31 October 2022
J Bruning
[FYI request #20640 email]
Ref: OIA-2022/23-0172
Dear J Bruning
Official Information Act request for advice and documents from strategy and
management consultancy firms
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request received on 22 September
2022. You requested:
“(1) Please supply all advice, reports and memos including risk updates from strategy
and management consultancy firms including but not limited to: PWC/Deloitte/Boston
Consulting Group/McKinsey -Supplied to the DPMC from November 2019 to April 1
2022 relating to COVID-19 pandemic.
This includes, but is not limited to, information and advice in the form of reports,
memos and appendices from contracted and non-contracted firms.
This includes but is not limited to:
- Risk strategy relating to virus, population management.
- Unite Against COVID-19 campaign development and deployment.
- Data and research recommendations
- Vaccine strategy
- Passport and Unite against COVID-19 campaign
- Behavioural data insights to ensure campaign goals were achieved
(2) Please identify and provide details of costs paid to - including but not limited to:
PWC/Deloitte/Boston Consulting Group/McKinsey - from November 2019 to April 1
2022 relating to COVID-19 pandemic for COVID-19 and related services.”
The time frame for responding to your request was extended under section 15A of the Act by
20 working days because consultations were needed before a decision could be made on
the request. Following this extension, I am now in a position to respond.
Question 1
Advice which has been received by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
(DPMC) from strategy and management consultancy firms has previously been released
under the Act on DPMC’s website as outlined in the table overleaf:
Item Date
Document Title
Website Address
1.
12 October
Response to Official
https://dpmc.govt.nz/sites/default/fil
2020
Information Act Request OIA-
es/2021-04/dpmc-roiar-oia-2020-
2020/21-0083: Request
21-0083-covid-19--ppe-ventilator-
relating to COVID-19 – PPE,
tests.pdf
ventilator and testing
stockpiles
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
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64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz
2.
23 April 2021
Response to Official
https:/ dpmc.govt.nz/publications/re
Information Act Request OIA-
sponse-of icial-information-act-
2020/21-0118: Request about request-oia-202021-0118-request-
involvement of Rob Fyfe in
about-involvement-rob
COVID-19 business recovery
DPMC also routinely publishes information around research received as part of its reporting
to Parliament’s Governance and Administration Commit ee as outlined below:
Date
Website Address
1 July 2019 to June 2020
https:/ www.parliament.nz/resource/en-
NZ/53SCGA_EVI_104457_GA370/8520500f
20fa3a9bf2d689a0c6789e530387363e
1 June 2020 to 30 June 2021
https:/ www.parliament.nz/resource/en-
NZ/53SCGA_EVI_116496_GA20956/c9f1b7
48eb0455204ff ce5c31d948dbe6eeab76
1 July 2021 to 31 March 2022
https:/ www.parliament.nz/resource/en-
NZ/53SCGA_EVI_123911_GA21397/4f0fdd
d91845eed84f3a2faad3029c700ed05188
Question 2
Al costs relating to contractors and consultants can be found online as part of DPMC’s
reporting to Parliament’s Governance and Administration Commit ee as follows:
Date
Website Address
1 July 2019 to June 2020
Appendix 4: https:/ www.parliament.nz/resource/en-
NZ/53SCGA_EVI_104457_GA372/d085565
80907a224da852bd5dade970f6f9356a8
1 June 2020 to 30 June 2021
Appendix 6: https:/ www.parliament.nz/resource/en-
NZ/53SCGA_EVI_116496_GA20955/51290
689bb65a988b8c21f8dc7901696dae9f0c1
1 July 2021 to 31 March 2022
Appendix 5: https:/ www.parliament.nz/resource/en-
NZ/53SCGA_EVI_123911_GA21396/47739c
68c7091e814be48408b03b436d2b647a62
Your request is therefore refused under section 18(d) of the Act, that the information
requested is publicly available.
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You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under
section 28(3) of the Act.
We do not intend to publish this response on the Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet’s website.
Yours sincerely
Katrina Casey
Executive Director
DCE Covid-19 Group
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