Kia ora Erika, 

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health on 26 March 2025. You requested:

 

"According to another OIA : " The Public Health Agency has contracted with
Airfinity, an international organisation to provide weekly presentations
and bi-weekly reports on vaccine effectiveness and safety. "

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Would you kindly share:
1. the bi-reports and presentations from Airfinity since its engagement
from 2020 onwards
2. the contract with Airfinity"

 

The reference number for your request is H2025063953. As required under
the Act, the Ministry will endeavour to respond to your request no later
than 20 working days after the day your request was received:
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/.   

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch ([2][email address]).

 

 

Ngā mihi 
 
OIA Services Team 

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Kia ora Erika
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act on 25 March
2025 for:
“According to another OIA: " The Public Health Agency has contracted with
Airfinity, an international organisation to provide weekly presentations
and bi-weekly reports on vaccine effectiveness and safety."  
 
Would you kindly share: 
1. the bi-reports and presentations from Airfinity since its engagement
from 2020 onwards 
2. the contract with Airfinity” 
We are contacting you in accordance with section 18B of the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act) as your request, specifically part 1, as it
is currently worded, is for a very large volume of information.
Your request may be refused under section 18(f) of the Act as the
information requested cannot be made available without substantial
collation or research. 
In order for the Ministry to identify information you are interested in,
in a timely manner, we ask that you refine the scope of your request, and
clarify what you are seeking. Options to refine the scope of your request
include, specifying a topic /vaccine and specifying a time period. 
Please respond by Monday 28 April 2025  so that we can consider your
refinement in our response to your request. 
We look forward to receiving your response. 

Ngâ mihi 

  

OIA Services Team

Ministry of Health  | Manatû Hauora 

M[1]inistry of Health information releases 

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Kia ora Erika,

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) on 25 March 2025 for:

 

“According to another OIA: " The Public Health Agency has contracted with
Airfinity, an international organisation to provide weekly presentations
and bi-weekly reports on vaccine effectiveness and safety."  

 

Would you kindly share: 

1. the bi-reports and presentations from Airfinity since its engagement
from 2020 onwards 

2. the contract with Airfinity”

 

The Ministry of Health has decided to extend the due date for responding
to your request pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the Act as the
consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a
proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the
original time limit.

 

You can now expect a response on, or before date 22 May 2025

 

If you have any queries regarding your request, including this decision,
please feel free to contact the OIA Services Team on
[1][email address]. If any additional factors come to light which are
relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that
these can be taken into account. 

 

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: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

 

Ngâ mihi 

  

OIA Services Team

Ministry of Health  | Manatû Hauora 

M[3]inistry of Health information releases 

 

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Kia ora Erika,

 

Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.

 

Ngā mihi 

 

OIA Services Team

Ministry of Health  | Manatū Hauora 

M[1]inistry of Health information releases 

 

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Kia ora Erika,
Thank you for your email regarding this request, reference H2025063953.
The Ministry of Health stands by its decision to withhold the information
in full under section 9(2)(b)(ii) of the Act, where its release would
likely unreasonably prejudice the commercial position of the person who
supplied the information. This would include methodologies, proprietary
modelling techniques, and curated data sources which would prejudice
Airfinity’s commercial position.
The Ministry would like to advise you that 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
[1][email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Ngâ mihi 

OIA Services Team

Ministry of Health  | Manatû Hauora 

M[2]inistry of Health information releases 

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From: Erika Whittome <[FOI #30530 email]>
Sent: Monday, 26 May 2025 13:45
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your official information act request – ref
H2025063953 CRM:0001311
 
Dear OIA Requests,
Would you kindly consider supplying this information and not withholding
it given it is information for and applied to the NZ public that you are
withholding? My next step would be a complaint to the Ombudsman.

Yours sincerely,

Erika Whittome

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