Kia ora

 

Thank you for taking the time to get in touch with Prime Minister, Jacinda
Ardern.

 

If you are writing about an issue relating to COVID-19, mental health,
immigration, housing or benefit assistance, here's a list of links which
you might find helpful:

 

COVID-19

 

For information on COVID-19, including the latest updates, go to
[1]www.covid19.govt.nz

 

For immigration and visa advice

Contact the call centre which is open  6:00am Monday to midnight on
Saturday (NZT).

[2]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/contact/  

 

 

For urgent housing or benefit enquiries:

∙             Call 0800 559 009 (for under 65)

∙             Call 0800 552 002 (for over 65)

 

 

If you need treatment or support for your health or wellbeing. The
following options are available:

 

Healthline – You can call Healthline for health advice on freephone 0800
611 116 at any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Healthline staff
can advise you on the best thing to do in your situation, including which
services are near you and open.

 

1737 – If you need to talk to someone about how you are feeling, you can
call or text 1737 for free at any time to talk to a trained counsellor.

 

Mental health crisis teams – If you are concerned that someone is going to
hurt themselves or someone else, you can all your local mental health
crisis team. A full list of numbers is available here:
[3]www.health.govt.nz/your-health/services-and-support/health-care-services/mental-health-services/crisis-assessment-teams/

 

For Police assistance in an emergency call 111. For everything else use
105.

You can also make a report online at [4]www.105.police.govt.nz

 

 

We hope that this information is helpful, if not we will try to get back
to you as soon as possible.

 

Thank you again.

 

 

Office of the Prime Minister

 

 

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I am writing on behalf of the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

Your request will be responded to under the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982.

Yours sincerely

Dinah Okeby
Office of the Prime Minister

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Tēnā koe,

 

On behalf of Raj Nahna, I attach a letter in response to your OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Private Secretary (Executive Support)

Office of the Prime Minister

Authorised by Rt. Hon Jacinda Ardern MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

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Kia ora John,

 

Thank you for your request for official information which was transferred
from the Office of the Prime Minister and received by Manatū Hauora on 31
October 2022. The reference number for your request is H2022015987.    

 

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, Manatū Hauora will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. If you'd like to calculate the
timeframe, you can use the Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/ 

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch. 

 

Ngā mihi 

  

OIA Services Team 

M[2]inistry of Health information releases 
U[3]nite against COVID-19 

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Kia ora John
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to Manatū Hauora (the Ministry of Health) on 31 October 2022 for:
"On behalf of the citizens of New Zealand, I hereby request the UNREDACTED
contract between New Zealand and Pfizer for the Covid-19 vaccine."
The Ministry is unable to provide you with a copy of the Pfizer contract
due to commercial sensitivity. Therefore, the information you have
requested is withheld under the following sections of the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act): 

 

o Section 9(2)(b)(ii) as its release would likely unreasonably prejudice
the commercial position of the person who supplied the information.   
o Section 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. 

Although the Ministry appreciates the high degree of public interest in
its vaccination programme and the Pfizer vaccine, this does not outweigh
the need to protect the commercial sensitivity of the information in the
agreement. 
There is a large amount of information publicly available about the
vaccine, including on the Medsafe website here:
[1]www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/medicine-approval-process.asp 

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: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.     

Ngā mihi 

OIA Services Team

Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health

M[3]inistry of Health information releases 
U[4]nite against COVID-19 

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