Reference: 20220492
28 November 2022
S Hill
[FYI request #20908 email]
Dear S Hill
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act, transferred to the
Treasury by Te Whatu Ora on 14 November 2022. You requested:
1. At the time of negotiation with Pfizer for the COVID-19 vaccine, was the
Minster of Finance aware that Pfizer did NOT test whether the COVID-19 vaccine
prevented transmission of the virus before it entered the market?
2. Is the Minster of Finance currently aware that Pfizer did NOT test whether the
COVID[1]19 vaccine prevented transmission of the virus before it entered the
market?
I believe that the information you have requested is more closely connected to the
functions of the Minister of Finance. Accordingly, I have decided under section 14(b)(ii)
of the Official Information Act to transfer your request to Hon Grant Robertson, as the
Minister of Finance.
The Minister of Finance has 20 working days from receipt of this transfer to make a
decision on your request.
Yours sincerely
Jess Hewat
Manager, Health
1 The Terrace
PO Box 3724
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
tel. +64-4-472-2733
https://treasury.govt.nz