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Sebastian
By email: [FYI request #15656 email]
Ref:
H202116597
Tēnā koe Sebastian
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) received by the
Ministry of Health (the Ministry) on 22 November 2021 for:
“Copies of the minutes of all meetings of
1) the CVIP Governance Group
2) the CVIP Steering Group
Dated since the beginning of April”
On 1 June 2022, the Ministry issued a partial response to your request and released copies of
the requested COVID-19 Vaccine and Immunisation Programme Governance Group meeting
minutes. In the same letter, you were advised that the remaining part of your request wil be
addressed on or before 10 June 2022.
Please find attached copies of the requested COVID-19 Vaccine and Immunisation Programme
Steering Group meeting minutes. These are itemised at Appendix 1 of this letter along with my
decisions on release. Where information is withheld under section 9 of the Act, please note I
have considered the countervailing public interest in release in making this decision and
consider that it does not outweigh the need to withhold at this time. As advised in our letter of 1
June 2022, action trackers have been excluded as these are deemed out of scope of your
request for “minutes of all meetings”.
Please also note that there is a spelling error on page 201, bullet point three of the minutes.
This should read ‘first’ instead of ‘dirt’. In addition please note “removing” on page
I trust this fulfils your request. Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the
Ombudsman to review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Ministry of Health website at:
www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases.
Nāku noa, nā
Astrid Koornneef
Director
National Immunisation Programme
Appendix 1: List of documents for release
#
Date
Document details
Decision on release
1
April – 22
Minutes of CVIP Governance Released with some information
November
Group meetings
withheld under the following sections of
2021
the Act:
• 6(a) as its release would likely
prejudice the international
relations of the Government of
New Zealand;
• 6(c) as its release would likely
prejudice the maintenance of
the law;
• 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of
natural persons;
• 9(2)(b)(ii) where its release
would likely unreasonably
prejudice the commercial
position of the person who
supplied the information;
• 9(2)(ba)(ii) to protect
information that is subject to an
obligation of confidence and
making it available would likely
damage the public interest
• 9(2)(g)(i) to maintain the
effective conduct of public
affairs through the free and
frank expression of opinions by
or between or to Ministers and
officers and employees of any
public service agency.
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