Who funds bio research in New Zealand?
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From: Tangata Whenua
Dear Ministry for Primary Industries,
Dear MPI,
Are pharmaceutical companies responsible for manufacturing vaccines make donations to / sponsor / contribute / or otherwise provide funding to the new, state-of-the-art national biocontainment laboratory in Wallaceville, Upper Hutt.
The construction of the facility, which will hold samples of diseases like anthrax, avian flu, rabies, and Covid-19, began in 2015 and cost the Ministry for Primary Industries $87 million.
Yours faithfully,
Tangata Whenua
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Tēnā koe Tangata,
Thank you for your official information request received on 15 December.
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From: Tangata Whenua <[FOI #21431 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2022 10:51 AM
To: Official Information Act <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Who funds bio research in New Zealand?
Dear Ministry for Primary Industries,
Dear MPI,
Are pharmaceutical companies responsible for manufacturing vaccines make donations to / sponsor / contribute / or otherwise provide funding to the new, state-of-the-art national biocontainment laboratory in Wallaceville, Upper Hutt.
The construction of the facility, which will hold samples of diseases like anthrax, avian flu, rabies, and Covid-19, began in 2015 and cost the Ministry for Primary Industries $87 million.
Yours faithfully,
Tangata Whenua
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Tēnā koe Tangata,
On behalf of Veronica Herrera, Director Diagnostic & Surveillance
Services, please find attached a response to your Official Information Act
request.
Ngā mihi,
Official Information Act Team
Government Services | Public Affairs
Ministry for Primary Industries | Charles Fergusson Building, 34-38 Bowen
Street | PO Box 2526 | Wellington | New Zealand
Telephone: 0800 00 83 33 | Email: [email address] |
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From: Tangata Whenua
Dear Veronica Herrera,
Former CDC Director Dr Robert Redfield was interviewed by CNN about the origin of Sars Cov2 and Dr Redfield believes that Sars Cov2 escaped from a bio lab in Wuhan. I hope NZ is making improvements on the bio labs around the world that are not secure enough to contain the viruses they are studying.
In the past 100 years (possibly more) only countries with bio containment labs seem to be largely responsible for viral outbreaks. I wonder how long before NZ is accused of such negligence and risk to public safety, now that we have a national bio containment lab.
What safety measures will be put in place to protect the public in the unfortunate event that a virus escapes from the bio lab in Wallaceville? Or will the public be co-erced into trialling out experimental vaccines to keep the whole world safe?
Yours sincerely,
Tangata Whenua
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Tēnā koe Tangata,
Thank you for your official information request received on 7 February.
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Ngā mihi,
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Government Services | Public Affairs
Ministry for Primary Industries | Charles Fergusson Building, 34-38 Bowen Street | PO Box 2526 | Wellington | New Zealand
Telephone: 0800 00 83 33 | Email: [email address] | Web: www.mpi.govt.nz
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From: Tangata Whenua <[FOI #21431 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2023 11:10 AM
To: Official Information Act <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA22-0926 Response to your request
Dear Veronica Herrera,
Former CDC Director Dr Robert Redfield was interviewed by CNN about the origin of Sars Cov2 and Dr Redfield believes that Sars Cov2 escaped from a bio lab in Wuhan. I hope NZ is making improvements on the bio labs around the world that are not secure enough to contain the viruses they are studying.
In the past 100 years (possibly more) only countries with bio containment labs seem to be largely responsible for viral outbreaks. I wonder how long before NZ is accused of such negligence and risk to public safety, now that we have a national bio containment lab.
What safety measures will be put in place to protect the public in the unfortunate event that a virus escapes from the bio lab in Wallaceville? Or will the public be co-erced into trialling out experimental vaccines to keep the whole world safe?
Yours sincerely,
Tangata Whenua
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Tēnā koe Tangata,
On behalf of Veronica Herrera, Director Diagnostic & Surveillance Services, please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request.
Ngā mihi,
Official Information Act Team
Government Services | Public Affairs
Ministry for Primary Industries | Charles Fergusson Building, 34-38 Bowen Street | PO Box 2526 | Wellington | New Zealand
Telephone: 0800 00 83 33 | Email: [email address] |
Web: www.mpi.govt.nz
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may be unlawful. If you have received this message by mistake please call the
sender immediately on 64 4 8940100 or notify us by return email and erase the
original message and attachments. Thank you.
The Ministry for Primary Industries accepts no responsibility for changes
made to this email or to any attachments after transmission from the office.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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From: Official Information Act
Ministry for Primary Industries
Tēnā koe Tangata Whenua,
On behalf of Veronica Herrera, Director of Diagnostic & Surveillance
Services, please find attached a response to your Official Information Act
request.
Ngā mihi,
Official Information Act Team
Government Services | Public Affairs
Ministry for Primary Industries | Charles Fergusson Building, 34-38 Bowen
Street | PO Box 2526 | Wellington | New Zealand
Telephone: 0800 00 83 33 | Email: [1][email address] |
Web: [2]www.mpi.govt.nz
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sender immediately on 64 4 8940100 or notify us by return email and erase
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