20 June 2022
Scott
[FYI request #19510 email]
Ref: OIA-2021/22-1383
Dear Scott
Official Information Act request for COVID-19 National Response Plans
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request received on 30 May 2022.
You requested:
“ONE: COVID-19 National Response Plan Quarter 4 Supplement 1
TWO: COVID-19 National Response Plan Quarter 4 Supplement 2
THREE: COVID-19 National Management Plan Quarter 1
FOUR: Al subsequent COVID-19 National Management Plans”
In response to questions one and three of your request the documents
COVID-19 National
Response Plan Quarter 4 Supplement 1 2021 and
COVID-19 National Management
Approach Quarter 1 2022 wil be proactively released in the coming weeks on the
Unite Against COVID-19 website:
https:/ covid19.govt.nz/about-our-covid-19-response/proactive-releases/alert-levels-and-
restrictions/
Accordingly, I am refusing your request for these documents under section 18(d) of the Act,
as the information requested wil soon be publicly available.
In response to question two, while the
COVID-19 National Response Plan Quarter 4
Supplement 2 2021 was planned to be writ en, it did not proceed. Accordingly we are
refusing your request for this document under section 18(e) of Act, that the document alleged
to contain the information requested does not exist.
In response to question four of your request, the document
COVID-19 National Management
Approach Quarter 2 2022 is not yet finalised. Therefore I have decided to withhold it in full
under section 9(2)(f)(iv) of the Act, to maintain the confidentiality of advice tendered by or to
Ministers and officials. I can advise that this plan, as well as any subsequent COVID-19
National Response Plans prepared by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet will
be proactively released on the Unite Against COVID-19 website.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under
section 28(3) of the Act.
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
4563843
64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz
We do not intend to publish this response on the Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet’s website.
Yours sincerely
Ruth Fairhall
Deputy Chief Executive, COVID-19 Response
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