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28 March 2023
Athina Andonatou
By email: [FYI request #22009 email]
Ref:
H2023021368
Tēnā koe Athina
Partial 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:
“
1) Please provide the data that Pfizer provided to meet the company's legal obligations in
New Zealand for which they received provisional consent.
2) Please advise what parts of the provisional consent have been fulfilled and what is still
unfulfilled and the timeframes.
3) Given that Pfizer has said they did not test the vaccine to determine whether it stopped
transmission, why did all the advertising used to promote the injection say it did? At what
point did you know this was not correct and have you done a press release on this? If not
why? And if yes, please provide details.”
Manatū Hauora does not hold any information relating to question 3 of your request.
Responsibility for this function was transferred to Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand). For this
reason, I have decided to transfer this part of your request to Te Whatu Ora under section
14(b)(ii) of the Act. You can expect a response from Te Whatu Ora 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
Elisabeth Brunt
Group Manager, Government Services Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga