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Kia ora Sarah,

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
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
[8]Ministry of Health information releases 

 

------------------- Original Message -------------------
From: Sarah Preece <[FOI #27666 email]>; 
Received: Wed Jul 17 2024 14:49:58 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>; OIA <[email address]>; 
Subject: Official Information request - Un-redacted copy of the Pfizer
contract for supply of Covid-19 Vaccine

Dear Ministry of Health,

As a matter of public interest*, please provide an unredacted copy of the
Pfizer Contract for supply of Covid-19 vaccine.

* the matter of public interest:
Where tax dollars are spent by the govt on behalf of tax payers, it is a
matter of public interest that the contractual terms and conditions of any
significant purchase are fully and openly disclosed.  
The price, terms and conditions should not be a matter of 'sensitivity' to
business interests, and nor should any such so-called sensitivities be
prioritised over and above full, open disclosure and transparency to the
paying public.  
It is unreasonable to claim that this matter is not a matter of 'public
interest' when so many members of the public have and are so clearly
seeking to know these details.
If even 1 member of the public seeks this information there is evidence of
public interest.
The NZ govt should not be doing business with contractors who are not
willing or able to engage in full, open disclosure.  It is important that
the protection of supposed competitive advantage or so-called sensitive
business interests are not used as a ruse, to protect villany while
witholding information from the public that is a matter critical to
life/death health decisions (RIP Rory Nairn and others).

Esecially where the product (Covid 19 vaccine) is going to be the subject
of intense pressure and propoganda to be uptaken by the public, and where
the Govt promote it as 'safe', 'effective' and 'socially responsible', and
where the right to decline uptaking it has severe negative repercussions
(e.g.  loss of livelihood and employment due to mandate), the public have
an interest and a right to know whether the terms, price and conditions of
the contract are reassuring (or not) of claims made that the product is
not 'experimental' and where safety and efficacy are as assured in the
contract, as claims made about it in the media drive to insist that all
uptake it.

It is in the public interest to know whether or not the govt is lying to
them while lying in bed with big pharma.  And, unless (or because) the
govt and MOH are corrupt bureacracies who seek to further their captured
relationship with big pharma over and above the public interest to the
contrary, there is every good reason for Pfizer and the Govt (MOH) to
prove that this has not been the case.

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Preece
Nelson
NZ

 

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