Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

Can you please supply all documentation, minutes of meetings, e-mails, risk assessments for Tony Blakely (Commissioner) and John Whitehead (Commissioner) for the Covid-19 Royal Commission role, including;

1/ Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead have any financial interest with any Pharmaceutical Companies/Corporations currently and in the past? If so, who and what these interests are?
2/ Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead have any family with financial interest with any Pharmaceutical Companies/Corporations? If so, who and what these interests are?
3/ Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead currently have, or had in the past, any connection and / or collaboration with Ashley Bloomfield? If so, please supply any and all communications.
4/ Has Tony Blakely and John Whitehead supplied any information to Ashley Bloomfield with regards NZ 's Covid-19 response? If so, please supply any and all such communications.
5/ What salary / package has been offered to Tony Blakely and John Whitehead and how does this compare with similar roles?
6/ If any conflicts of interest were identified then please supply all documentation showing minimisation and /or elimination of the conflicts of interest.
7/ Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead have any financial and / or commercial interest with Ministry of Health, Medsafe, Pharmac and / or other Government Services (International or NZ)?

Yours faithfully,

John Armstrong

Dear minadviceteam,

The following information is not available on your website via the link supplied or a separate search for the respective documents. Could you please supply the below documents directly on this platform.

Text below as per your response:
Can you please supply all documentation, minutes of meetings, e-mails, risk assessments for Tony Blakely (Commissioner) and John Whitehead (Commissioner) for the COVID-19 Royal Commission role. The following documents, which fall within scope of your request, are available on the Department’s website at the following link www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releases: • Cabinet paper: Establishing an inquiry into New Zealand’s preparedness for a future pandemic (25 October 2022); • CAB-22-MIN-0464: Cabinet: Minute of Decision (25 October 2022); • Cabinet paper: Establishment of the Royal Commission into lessons learned from Aotearoa New Zealand’s response to COVID-19 that should be applied in preparation for any future pandemic (5 December 2022); and • CAB-22-MIN-0552: Cabinet: Minute of Decision (5 December 2022).

Yours sincerely,

John Armstrong