Dear Maxwell,
 
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request received by ESR on 27 September 2021.
 
ESR will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 26 October 2021, being 20 working days after the
day your request was received pursuant to section 15(1) of the Official
Information Act 1982. If we are unable to respond to your request by then,
we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
 
Thank you and regards,
 
Simon McSweeney-Harte
OIA & Privacy Requests, ESR
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-----Original Message-----
From: Maxwell <[7][FOI #16908 email]>
Sent: Monday, 27 September 2021 2:04 pm
To: ESR External Enquiries <[8][ESR request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - RNA genome sequence of SARS-COV-2
 
Dear Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited,
 
Can I please request all documentation held by Institute of Environmental
Science and Research Limited (ESR) and/or Ministry of Health (MOH) (email
correspondence, white papers, test guidelines, ARTIC protocols, Oxford
NanoPore MinION sequencing guidelines, test results, submitted GISAID
data, data integration with NexStrain, RNA genome data, etc.) related to
the genome sequence results from the initial 25 test cases within New
Zealand on Novel coronavirus/SARS-COV-2 RNA sequencing.
 
Note: the above request references information supplied on the ESR website
with regards to sequencing performed on positive samples:
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Yours faithfully,
 
Maxwell
 
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Dear Maxwell,

 

Please see the attached letter notifying you of the need to extend the
timeframe to answer your request. We will be in touch as soon as possible
with our response.

 

Thank you and regards,

 

Simon McSweeney-Harte

OIA & Privacy Requests, ESR

Kenepuru Science Centre, 34 Kenepuru Drive, Porirua 5022

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Dear Maxwell,

 

Please find attached our response (and associated report referred to in
our response) to your Official Information Act request dated 27 September
2021.

 

Thank you and regards,

 

Simon McSweeney-Harte

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