23 February 2024
M Bel
[FYI request #25136 email]
Tēnā koe M Bell,
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00036732
Thank you for your email on 24 January 2024, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
fol owing under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Please note that I did not ask for a list of the people that may have provided supporting
evidence, nor did I ask for a comparison of excess deaths with other countries. I have
asked for the actual supporting evidence that backed the definitive statements that were
made by Margie Apa, such as, "Basically that he (the whistleblower) had information that
suggested there were excess mortalities due to the Covid vaccine that were not reported,
and purported to have made connections to data that proved that, which is not true."
Please provide this information
Response
To date, four deaths have occurred in New Zealand where a link to COVID-19 vaccination could
not be excluded. This is in the context of 3,361 people whose deaths have to date been directly
attributed to COVID-19 in New Zealand, with more than 12.6 mil ion vaccines administered to
eligible New Zealanders as of 2 October 2023. This information is publicly available in the below
two links:
•
www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/fourth-death-possibly-linked-covid-19-vaccine
• www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/our-health-system/data-and-statistics/covid-vaccine-data/#total-
vaccinations
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[Health New Zealand request email].
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Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
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contact details, wil be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Danielle Coe
Manager (OIA) Government Services
Office of the Chief Executive
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wellington 6140, New Zealand