12 June 2024
Catherine Jamieson
[FYI request #25719 email]
Tēnā koe Catherine
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00037947
Thank you for your email on 13 February 2024, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for
the following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Please provide date and site of manufacture of final dose from of all batches of Covid
19 vaccine imported into New Zealand.
Response
I apologise for the delay in providing our response which was missed due to an administrative
error. The time taken is not what we aspire to and we are working hard to do better.
The information you requested is not held in a manner that is readily available. To do that, we
would require to manually review every Certificate of Analysis for al batches that were
delivered to New Zealand to extract the manufacturer details. As such, we are refusing this
part of your request as it would require substantial collation and research to extract the data
requested. This decision has been made under section 18(f) of the Act.
In making this decision, we have considered extending the timeframe to respond, or charging,
as allowed under the Act. However, neither of these options have been offered as we have
determined that providing this information would unreasonably interfere with the everyday
functions of the teams involved.
Please note that COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Zealand are only those that have
been manufactured by sites approved by Medsafe. You can search for approved manufacturers
using Medsafe product search tool, available at
www.medsafe.govt.nz/regulatory/dbsearch.asp.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[Health New Zealand request email].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or by phoning 0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health NZ may proactively
release a copy of this response on our website. Al requester data, including your name and
contact details, wil be removed prior to release.
Again, my apologies for the delay in providing this response.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Danielle Coe
Manager (OIA) Government Services
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora