[UNCLASSIFIED]

Kia ora Angela

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 which
was received on 5 August 2024 seeking:-

 

all papers & documents pertaining to the contract NZ Government (Labour
Govt at the time) signed with Pfizer min regard to the Covid 19
injections.

 

A response will be provided in accordance with the Act (please see the
Office of the Ombudsman Website for more details –
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/).

 

The Treasury may publish the response to your Official Information Act
(OIA) request. When you are provided with a response to this request, you
will be informed about whether the response to your OIA request will be
published. If the Treasury does publish the response to your OIA request,
personal information, including your name and contact details, will be
removed. This publication process does not apply to extension letters or
transfers.

 

Regards

Nat

 

 

Ministerial Advisor | Te Tai Ôhanga – The Treasury

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

Kia ora Angela

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act (OIA) request received on 5
August 2024 seeking all papers & documents pertaining to the contract NZ
Government (Labour Govt at the time) signed with Pfizer min regard to the
Covid 19 injections.

 

I am emailing you to discuss your request, as currently your request
appears to be broad in scope. This means that it could likely be refused
under section 18(f) of the Official Information Act as substantial manual
collation may be required to provide the information requested. As such,
we would like to engage with you on refining the request to understand
what specific information you are interested in receiving.

 

If you are requesting the actual contract between Pfizer and the New
Zealand Government for COVID-19 vaccines, this would be refused under
sections 9(2)(b)(ii), 9(2)(ba)(ii) and 9(2)(c) of the Official Information
Act, as per the Ombudsman’s ruling. You can find more information about
the Ombudsman’s final decision on 18 June 2023 about the contracts at
[1]Chief Ombudsman’s opinion on OIA complaints about the refusal of
Covid-19 vaccine contracts | Ombudsman New Zealand.

 

If you are interested in more detail about the COVID-19 vaccine
procurement process and the nature of the commitments made by the
Government across all the contracts, you can read the summary statement
developed by the Ministry of Health, Pharmac, and Treasury. You can find
this here: [2]Summary statement of New Zealand COVID-19 vaccine
procurement process and contracts with suppliers | Ministry of Health NZ.

 

Treasury has responded to a variety of OIA requests on COVID vaccines and
the responses for these requests can be found on our website: 

o Correspondence or advice on indemnify Pfizer for any liability related
to the vaccine - OIA 20210156
[3]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...
o Copies of official documentation stating the liability held by
Ministry of Health or any other Government Office in the case of
illness or death caused by the Pfizer Vaccine - OIA 20210486
[4]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...
o Treasury Report T2021/2212: Purchasing Pfizer vaccines for September
2021: indemnity requests - OIA 20210528
[5]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...
o Purchaser Acknowledgement Clause in Pfizer Agreement - OIA 20230169
[6]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...
o Costs of compensating vaccine injured and/ or employers for any harm
caused - OIA 20230242
[7]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/sites/defau...
o Indemnities provided to vaccine manufacturers - OIA 20230111
[8]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...
and OIA 20210435
[9]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...
o Various Covid vaccine questions OIA 20220451
[10]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...

 

Please advise whether the publicly available information listed above
provides all the information you require or if you still wish to proceed
with your OIA request.  If you wish to proceed, I would like to suggest
refining your OIA request so we are able to make the proper considerations
on the information you are seeking. I recommend refining your request, for
example by providing a timeframe for the information sought or limiting
the request to a specific type of documents e.g formal briefings.

 

Please note that once you have amended or clarified your request, under
section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act, the Ministry may treat
your amended or clarified request as a new request that replaces the
original request. This may lead to a new start of the statutory response
period.

 

Thanks

Nat

 

 

Ministerial Advisor | Te Tai Ôhanga – The Treasury

Visit us online at [11]https://treasury.govt.nz/ and follow us on
[12]Twitter, [13]LinkedIn and [14]Instagram

 

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Kia ora Angela

 

Have you had a chance to consider refining this request?

 

Regards

Nat

 

 

Ministerial Advisor | Te Tai Ôhanga – The Treasury

Visit us online at [1]https://treasury.govt.nz/ and follow us on
[2]Twitter, [3]LinkedIn and [4]Instagram

 

 

 

From: Ministerial Services Inbox [TSY]
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 1:32 PM
To: [FOI #27911 email]
Subject: Official Information Act request clarification

 

[UNCLASSIFIED]

Kia ora Angela

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act (OIA) request received on 5
August 2024 seeking all papers & documents pertaining to the contract NZ
Government (Labour Govt at the time) signed with Pfizer min regard to the
Covid 19 injections.

 

I am emailing you to discuss your request, as currently your request
appears to be broad in scope. This means that it could likely be refused
under section 18(f) of the Official Information Act as substantial manual
collation may be required to provide the information requested. As such,
we would like to engage with you on refining the request to understand
what specific information you are interested in receiving.

 

If you are requesting the actual contract between Pfizer and the New
Zealand Government for COVID-19 vaccines, this would be refused under
sections 9(2)(b)(ii), 9(2)(ba)(ii) and 9(2)(c) of the Official Information
Act, as per the Ombudsman’s ruling. You can find more information about
the Ombudsman’s final decision on 18 June 2023 about the contracts at
[5]Chief Ombudsman’s opinion on OIA complaints about the refusal of
Covid-19 vaccine contracts | Ombudsman New Zealand.

 

If you are interested in more detail about the COVID-19 vaccine
procurement process and the nature of the commitments made by the
Government across all the contracts, you can read the summary statement
developed by the Ministry of Health, Pharmac, and Treasury. You can find
this here: [6]Summary statement of New Zealand COVID-19 vaccine
procurement process and contracts with suppliers | Ministry of Health NZ.

 

Treasury has responded to a variety of OIA requests on COVID vaccines and
the responses for these requests can be found on our website: 

o Correspondence or advice on indemnify Pfizer for any liability related
to the vaccine - OIA 20210156
[7]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...
o Copies of official documentation stating the liability held by
Ministry of Health or any other Government Office in the case of
illness or death caused by the Pfizer Vaccine - OIA 20210486
[8]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...
o Treasury Report T2021/2212: Purchasing Pfizer vaccines for September
2021: indemnity requests - OIA 20210528
[9]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...
o Purchaser Acknowledgement Clause in Pfizer Agreement - OIA 20230169
[10]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...
o Costs of compensating vaccine injured and/ or employers for any harm
caused - OIA 20230242
[11]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/sites/defau...
o Indemnities provided to vaccine manufacturers - OIA 20230111
[12]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...
and OIA 20210435
[13]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...
o Various Covid vaccine questions OIA 20220451
[14]https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publication...

 

Please advise whether the publicly available information listed above
provides all the information you require or if you still wish to proceed
with your OIA request.  If you wish to proceed, I would like to suggest
refining your OIA request so we are able to make the proper considerations
on the information you are seeking. I recommend refining your request, for
example by providing a timeframe for the information sought or limiting
the request to a specific type of documents e.g formal briefings.

 

Please note that once you have amended or clarified your request, under
section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act, the Ministry may treat
your amended or clarified request as a new request that replaces the
original request. This may lead to a new start of the statutory response
period.

 

Thanks

Nat

 

 

Ministerial Advisor | Te Tai Ôhanga – The Treasury

Visit us online at [15]https://treasury.govt.nz/ and follow us on
[16]Twitter, [17]LinkedIn and [18]Instagram

 

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

Kia ora Angela

 

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

Ministerial Advisor | Te Tai Ôhanga – The Treasury

Visit us online at [1]https://treasury.govt.nz/ and follow us on
[2]Twitter, [3]LinkedIn and [4]Instagram

 

Link: [5]File-List
Link: [6]Edit-Time-Data
Link: [7]themeData
Link: [8]colorSchemeMapping

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