133 Molesworth Street 
PO Box 5013 
Wellington 6140 
New Zealand 
T+64 4 496 2000 
 
21 July 2021 
 
 
 
NZ Health Justice 
 
By email:   
[FYI request #16024 email] 
Ref:  
 
H202106265 
 
 
Tēnā koe NZ Health Justice 
 
Transfer of your request for official information 
 
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of 
Health (the Ministry) on 9 July 2021 for: 
 
“1. The dollar amount that HealthCare NZ receives in bulk-funding from District Health 
Boards by contract. 
2. Confirmation that under these bulk-funding arrangements, HealthCare NZ is not 
required to payback money for undelivered services.  
3. The number of times that HealthCare NZ did not provide care to DHB clients over 65 in 
June 2021 because there was no support worker assigned to them. We believe 
HealthCare NZ holds this information and it should be disclosed under the Official 
Information Act.” 
 
I have been advised that the information you have requested is held by Bay of Plenty District 
Health Board (BOP DHB). For this reason, I have decided to transfer your request to BOP DHB 
under section 14 of the Act. You can expect a response from them in due course.   
 
Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision 
to transfer your request. 
 
Nāku noa, nā 
 
 
 
 
Nick Allan 
Manager OIA Services 
Office of the Director-General 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Copy of OIA request 
 
From: NZ Health Justice <[FYI request #16024 email]>  
Sent: Friday, 9 July 2021 9:50 pm 
To: OIA Requests <[email address]> 
Subject: Official Information request - HealhtCare NZ Limited Funding 
 
Dear Ministry of Health, 
 
We request the following information: 
 
1. The dollar amount that HealthCare NZ receives in bulk-funding from District Health Boards by 
contract. 
2. Confirmation that under these bulk-funding arrangements, HealthCare NZ is not required to 
payback money for undelivered services.  
3. The number of times that HealthCare NZ did not provide care to DHB clients over 65 in June 
2021 because there was no support worker assigned to them. We believe HealthCare NZ holds 
this information and it should be disclosed under the Official Information Act. 
 
Yours faithfully, 
 
NZ Health Justice 
 
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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website. 
 
Please use this email address for all replies to this request: 
[FYI request #16024 email] 
 
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