Kia ora

Thank you for your request for official information received 24 April 2020
for:

        " I am requesting the covid 19 Nz mortality model and assumptions
that forecast a potential death rate of 80,000."

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202002582.

As required under the Official Information Act 1982 we will endeavour to
respond to your request no later than 25 May 2020, being 20 working days
after the day your request was received.  

If we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we
will notify you of an extension of that time frame.

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

Please note, the Ministry has diverted significant resources to support
the Government's response to COVID-19. This may impact on our ability to
respond to your request. If you would like to reconsider or refine your
current request, this may enable us to respond more quickly. You can
notify us of any changes to your request by replying to this email.

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

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Dear Mr Marsh

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry).

The Government is committed to the COVID-19 response, including keeping
the New Zealand public well informed.

This is a fast-evolving global situation and the Ministry, along with many
other agencies, have diverted significant resources to support the
response to COVID-19.

The Ministry knows there is significant public interest in COVID-19 and is
responding to the substantial increase in demand for information from
interested or concerned members of the public.

We are working hard to ensure the New Zealand public is fully informed
about the work being done to respond to COVID-19. The Ministry is
committed to transparency and intends to make official information
publicly available as soon as possible.

The information you have requested can be found on the [1]COVID-19
modelling and other commissioned reports page on the Ministry's website.

As such your request for this information is refused in accordance with
section 18(d) of the Act, as the information is publicly available.  

You may be interested to know information will be published as soon as
possible on the [2]Ministry's 'Information Releases' page.

The Ministry routinely publishes the latest on the Government’s response
on the [3]COVID-19 section of the Ministry's website.

The Government also provides regular updates on the [4]Unite against
COVID-19 website.

The [5]Epidemic Response Committee meetings are also publicly available on
the NZ Parliament website.
Information about the  [6]current confirmed and probable cases is updated
regularly on the Ministry website, as well as information on [7]COVID-19
clusters.

Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request.

Thank you for taking the time to write to the Ministry.

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

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3. https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...
4. https://covid19.govt.nz/
5. https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl/e...
6. https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...
7. https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...