133 Molesworth St
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6145
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
3 April 2020
Miles Stratford
By email:
[FYI request #12469 email]
Ref:
H202001614
Dear Mr Stratford
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request of 20 March 2020 under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) for:
“Please provide copies of all communications, documents, submissions and relevant
information relating to the C work Ms Halligan is charged with undertaking on behalf
of the Ministry of Health which has led to production of this Draft Guidance”
Please be advised that Ms Halligan and the Ministry of Health had no involvement in the
development of this document. Therefore, your request for this information is refused under
section 18(e) of the Act, as the information does not exist.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to review my
decision to refuse your request.
Yours sincerely
Deborah Woodley
Deputy Director-General
Population Health and Prevention