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New Zealand
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12 August 2020
T Benseman
By email: [FYI request #13483 email]
Ref:
H202005959
Dear T Benseman
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 10 August 2020
to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) for:
“please kindly provide under the Official Information Act, the complete accounting of all
correspondence, meetings, phone conversations, memos, payments etc between Director
general of health Ashley Bloomfield (and his agents) and Bil Gates (and his agents)
between 1/8/2019 and 1/8/2020.”
The Ministry does not hold any information pertaining to your request and we do not believe any
other agency subject to the Act holds this information. As such, this request is refused under
section 18(g) of Act.
Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request.
Yours sincerely
Nick Allan
Manager OIA Services
Office of the Director-General