dec 2, 2021 - COVID-19 Public Health Response (Protection Framework) Order - passed

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Subsequently, a decision was made to include offices of the Ministry of Social Development in the Order (on the list of designated premises that The COVID-19 Public Health Response (Protection Framework) Order 2021 provided that a person could not be denied access to certain premises on vaccination grounds. The designated premises included:
• supermarkets and dairies;
• pharmacies;
• petrol stations;
• public transport (except domestic air travel and Cook Strait ferries);
• premises providing health services partly or wholly funded by the government;
• Kāinga Ora housing;
• housing provided by a registered Community Housing Provider, but only in respect of tenancies that were public housing;
• any housing or accommodation or housing support service funded by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Corrections or Oranga Tamariki;
• emergency accommodation provided by or funded by a government department; and
• premises used to provide shelter or emergency or temporary housing for people in a civil defence emergency.

This meant that housing providers (public housing, transitional housing and emergency housing) were prohibited from requiring proof of vaccination status (eg My-Vaccine pass or similar) as a condition of staying on the premises. The Ministry of Social Development continued to assess eligibility for the Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant, regardless of a person’s vaccination status and continued to use providers of emergency housing who complied with the Order.
could not require a vaccine pass for entry). This meant that the Ministry could not require beneficiaries and people seeking assistance, their families, including children, or their support people, such as advocates, to show proof of vaccination when they came to a Ministry office. It did not apply to other visitors to Ministry of Social Development sites such as couriers, contractors and providers – these groups needed to show a vaccine pass.

Source: https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/about-msd/history/social-assistance-chronology-programme-history.html

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