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2 November 2021
Harold
By email: [FYI request #17035 email]
Ref:
H202113614
Tēnā koe Harold
Response to 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 4 October 2021 for information relating to the COVID-19 Testing
Technical Advisory Group (Testing TAG) and the COVID-19 Therapeutics Technical Advisory
Group (Therapeutics TAG). You requested the following documentation for the Testing TAG and
Therapeutics TAG:
“1) Terms of reference
2) Work plan
3) Minutes for all meetings
4) All reports or advice they have produced and submitted to any minister”
Twenty two documents have been found within scope of your request (copies attached).
Documents between 1 and 10 are Testing TAG documents. Documents 11 to 22 are the
Therapeutic TAG documents.
I trust this information fulfils your request. 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 calling 0800 802 602.
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Ministry website at:
www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/responses-official-
information-act-requests. Nāku noa, nā
Professor Ian Town
Chief Science Advisor
Health System Improvement and Innovation
Appendix 1: Documents for release
#
Date
Title
Decision on release
1
25 August 2021
Terms of Reference – COVID-19 Testing
Released in full
Technical Advisory Group
2
25 August 2021
COVID-19 Testing Technical Advisory Group
Membership and Terms of Reference
3
27 August 2021
Memo – CT TAG surveillance testing of
healthcare workers during an outbreak
4
14 October 2021
COVID-19 Testing TAG Agenda -14 October
2021
5
23 September 2021 COVID-19 Testing TAG Agenda – 23
September 2021
6
9 September 2021 COVID-19 Testing TAG Agenda – 9
September 2021
7
26 September 2021 COVID-19 Testing TAG Agenda – 26 August
2021
8
23 September 2021 COVID – 19 Testing TAG Meeting minutes –
23 September 2021
9
9 September 2021 COVID-19 Testing TAG Meeting minutes – 9
September 2021
10 26 August 2021
COVID – 19 Testing TAG Meeting minutes –
26 August 2021
11 27 August 2021
Terms of Reference – COVID-19
Therapeutics Technical Advisory Group
12 7 September 2021 Memo: COVID- Therapeutic
Recommendations: Priority Therapeutics for
Continuous Supply
13 1 October 2021
COVID-19 Therapeutic TAG meeting minutes
– 1 October 2021
14 17 September 2021 COVID-19 Therapeutic TAG meeting
minutes- 17 September 2021
15 10 September 2021 COVID-19 Therapeutic TAG meeting
minutes- 10 September 2021
16 3 September 2021 COVID-19 Therapeutic TAG meeting
minutes- 3 September 2021
17 27 August 2021
COVID-19 Therapeutic TAG meeting
minutes-27 August 2021
18 15 October 2021
COVID-19 Therapeutic TAG Agenda – 15
October 2021
19 1 October 2021
COVID-19 Therapeutic TAG Agenda – 1
October 2021
20 17 September 2021 COVID-19 Therapeutic TAG Agenda – 17
September 2021
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#
Date
Title
Decision on release
21 10 September 2021 COVID-19 Therapeutic TAG Agenda – 10
September 2021
22 3 September 2021 COVID-19 Therapeutic TAG Agenda– 3
September 2021
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