Conflicts of Interest - Tony Blakely and John Whitehead
John Armstrong made this Official Information request to Department of Internal Affairs
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From: John Armstrong
Dear Department of Internal Affairs,
Can you please supply all documentation, minutes of meetings, e-mails, risk assessments for Tony Blakely (Commissioner) and John Whitehead (Commissioner) for the Covid-19 Royal Commission role, including;
1/ Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead have any financial interest with any Pharmaceutical Companies/Corporations currently and in the past? If so, who and what these interests are?
2/ Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead have any family with financial interest with any Pharmaceutical Companies/Corporations? If so, who and what these interests are?
3/ Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead currently have, or had in the past, any connection and / or collaboration with Ashley Bloomfield? If so, please supply any and all communications.
4/ Has Tony Blakely and John Whitehead supplied any information to Ashley Bloomfield with regards NZ 's Covid-19 response? If so, please supply any and all such communications.
5/ What salary / package has been offered to Tony Blakely and John Whitehead and how does this compare with similar roles?
6/ If any conflicts of interest were identified then please supply all documentation showing minimisation and /or elimination of the conflicts of interest.
7/ Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead have any financial and / or commercial interest with Ministry of Health, Medsafe, Pharmac and / or other Government Services (International or NZ)?
Yours faithfully,
John Armstrong
From: minadviceteam
Department of Internal Affairs
Dear John
Please find attached a response to your request from the Department of Internal Affairs.
Kind regards
Rachel
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Dear Department of Internal Affairs,
Can you please supply all documentation, minutes of meetings, e-mails, risk assessments for Tony Blakely (Commissioner) and John Whitehead (Commissioner) for the Covid-19 Royal Commission role, including;
1/ Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead have any financial interest with any Pharmaceutical Companies/Corporations currently and in the past? If so, who and what these interests are?
2/ Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead have any family with financial interest with any Pharmaceutical Companies/Corporations? If so, who and what these interests are?
3/ Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead currently have, or had in the past, any connection and / or collaboration with Ashley Bloomfield? If so, please supply any and all communications.
4/ Has Tony Blakely and John Whitehead supplied any information to Ashley Bloomfield with regards NZ 's Covid-19 response? If so, please supply any and all such communications.
5/ What salary / package has been offered to Tony Blakely and John Whitehead and how does this compare with similar roles?
6/ If any conflicts of interest were identified then please supply all documentation showing minimisation and /or elimination of the conflicts of interest.
7/ Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead have any financial and / or commercial interest with Ministry of Health, Medsafe, Pharmac and / or other Government Services (International or NZ)?
Yours faithfully,
John Armstrong
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From: John Armstrong
Dear minadviceteam,
The following information is not available on your website via the link supplied or a separate search for the respective documents. Could you please supply the below documents directly on this platform.
Text below as per your response:
Can you please supply all documentation, minutes of meetings, e-mails, risk assessments for Tony Blakely (Commissioner) and John Whitehead (Commissioner) for the COVID-19 Royal Commission role. The following documents, which fall within scope of your request, are available on the Department’s website at the following link www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releases: • Cabinet paper: Establishing an inquiry into New Zealand’s preparedness for a future pandemic (25 October 2022); • CAB-22-MIN-0464: Cabinet: Minute of Decision (25 October 2022); • Cabinet paper: Establishment of the Royal Commission into lessons learned from Aotearoa New Zealand’s response to COVID-19 that should be applied in preparation for any future pandemic (5 December 2022); and • CAB-22-MIN-0552: Cabinet: Minute of Decision (5 December 2022).
Yours sincerely,
John Armstrong
From: minadviceteam
Department of Internal Affairs
Royal Commission of Inquiry Lessons Learned Aotearoa New Zealands response to COVID 19 That Should Be Applied in Preparation for a Future Pandemic Redacted.pdf
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Dear John
Further to your email, the documents on the Department's website are attached above and a link to the suite of docs is available here: https://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/F...
The following papers are located in the bundle as shown below:
* Cabinet paper: Establishing an inquiry into New Zealand's preparedness for a future pandemic (25 October 2022) - pages 2-12 of bundle;
* CAB-22-MIN-0464: Cabinet: Minute of Decision (25 October 2022) - pages 21 -22 of bundle;
* Cabinet paper: Establishment of the Royal Commission into lessons learned from Aotearoa New Zealand's response to COVID-19 that should be applied in preparation for any future pandemic (5 December 2022) - pages 23 - 36 of bundle; and
* CAB-22-MIN-0552: Cabinet: Minute of Decision (5 December 2022) - pages 37 - 40 of bundle.
Kind regards
Rachel
-----Original Message-----
From: John Armstrong <[FOI #25750 email]>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2024 7:24 AM
To: minadviceteam <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your Official Information Act 1982 request, reference OIA2324-0609
Dear minadviceteam,
The following information is not available on your website via the link supplied or a separate search for the respective documents. Could you please supply the below documents directly on this platform.
Text below as per your response:
Can you please supply all documentation, minutes of meetings, e-mails, risk assessments for Tony Blakely (Commissioner) and John Whitehead (Commissioner) for the COVID-19 Royal Commission role. The following documents, which fall within scope of your request, are available on the Department's website at the following link http://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releases: * Cabinet paper: Establishing an inquiry into New Zealand's preparedness for a future pandemic (25 October 2022); * CAB-22-MIN-0464: Cabinet: Minute of Decision (25 October 2022); * Cabinet paper: Establishment of the Royal Commission into lessons learned from Aotearoa New Zealand's response to COVID-19 that should be applied in preparation for any future pandemic (5 December 2022); and * CAB-22-MIN-0552: Cabinet: Minute of Decision (5 December 2022).
Yours sincerely,
John Armstrong
-----Original Message-----
Dear John
Please find attached a response to your request from the Department of Internal Affairs.
Kind regards
Rachel
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