
133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
5 May 2026
Erika Whittome
By email: [FYI request #26209 email]
Ref:
H2026081414
Tēnā koe Erika,
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) transferred to the
Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora (the Ministry) from Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora on
14 April 2026, for information regarding the Comirnaty vaccine. You requested:
“Would you please supply the information in this obligation #54 for the provisionally
approved product, Comirnaty. I wil copy and paste the condition:
54. Provide any reports on efficacy including asymptomatic infection in the vaccinated
group, vaccine failure, immunogenicity, efficacy in population subgroups and results from
post-marketing studies, within five working days of these being produced.”
You first requested this information on 24 March 2024 (H2024038268 refers), and you were
informed that your request had been refused under section 18(g)(i), as the Ministry did not hold
the information nor had grounds to believe that this information was held by another agency.
On 3 May 2024 you submitted a request for the same information (H2024040163 refers), to
which the Ministry responded that it stood by its previous response and had nothing further to
add.
As you have made the same request a third time, the Ministry considers your request to be
vexatious. Therefore, your request is refused under 18(h) of the Act.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this decision, please feel
free to contact the OIA Services Team on:
[email address].

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
Ministry website at:
www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/responses-official-
information-act-requests.
Nāku noa, nā
Alex Fuller
Acting Manager, OIA Services
Corporate Services | Te Pou Tiaki
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