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Kia ora Peter,

 

Thank you for your email. The Ministry is unable to provide you with a
copy of the Pfizer contract due to commercial sensitivity. Therefore, your
request is withheld under the following sections of the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act): 

o Section 9(2)(b)(ii) as its release would likely unreasonably prejudice
the commercial position of the person who supplied the information.   
o Section 9(2)(ba)(ii) to protect information that is subject to an
obligation of confidence and making it available would likely damage
the public interest. 

Although the Ministry appreciates the high degree of public interest in
its vaccination programme and the Pfizer vaccine, this does not outweigh
the need to protect the commercial sensitivity of the information in the
agreement. 

 

There is a large amount of information publicly available about the
vaccine, including on the Medsafe website
here: [1]www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/medicine-approval-process.asp 

 

As New Zealand operates a no-fault accident compensation system, there is
no requirement to indemnify employers and/or healthcare providers. In any
case, treatment harm caused by COVID-19 vaccination is covered by ACC if
the criteria for treatment injury are met. This means that there’s a
physical injury caused by the vaccination, that’s not a necessary part or
ordinary consequence of the treatment. Further information is on ACC’s
website: [2]www.acc.co.nz/covid-19/providers/general-covid-19-provider-information. 

 

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Ngā mihi   

   
Nick Allan   

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Office of the Director-General  

 

 

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From: Peter <[FOI #17456 email]>
Sent: Friday, 5 November 2021 13:09
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - To meet requirement of
transparency and informed consent can you please provide the contract
entered into with Pfizer

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

Please can you provide the contract entered into with Pfizer regarding the
vaccines it has supplied.

Please can you provide information from Pfizer or NZ Health on who is
accountable and liable for any vaccine injuries or death suffered as a
result of Pfizer's vaccine.

Yours faithfully,

Peter Mark van Wyk

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