Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques
8 August 2022
Harold
By email:
[FYI request #19134 email]
Ref:
ALOIA236
Dear Harold
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 7 July 2022
for:
“1) Briefing: "Omicron: Case investigation interaction with the Care in the Community
pathway" [14 March 2022]
2) Memorandum: "COVID-19 Care in the Community Framework - Omicron Update"
[23 March 2022]
3) Memorandum: "Aged Residential Care Omicron Funding request" [7 April 2022]
4) Briefing: "COVID-19 vaccine purchasing and management transfer to Pharmac"
[28 April 2022]
5) Memorandum: "Meeting with Media Freedom Committee" [29 April 2022]
6) And finally, I would like to request copies of all Care in the Community Weekly
Dashboards received by the minister since the beginning of May 2022.”
The documents requested are itemised in Appendix 1, which outlines the grounds under
which I have decided to withhold information. Where information is withheld under section 9
of the Act, I have considered the countervailing public interest in release in making this
decision and consider it does not outweigh the need to withhold at this time.
You wil note that Document 2, the memorandum entitled
COVID-19 Care in the Community
Framework - Omicron Update, refers to the “updated Omicron framework”. This framework is
publicly available here:
www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-information-
health-professionals/caring-people-covid-19-community.
I am advised that the briefing entitled
COVID-19 vaccine purchasing and management
transfer to Pharmac is being considered for release to you by the office of Hon Dr Ayesha
Verrall, Minister for COVID-19 Response. This is in response to a request you made under
the Act to the former Minister for COVID-19 Response, Hon Chris Hipkins, with the reference
number CHOIA269. Please refer to Minister Verral ’s response for a decision on the release
of this briefing.
I trust this information 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.
Yours sincerely
Hon Andrew Little
Minister of Health
Appendix 1: List of documents for release
# Date
Title
Decision on release
1
14 March
Briefing: Omicron: Case investigation Some information withheld
2022
interaction with the Care in the
under section 9(2)(a) of the
Community pathway
Act, to protect the privacy of
2
23 March
Memorandum: COVID-19 Care in the natural persons.
2022
Community Framework – Omicron
update
3
7 April 2022
Memorandum: Aged Residential
Care Omicron Funding Request
4
29 April 2022 Memorandum: Meeting with the
Media Freedom Committee
5a
4 May 2022
Care in the Community Weekly
Released in full
Dashboard – week ending 1 May
2022
5b
11 May 2022 Care in the Community Weekly
Dashboard – week ending 8 May
2022
5c
18 May 2022 Care in the Community Weekly
Dashboard – week ending 15 May
2022
5d
25 May 2022 Care in the Community Weekly
Dashboard – week ending 22 May
2022
5e
1 June 2022 Care in the Community Weekly
Dashboard – week ending 29 May
2022
5f
8 June 2022 Care in the Community Weekly
Dashboard – week ending 5 June
2022
5g
15 June 2022 Care in the Community Weekly
Dashboard – week ending 12 June
2022
5h
22 June 2022 Care in the Community Weekly
Dashboard – week ending 19 June
2022
5i
29 June 2022 Care in the Community Weekly
Dashboard – week ending 26 June
2022
5j
6 July 2022
Care in the Community Weekly
Dashboard – week ending 3 July
2022
