Dear Ministry of Health,

Please provide a list of the vaccines against COVID-19 which the Ministry of Health purchased in the three fiscal years 2020-21, 2021-2022, and 2022-23 inclusive (name and number of individual doses of vaccines) or any record which includes this information.

Under section 16(2) of the OIA our preferences are (a) to receive a copy of the whole document (b) that the information is disclosed in a text searchable format, either Word or PDF, and (c) that it is sent to the email address from which the Ministry received this request.

If the Ministry decides that there is 'good reason' under the OIA to withhold any of the information we are requesting, then under section 19(a)(ii) of the OIA, we further request that the Ministry provide us with the grounds in support of each instance of a withholding reason cited for refusal. Guidance for agencies on how to meet their section 19(a)(ii) obligations is available from the Ombudsman at this location: https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/reso...

If you need to clarify anything in relation to this request, please get in touch.

Yours faithfully,

New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties