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19 August 2022
Harold
By email: [FYI request #20032 email]
Ref:
H2022008776
Tēnā koe Harold
Response to your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to Manatū Hauora
(Ministry of Health) on 27 July 2022. You requested:
“I would like to make a request relating to the Ministry of Health’s participation in the
DPMC-led COVID-19 disinformation coordination group. Agendas for the group I am
referring to have been published by DPMC, here:
https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&d=j43g4ghssX7Va7xharbDy2x_WxgFqFy3BeC
wnFfoFg&u=https%3a%2f%2ffyi%2eorg%2enz%2frequest%2f19609%2fresponse%2f754
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I would like to request copies of all submissions, presentations or other items that were
produced by the Ministry of Health and tabled or presented at all meetings of this group
held since the beginning of September 2021.”
Manatū Hauora has not identified any information within scope of your request. Therefore, your
request is refused under section 18(e) of the Act, as the information requested does not exist.
These DPMC-led meetings were a regular inter-agency meeting held via Microsoft Teams.
There were no submissions, presentations or other items such as minutes or agendas produced
by Manatū Hauora.
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.
Nāku noa, nā
Sarah Turner
Deputy Director-General Government and Executive Services