From: Jane Wright
Sent: Monday, 27 March 2023 12:01 pm
To: David Cormack
Subject: RE: FW: OIA requests RE Draper Cormack
It isn’t yet but is going to be – the wording they are using is:
A copy of our responses to the Health Committee annual review will be published on the
website of the New Zealand Parliament in due course. However, as we do not know when
our responses to the Health Committee’s questions will be published, I have copied our
response to the relevant question below.
Draper Cormack Group provides public relations advice and support to assist
with our public understanding, trust and confidence strategic priority. They
are on a monthly retainer. In 2021/22, the total cost was $104,730. 2020/21
was the first year we worked with Draper Cormack Group and the cost in
2020/21 was $13,500.
Ngā mihi
Jane Wright | Senior Communications Advisor/Team Leader
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Pharmac | Te Pātaka Whaioranga | PO Box 10 254 | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington
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www.pharmac.govt.nz
From: David Cormack <
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Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 11:55 AM
To: Jane Wright <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: OIA requests RE Draper Cormack
Isn't it already public info then?
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2023, 11:52 am Jane Wright, <[email address]> wrote:
FYI. I wasn’t aware that this happened, but assuming Jannel provided this info.
Ngā mihi
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Jane Wright | Senior Communications Advisor/Team Leader
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Pharmac | Te Pātaka Whaioranga | PO Box 10 254 | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington
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From: Melody Willis <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 11:10 AM
To: Jane Wright <[email address]>
Subject: RE: OIA requests RE Draper Cormack
We shared the DC cost – what is in the response letter’s is copied from the HSC response
Ngā mihi, nā
Melody Willis (she/her) | Government Services Advisor
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Te Pātaka Whaioranga – Pharmac | PO Box 10 254 | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington
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|www.pharmac.govt.nz
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From: Jane Wright <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 11:00 AM
To: Melody Willis <[email address]>
Subject: RE: OIA requests RE Draper Cormack
Hi Melody, can I double check please – in the HSC did we share the cost of draper
Cormack or them combined with Whare PR?
Ngā mihi
Jane Wright | Senior Communications Advisor/Team Leader
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From: Melody Willis <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 10:23 AM
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To: Jane Wright <[email address]>
Subject: OIA requests RE Draper Cormack
Importance: High
Hi Jane
Here are all the docs for OIAs related to Draper Cormack.
2022-23-067 – follow-up letter to Guyon Espiner
2022-23-123 – OIA for TVNZ for copy of all docs sent to RNZ
2022-23-124 – OIA for public request for copy of all docs sent to RNZ
2022-23-125 – OIA for procurement process used to engage Draper Cormack – incl.
amount paid
2022-23-126 – OIA for amount paid to Draper Cormack (different time period to other
OIAs)
Ngā mihi, nā
Melody Willis (she/her) | Government Services Advisor
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Te Pātaka Whaioranga – Pharmac | PO Box 10 254 | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington
DDI:
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| P: 0800 660 050 | M:
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|www.pharmac.govt.nz
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From: Melody Willis
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2023 2:39 PM
To: Jannel Fisher <[email address]>
Cc: Allanah Andrews <[email address]>
Subject: FW: 2 x OIA requests for copies of docs sent to RNZ about Draper Cormack
Importance: High
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Kia ora Jannel
Per my IMs, these are the OIA responses I’m asking about.
Ngā mihi, nā
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Melody Willis (she/her) | Government Services Advisor
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Te Pātaka Whaioranga – Pharmac | PO Box 10 254 | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington
DDI:
s 9(2)(a)
| P: 0800 660 050 | M:
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|www.pharmac.govt.nz
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From: Melody Willis
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2023 2:57 PM
To: Jannel Fisher <[email address]>
Cc: Allanah Andrews <[email address]>
Subject: 2 x OIA requests for copies of docs sent to RNZ about Draper Cormack
Kia ora Jannel
Who should be the peer reviewer for the 2 x OIA requests for copies of the docs we sent
to RNZ about our involvement with Draper Cormack? Ideally we would have these closed
this week rather than delaying the response.
I have included info about the amount spent with Draper Cormack in the TVNZ response,
and drafted a follow-up letter for RNZ/Guyon about the amount also.
Ngā mihi, nā
Melody Willis (she/her) | Government Services Advisor
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Te Pātaka Whaioranga – Pharmac | PO Box 10 254 | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington
DDI:
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| P: 0800 660 050 | M:
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|www.pharmac.govt.nz
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Attachments: 2023-03-24 - comms weekly report.doc
Kia ora,
Please see this week’s communications report from Pharmac. Grace is on call this weekend.
Ngā mihi,
Rosa
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Weekly media and issues update
For the week ending 23 March 2023
Pharmac Senior Leadership Team
Pharmac Communications Team
Minister of Health Press Secretaries
Minister of Health Private Secretary
Ministry of Health Deputy Director-General System Strategy and
Ministry of Health Manager System Stewardship
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Senior communications advisor Grace Christison is on call this weekend. The media phone number is 021 863 342.
Communications team
• Jannel Fisher, communications manager
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• Cameron Webb, senior communications advisor –
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Reactive media responses
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Lobbying OIA
Today FM & TVNZ
We responded to queries stating that Pharmac do not engage in lobbying and that
Draper Cormack only provide communications support helping us with improving our
transparency and accessibility of information.
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All the OIA documents sent to RNZ re: your use of public relations firm Draper Cormack
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Media (TVNZ)
and how much Pharmac spent with Draper Cormack
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1) Details of the procurement process used to select Draper Cormack for this role
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2) Total Payments made by Pharmac to Draper Cormack between 1 March 2021 and 31
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January 2023
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From: David Cormack <
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Sent: Friday, 24 March 2023 9:30 am
To: Jannel Fisher
Subject: Re: OIA response - consultation
Sure!
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023, 9:26 am Jannel Fisher, <[email address]> wrote:
Hey David –
One of the OIA’s about Draper Cormack.
The requester has asked for the total amount paid to you. I have made a note about it being
a single figure rather than the odd breakdown.
Are you ok if we publish this OIA on our website? The information is technically public as its
in the HSC responses.
Cheers,
Jannel
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Harris Leigh
Via email: [email address]
Tēnā koe Harris
Request for information: Procurement process used, engagement with Draper
Cormack
Thank you for your request dated 21 March 2023 under the Official Information Act 1982
(OIA) for information relating to Pharmac’s engagement with Draper Cormack. You
requested:
1) Details of the procurement process used to select Draper Cormack for this
role
2) Total Payments made by Pharmac to Draper Cormack between 1 March
2021 and 31 January 2023
3) Details of the advertisement, approach to market or tender documents that
proceeded the engagement of Draper Cormack
Procurement process used to select Draper Cormack
Pharmac uses the Government Procurement Rules to ensure best-practice is followed when
selecting a provider. Instead of going straight to open market, we check to see if an existing
agreement within the Government’s contracts tool would meet our needs. By doing this, we
save time and money by not having to undergo a primary procurement process when
sourcing consultancy services.
We researched multiple PR agencies in the process of choosing a provider in early 2021. We
shortlisted four agencies to meet with before determining that Draper Cormack’s suggested
approach aligned best with our priority of public understanding, trust and confidence.
Draper Cormack is on the All of Government (AOG) panel for Marketing and Public Relations
consultancy services: https://www.procurement.govt.nz/contracts/consultancy-
services/consultancy-services-providers/. Additionally, the value of the initial contract with
Draper Cormack was under $100,000, which meant a procurement process was not
required.
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Table: Total payments made by Pharmac to Draper Cormack between 1 March 2021
and 31 January 2023
Time period
Amount paid (NZD incl. GST)
1 March 2021 to 30 June 2022
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1 July 2022 to 31 January 2023
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Total paid
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Commented [JF1]: Can we just provide the total amount -
rather than the two time periods which aren't calender or
financial years
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2022-23-125; A1665003
You may be interested to know that we disclose the amount we spend on contractors as part
of our annual submission to the Select Committee for Health (Health Committee). We
recently provided information about how much Pharmac has spent with Draper Cormack in
2020/21 and 2021/22 to the Health Committee as part of its annual review of Pharmac for the
year ending 30 June 2022. A copy of our responses to the Health Committee annual review
will be published on the website of the New Zealand Parliament in due course.
Please note, you have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman about our response
to your OIA, under section 28(3) of the OIA. Details of how to make a complaint are on the
Ombudsman’s website.
We trust that this information answers your queries. To make information more freely
available, we publish selected OIA responses (excluding personal details) on our website.
Commented [MW2]: Please comment whether you feel this
Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about this.
OIA response
should not be published on our public website
and if so, why.
Nāku noa, nā
SMEs
Legal
Allanah Andrews
Manager, Policy and Government Services
Manager, Policy and Government Services
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From:
Jannel Fisher
Sent:
Thursday, 23 March 2023 5:15 pm
To:
David Cormack;
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Subject:
FW: Internal stuff
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From: Jannel Fisher
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2023 5:12 PM
To: David Cormack <
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Jannel Fisher | Communications, External Relations and Implementation Manager
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From: Pharmac <
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Sent: Thursday, 23 March 2023 12:16 pm
To: Jannel Fisher
Subject: CE Update
Today's CE Update includes:
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Kia ora everyone,
I hope you're having a good week. Below is a quick update on several things happening around
Pharmac.
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Review of our OIA process continues
As many of you may have seen, one of our OIA responses saw us featured in an article on
lobbying this week, and I've had several staff raise concerns about what was released.
To be clear, Pharmac does not engage in lobbying, however, we have been working with a
public relations firm (Draper Cormack) as part of our public understanding, trust and
confidence strategic priority. They support us with our proactive media approach, as we want to
be more transparent about Pharmac's work and for our information to be more accessible.
As a government agency, we must be as transparent as possible, but it's also important we
have a safe environment for staff to provide free and frank advice.
As I mentioned in my last update, we are currently working with the Chief Ombudsman's
investigators to examine the practices and processes we use to meet our obligations under the
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). As part of this work, we will look at how we can balance
transparency and the need for staff to give free and frank advice to carry out their work. I will let
you know more as we work through this process.
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That's all from me, have a great rest of the week.
Ngā mihi,
Sarah
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From: Cameron Webb
Sent: Monday, 20 March 2023 4:34 pm
To: Senior Leadership Team; Communications Team; Implementation
Programmes Team
Cc: Engagement & Implementation Managers; David Cormack; Tasmin
Prichard
Subject: Comms, engagement + implementation update - week starting
Monday 20 March
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Ngā mihi,
Cameron Webb | Senior Communications Advisor – Internal and Engagement
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From: David Cormack <
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>
Sent: Monday, 20 March 2023 8:06 am
To: sarah fitt
Cc: Jane Wright; Jannel Fisher
Subject: Re: Tweet by RNZ News on Twitter
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged
Yes they called me to ask to do an interview. I declined.
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2023, 8:04 am sarah fitt, <
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Sarah
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On 20/03/2023, at 07:18, David Cormack <
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2023, 6:21 am sarah fitt, <
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RNZ News
@rnz_news
Lobbying firms earning hundreds of thousands from
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Sarah Fitt
Chief Executive
PHARMAC
