The Covi-19 modelling that you publicly stated showed there could be tens of thousands of deaths in NZ

Mike Patrick made this Official Information request to Jacinda Ardern

Response to this request is long overdue. By law Jacinda Ardern should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.

From: Mike Patrick

Dear Jacinda Ardern,
In introducing NZ to the "lockdown" and various alert levels in some of your early public statements you referred repeatedly to modelling and other information that showed there was a threat that tens of thousands of new zealanders would die. You used this as the justification for introducing the various changes and restrictions that NZ has and is still dealing with.

I would like to request under the OIA copies of the specific modelling that gave rise to this public statement and any other specific information that you specifically based the "tens of thousands of New Zealanders could die" statement on.

Yours faithfully,

Mike Patrick

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From: Rt. Hon Jacinda Ardern

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From: Mike Patrick [mailto:[FOI #12831 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 12 May 2020 12:04 AM
To: J Ardern (MIN) <[Jacinda Ardern request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - The Covi-19 modelling that you publicly stated showed there could be tens of thousands of deaths in NZ

Dear Jacinda Ardern,
In introducing NZ to the "lockdown" and various alert levels in some of your early public statements you referred repeatedly to modelling and other information that showed there was a threat that tens of thousands of new zealanders would die. You used this as the justification for introducing the various changes and restrictions that NZ has and is still dealing with.

I would like to request under the OIA copies of the specific modelling that gave rise to this public statement and any other specific information that you specifically based the "tens of thousands of New Zealanders could die" statement on.

Yours faithfully,

Mike Patrick

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Dear Mike Patrick

 

On behalf of Raj Nahna, I attach a letter in response to your request
received on 12 May 2020.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Tabitha Spicer

Private Secretary (Administration) │Office of the Prime Minister

DDI  : + 64 4 817 8700

Level 9 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

 

 

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Virginia Crawford left an annotation ()

As suspected, the modelling by Neil Ferguson (Imperial College, London) was what led our government to make this statement. Ferguson's predictions have been shown to be wildly inaccurate and misleading, not only with covid but also in other scenarios.

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Virginia Crawford left an annotation ()

The modelling by Ferguson predicted that over 41,000 deaths due to covid would occur in New Zealand.

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperia...

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