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Harold
By email:
[FYI request #15210 email]
Ref:
H202105033
Dear Harold
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 21 April 2021
received from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) regarding:
“..al copies of all analysis of the WHO Covid-19 origins report – either produced by MFAT
or produced by another NZ government agency and shared with MFAT.”
The Ministry does not hold any analysis of the WHO COVID-19 origins report. As such, your
request is refused under section 18(e) of the Act, as the information you have requested does
not exist.
For your reference, further information regarding the WHO-convened global study of origins of
COVID-19 can be found here: https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/new-zealand-
statement-on-who-convened-global-study-of-origins-of-covid-19/
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:
[email address] or by cal ing 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Nick Al an
Manager OIA Services
Office of the Director-General