24 January 2023
Phillip Hart
Via email:
[FYI request #21348 email]
Tēnā koe Phillip
Request for information: Correspondence with MPs and journalists regarding the
funding announcement of Trikafta (December 2022)
Thank you for your request dated 6 December 2022 under the Official Information Act 1982
(OIA) for information relating to Correspondence with MPs and journalists regarding the
funding of Trikafta (December 2022). You requested:
Copies of all correspondence with MPs and journalists regarding the recent
(December 2022) announcement of the funding of Trikafta
We acknowledge the public interest in this information, so we are preparing to proactively
release documents related to your request to our website. We intend to publish “all
communications to, from and within Pharmac; communication plans or strategies; memos;
notes of conversations; phone logs and/or briefings and advice relating to the proposal to
fund Trikafta dating between
1 December 2022 to 12 December.” Therefore, we are
declining your request under section 18(d) of the Official Information Act 1982, as the
information will soon be made publicly available.
Please note, you have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman about our response
to your OIA, under section 28(3) of the OIA. Details of
how to make a complaint are on the
Ombudsman’s website.
We trust that this information answers your queries. Please get in touch with us if you have
any questions about this.
Nāku noa, nā
Allanah Andrews
Manager, Policy and Government Services
2022-23-075; A1644285