133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
10 May 2023
Shane Gibson
By email: [FYI request #22634 email]
Ref: H2023024433
Tēnā koe Shane
Response to 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 30 April 2023 for information regarding annual supplier payments.
You requested:
“I would like an extract of the annual amount spent with all suppliers for the 2021/2022
financial year. I would like this data in an open format, csv or json formats would be
suitable. I would like the following details provided:
- Supplier Name
- Suppliers NZBN number (if available)
- Total Amount Spent
I believe this information would be readily available via an extract from your Accounts
Payable system. I have already received similar data from a number of Government
organisations, which implies this information can be treated as open data."
Please find attached as Appendix 1 the Manatū Hauora departmental expenditure for external
vendors in the financial year of 2021/22. Some information has been withheld under section
9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of natural persons. Where information has been withheld
under section 9 of the Act, I have considered the countervailing public interest in releasing
information and consider that it does not outweigh the need to withhold at this time.
Providing the NZBN number for each supplier would require creation of new information by
extracting and matching the NZBN’s with existing data. The Act does not create an obligation
for agencies to create new information, and therefore this part of your request relating to the
suppliers’ NZBN number has been refused under section 18(g)(i) of the Act.
I trust this information fulfils your request. 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.
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Manatū Hauora website at: www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/responses-
official-information-act-requests.
Nāku noa, nā
Celia Wellington
Deputy Director General – Corporate Services
Corporate Services | Te Pou Tiaki
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