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14 December 2021
Annie Weston
By email: [FYI request #17930 email]
Tēnā koe Annie
Official Information request and response
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act (“OIA”) dated 13 December 2021.
You have requested, in regard to a project funded under our Public Interest Journalism Fund (PIJF):
a copy of the NDA that you use to restrict reporting on vaccine induced deaths and injuries.
NZ On Air does not have a NDA (non-disclosure agreement) with recipients of Public Interest Journalism
funding. Templates for our contracts with recipients can be found on our website
here. Please note that
once a project is funded it is specifically stated in the Broadcasting Act 1989, that NZ On Air does not
have editorial control or comment on the content it funds. Therefore, we have no role in restricting
reporting on any matter.
We are therefore refusing your request under section 18(e) of the OIA because the requested document
does not exist.
For your information, funding provided by NZ On Air for all successful projects is
searchable on our
website. You can als
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information on how to do this is
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Government’s commitment to the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan. This includes
publishing responses to requests for information under the OIA. Please note that this response will be
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Thank you for your interest in our work.
Yours sincerely
Sharon Kerry
HEAD OF CORPORATE SERVICES
Connecting and reflecting our nation