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New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
8 March 2023
Al Johnson
By email:
[FYI request #22006 email]
Ref: H2023021330
Tēnā koe Al
Transfer of your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to Manatū Hauora
(the Ministry of Health) on 6 March 2023. You requested:
“I’m interested in what was developed for Covid that is being currently or planed to be
reused in areas other than solely Covid.
This includes:
- the HIRA business case (released as part of an OIA on the Ministry's website) lists some
items developed and learnings from Covid 19 that HIRA will make use of.
Question: Can I be supplied with what HRIA is using, learning from or repurposing items
that was initially developed for Covid-19 use?
- items that are now expanding their existing scope or complete re-use or re-development
in other areas (with the Covid systems as the starting point or inspiration) and how those
decisions were made (the frameworks and business cases if applicable).
These are some examples I’ve seen listed - which I'd like documents or discussions on
about their existing or planned usage post Covid:
- Covid Population Identification & Register
- Covid-19 Immunisation Register
- Covid 19 Vaccine Booking And Scheduling System,
- the Covid CARM
- the Covid Tracer App
- the National Contract Tracing Solution
- and what was used to deliver borders management (within the Ministry of Health) and
Care in the Community.”
I have been advised that this information is more closely connected to the functions of Te
Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand. For this reason, I have decided to transfer your request to Te
Whatu Ora under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act. You can expect a response from their agency in
due course.
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.
Nāku noa, na
Jan Torres
Acting Manager, OIA Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga
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COPY OF OIA REQUEST
From: Al
<[FYI request #22006 email]> Sent: Monday, 6 March 2023 11:55
To: OIA Requests
<[email address]> Subject: Official Information request - Items developed for Covid that are being re-purposed
post-coved
Hi everyone,
I’m interested in what was developed for Covid that is being currently or planed to be reused in
areas other than solely Covid.
This includes:
- the HIRA business case (released as part of an OIA on the Ministry's website) lists some items
developed and learnings from Covid 19 that HIRA will make use of.
Question: Can I be supplied with what HRIA is using, learning from or repurposing items that
was initially developed for Covid-19 use?
- items that are now expanding their existing scope or complete re-use or re-development in
other areas (with the Covid systems as the starting point or inspiration) and how those decisions
were made (the frameworks and business cases if applicable).
These are some examples I’ve seen listed - which I'd like documents or discussions on about
their existing or planned usage post Covid:
- Covid Population Identification & Register
- Covid-19 Immunisation Register
- Covid 19 Vaccine Booking And Scheduling System,
- the Covid CARM
- the Covid Tracer App
- the National Contract Tracing Solution
- and what was used to deliver borders management (within the Ministry of Health) and Care in
the Community.
This may not be the full list of assets in use for Covid that I am seeking information on
repurposed or expanded useage (it's what I could find via the website) but I hope it helps give
context to my request.
Thank you for your time,
Al Johnson
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