Please can you release A FULL COPY of the un-redacted Pfizer Contract.
Dianne Warren made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
The request was refused by Ministry of Health.
      From: Dianne Warren
      
    
    Dear Ministry of Health,
Please can you release A FULL COPY of the un-redacted Pfizer Contract.
Yours faithfully,
Brent
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Kia ora Dianne,
The information you have requested is withheld in full under the following
 sections of the Act:
o Section 9(2)(b)(ii), where its release would likely unreasonably
 prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied the
 information;
 o Section 9(2)(ba)(ii), to protect information that is subject to an
 obligation of confidence and making it available would likely damage
 the public interest; and
 o Section 9(2)(c), to avoid prejudice to measures to protect the health
 or safety of the public.
I have considered the countervailing public interest in release in making
 this decision and consider that it does not outweigh the need to withhold
 at this time.  
You may be interested in a summary statement with information on the
 COVID-19 vaccine procurement process and the nature of the commitments
 made by the Government across all the contracts. The summary statement can
 be found
 here: [5]www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/general-information-releases/summary-statement-new-zealand-covid-19-vaccine-procurement-process-and-contracts-suppliers  
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: [6][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: [7][email address] or by calling 0800
 802 602.
 
Ngā mihi
  
OIA Services Team
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 Subject: Official Information request - Please can you release A FULL COPY
 of the un-redacted Pfizer Contract.
Dear Ministry of Health,
Please can you release A FULL COPY of the un-redacted Pfizer Contract.
Yours faithfully,
Brent
 
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John Armstrong left an annotation ()
In 2015 when the trade minister was challenged to reveal the Trans Pacific Partner Agreement, the case of “Kelsey v Ministry of Trade” states:
“The Crown has entered into an international confidentiality agreement with other negotiating states parties. This cannot override the domestic legal effect of the Act*. 6
*[The Official Information Act 1982]
(Para [143] of [2015] NZHC 2497, Kelsey v Minister of Trade CIV-2015-485-583)
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