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8 April 2025
Andrew Riddell
By email: [FYI request #30613 email]
Ref:
H2025064714
Tēnā koe Andrew
Transfer of your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health - Manatū Hauora (the Ministry) on 3 April 2025. You requested:
“The January 2025 Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Health Part A was recently
proactively released. Much of the document, especially the later half, has been redacted.
For each redacted paragraph I request a
summary outline of what is under discussion - in
more detail than the section heading provides.
I am not requesting the detail of the discussion and/or advice in each redacted paragraph,
just a summary of topic or matter being discussed or advised on (in more detail than the
section headings).
I note that it is some three months since the incoming Minister of Health received this
briefing and I suggest that sufficient time has past since then for the information i request
to be provided.
Further there is considerable public interest in advice being given by the Minister of Health
in this briefing given the current state of our public health system and the propensity of the
Minister to advocate for private health care instead of properly supporting our public
health system.”
The requested information is more closely connected with the functions of the office of the
Minister of Health, Hon Simeon Brown. For this reason, I am transferring your request to the
Minister of Health’s office in accordance with section 14(b)(i ) of the Act. You can expect a
response from the Minister’s office in due course.
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.
Nāku noa, na
Jan Torres
Manager, OIA Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga
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COPY OF OIA REQUEST
Andrew
Riddell<[FYI request #30613 email]
To:
OIA Requests
Thu 3/04/2025 15:57
Dear Ministry of Health,
The January 2025 Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Health Part A was recently
proactively released.
Much of the document, especially the later half, has been redacted.
For each redacted paragraph I request a summary outline of what is under discussion
- in more detail than the section heading provides.
I am not requesting the detail of the discussion and/or advice in each redacted
paragraph, just a summary of topic or matter being discussed or advised on (in more
detail than the section headings).
I note that it is some three months since the incoming Minister of Health received this
briefing and I suggest that sufficient time has past since then for the information i
request to be provided.
Further there is considerable public interest in advice being given by the Minister of
Health in this briefing given the current state of our public health system and the
propensity of the Minister to advocate for private health care instead of properly
supporting our public health system.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Riddell
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