your request.
If you have any questions, please get in touch at
[1][email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi,
Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team
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2. http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
From: Erika Whittome
Dear hnzOIA,
My original question has a url to the statutory officers section of the ministry’s website. The type of officer was always In The original OIA request. The link in your reply appears obfuscated with outlook links, however you will see the link at the start of my request is for statutory officers
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
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