24 January 2025
Ref: DOIA-REQ-0007503
Erika Whittome
Email:
[FYI request #29191 email] Tēnā koe Erika
Thank you for your email of 5 December 2024 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
Would you please share all the advice including legal advice, memos, correspondence, emails,
policy documents etc that brought about the decision to remove this page from the MBIE website
under the OIA.
Please find attached the documentation relevant to your request.
In relation to the decision to remove the Vaccination Assessment Tool page, we review all the content on
business.govt.nz annually. We use Google Analytics data and feedback and ratings from site users to
assess the usage and performance of a page. We also use user feedback and ratings of the content to
assess the helpfulness and relevance of the page to our audience. On top of these metrics, we take
direction from the Minister and relevant government agencies on changes to our content. This is often
necessitated by changes in legislation, priority focus and policy.
Following direction from the Minister’s Office to update the page following the revocation of the COVID-
19 Public Health Response (Vaccination Assessment Tool) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations), the Vaccine
Assessment Tool page was amended to include a banner explaining the removal. In our review of the
page in December 2023, traffic to the page was very low (26 views from 23 users over 19 months). Given
the low traffic to the page and the revocation of the Regulations, the Vaccination Assessment Tool page
was removed.
For reference, please note that the views metric is the total number of times the page is viewed, and this
can be by the same person. The user metric is the total number of unique individuals who have visited the
page. The user metric is the data we use to measure the performance of the page and how popular it is,
as this represents individual page views, not potentially one user viewing the page multiple times.
Please note some information has been withheld under the following section of the Act:
• 9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons
I do not consider that the withholding of this information is outweighed by public interest considerations
in making the information available.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance,
please contac
t [email address].
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the MBIE
website
: www.mbie.govt.nz/about/open-government-and-official-information/published-official-
information-act-requests
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is availab
le at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Nāku noa, nā
Eric Janse van Rensburg
Director Products
Small Business Services