Reference: 20230111
3 April 2023
S Hill
[FYI request #22060 email]
Dear S
Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received on 10 March 2023. You
requested:
In September 2021 Grant Robertson Minister of Finance and Treasury on behalf
of the Crown, gave indemnities to the following parties in relation to the supply of
a COVID-19 vaccine:
- Pfizer New Zealand Limited
- Pfizer Inc
- BioNTech
- Specific associated persons
- Spain
- Denmark,
[1] Please confirm all parties that indemnities were given to in relation to the
Vaccine, as well as dates.
[2] Please provide reasons for why indemnities were granted to stated parties.
[3] Please provide all notes and documents relating to indemnities [4] Please
provide all notes and documents by advising parties in relation to this matter [5]
Please provide the names of all parties who voted for this action, or were in a
position of authority to decide this matter
Information publicly available
The following information is covered by your request and is publicly available on the
Parliament, Ministry of Health, and Treasury websites:
Item
Date
Document Description
Website Address
1. 4 September 2021
Briefing HR20211964: Securing
www.health.govt.nz/system/files/
additional doses of Pfizer’s
documents/pages/20211964 bri
COVID-19 vaccine in September
efing.pdf
1 The Terrace
PO Box 3724
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
tel. +64-4-472-2733
https://treasury.govt.nz
2. 4 September 2021
Treasury Report T2021/2212:
www.treasury.govt.nz/sites/defa
Purchasing Pfizer vaccines for
ult/files/2022-04/oia-
September 2021: indemnity
20210528.pdf
requests
3. 17 September 2021
Appendix 2: Statement of
Microsoft Word - 2. Indemnities -
Indemnity for presenting in the
Appendix 2 Statement of
House
Indemnity given under the PFA
.. .docx (www.parliament.nz)
Accordingly, I have refused your request for the documents listed in the above table
under section 18(d) of the Official Information Act:
• the information requested is or will soon be publicly available
Information to be withheld
There is an additional document covered by your request that I have decided to
withhold in full under the following sections of the Official Information Act, as
applicable:
•
under section 9(2)(ba)(i) and section 9(2)(ba)(ii) – to protect information that is
subject to an obligation of confidence,
•
under section 9(2)(c) – to avoid prejudice to measures protecting the health or
safety of members of the public,
Item Date
Document Description
Decision
4. 18 December 2020
T2021/2212 Annex 1: Template
Withhold in full
bilateral agreement between New
Zealand and each EU state
In making my decision, I have considered the public interest considerations in section
9(1) of the Official Information Act.
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) and enclosed
documents may be published on the Treasury website.
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This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the
Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision.
Yours sincerely
Jess Hewat
Manager, Health, and ACC
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