Dear Surya,

 

I refer to your request of 17 February 2022. Due to the large scope of
your request (which I note includes all relevant email correspondence and
is not limited to any particular timeframe), it is not possible to provide
you with the requested documents without substantial collation or
research. Please advise by Friday 11 March 2022 whether you wish to
significantly narrow this part of your request and, if so, how. If you do
not wish to amend this part of your request, it is likely that the
University will refuse it under section 18(f) of the OIA.

 

You should also be aware that the Official Information Act 1982 permits
agencies to charge for providing official information under the Act. In
accordance with Ministry of Justice guidelines ([1]Charging guidelines for
OIA requests | New Zealand Ministry of Justice), staff time spent in
processing your request can be charged at a rate of $76 per hour (after
the first hour). If your request can be narrowed so that it is not
necessary to refuse it under section 18(f), the University will decide
whether to grant your request and, if it is to be granted, for what
charge.

 

Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Ewert

General Counsel

University of Auckland

 

From: Surya ARBY <[2][FOI #18581 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 17 February 2022 7:46 AM
To: legal <[3][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Unpublished documents owned by
Prof. Helen Petousis-Harris

 

Dear University of Auckland,

Would you be able to provide copies of unpublished reports, preliminary
reports, presentations to conferences, workshops or seminars and
correspondence including emails to and from Prof. Helen Petousis-Harris
relating to the effectiveness/risk of diseases (pertussis, pneumococcal or
any other) in vaccinated children born to mothers immunized during
pregnancy ?

By way of two examples only, such documents/emails would include those
related to a presentation in Buenos aires relating to ’The Sweet Spot’ and
another set of documents/emails would relate to a meeting titled "The
Science of Vaccine Safety” or similar which occured in May 2019 in London.

Thank you

Yours faithfully,

Surya ARBY

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Dear Surya,

 

Thank you for your email. We believe that the cohort studies mentioned are
the following published studies:

 

o Griffin JB, Yu L, Watson D, Turner N, Walls T, Howe AS, Jiang Y,
Petousis-Harris H. Pertussis Immunisation in Pregnancy Safety (PIPS)
Study: a retrospective cohort study of safety outcomes in pregnant
women vaccinated with Tdap vaccine. Vaccine. 2018 Aug
16;36(34):5173-9.

 

o Petousis-Harris H, Jiang Y, Yu L, Watson D, Walls T, Turner N, Howe
AS, Griffin JB. A retrospective cohort study of safety outcomes in New
Zealand infants exposed to Tdap vaccine in utero. Vaccines. 2019
Dec;7(4):147.

 

This constitutes a refusal of your request under section 18(d) of the
Official Information Act, as the information requested for these studies
is publicly available. You have the right to make a complaint to an
Ombudsman if you are dissatisfied with this response.

 

Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Ewert

General Counsel

University of Auckland

 

From: Surya ARBY <[1][FOI #18581 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 8 March 2022 7:34 PM
To: Rebecca Ewert <[2][email address]>
Subject: Re: 2022-OIA-0039-Arby_2

 

Dear Rebecca Ewert,

I'm specially looking for two cohort studies related to the increased risk
of pertussis in vaccinated children against pertussis born from mothers
who were themselves vaccinated against pertussis. Would it be possible to
retrieve all numerical/statistical tables and reports for those two
unpublished studies ?

Yours sincerely,

Surya ARBY

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