29 August 2024
Erika Whittome
[FYI request #27881 email]
Tēnā koe Erika,
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00058979
Thank you for your email on 2 August 2024, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
following under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“I refer you to this request
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…in which Danielle Coe at Health NZ says “I am, however, able to advise that Health NZ
has not paid influencers or sports figures to promote COVID-19 vaccination since July
2022.”
How much money exactly was paid to many influencers prior to July 2022 for influencers
and sports figures to promote Covid 19 vaccination?
Please share which DHB paid for this (given HNZ started around June 2022), the monetary
amount, the influencer or company name and the date of the advert.
DBHs keep financial records for 7 years+ so this should all be in the financials system.”
Response
Health NZ is unable to provide you with this information as it would require pulling all the account
codes from late 2020 to June 2022 by transaction for each former district. Each transaction would
then need to be individually reviewed to determine what the purpose was. As such, we refuse your
request under section 18(f) of the Act.
I have considered whether fixing a charge for the supply of the information or extending the
timeframe for response would enable Health NZ to respond. I do not consider that either option
would remove the impact that supplying the information would have on our other operations.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health NZ may proactively
release a copy of this response on our website. Al requester data, including your name and
contact details, wil be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
pp Auxilia Nyangoni
Richard Aldous
Acting Chief Financial Officer
Finance
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand
