
6 October 2025
Catherine Jamieson
Via email:
[FYI request #32265 email]
Tēnā koe Catherine
Request for information: COVID-19 Vaccine Order Documentation
Thank you for your request dated 10 September 2025 under the Official Information Act 1982
(OIA) for information relating to COVID-19 Vaccine Order Documentation.You requested:
“In respect of COVID-19 products (limited to those injectable medicines) to enable
identification of which entity :-
i) ordered the product
i ) imported the product; and
i i) the product was charged to
From March 2020 until July 2023 (inclusive) please provide for all imports
Copies of the
-purchase order form
-shipping form and/or waybil shipping
-Packing slip for product on arrival
Al pricing information wil be redacted. Only the information required to establish the
above i)-i i) is requested”
Please note that the COVID-19 vaccine contracts with Pfizer and Novavax were transferred
from the Ministry of Health to Pharmac in September and November 2022, respectively. This
transfer was part of a broader project to transition the management of COVID-19 vaccines to
Pharmac.
Accordingly, our response focuses on the period from the date of novation to the end of the
2022/23 financial year (30 June 2023), in line with your request to identify the entity that
ordered the product. As you have confirmed that your request was also sent to the Ministry of
Health and subsequently transferred to Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora and the
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, we refer you to those agencies for
information covering the earlier period and other aspects of your request.
Excerpts from these Purchase Order documents have been released under section 16(1)(e)
of the Act, with information deemed outside the scope of your request excluded. A document
schedule listing these purchase orders is provided, and the relevant excerpts are attached as
Appendix 1.
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We have released the requested information, subject to the following withholding under the
OIA:
•
Section 9(2)(b)(ii) – to protect the commercial position of the person who supplied the
information, or who is the subject of the information.
In making this decision, we have considered the public interest factors outlined in section
9(1) of the Act. We have not identified any public interest considerations that would outweigh
the reasons for withholding.
We trust this information addresses your request. You have the right to make a complaint to
the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the OIA. Information about how to do so is available
on the Ombudsman’s website.
To promote transparency, we may publish selected OIA responses (excluding personal
details) on our website. Please contact us if you have any questions about this response.
Nāku noa, nā
Oliver Whitehead
Team Leader, Government Services
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Document schedule
No. Date
Title
1 16 November 2022
Pfizer Purchase Order - 76,800 paed
2 25 November 2022
Pfizer Purchase Order - 172,800 Paed
3 15 December 2022
Pfizer Purchase Order
4 17 January 2023
Pfizer COVID-19 Bivalent Purchase
Order
5 1 February 2023
Pfizer COVID-19 Bivalent Purchase
Order
6 7 February 2023
Pfizer Infant vaccine purchase order
7 9 February 2023
Pfizer COVID-19 Bivalent Purchase
Order
8 15 March 2023
Pfizer COVID-19 Bivalent Purchase
Order
9 24 March 2023
Pfizer COVID-19 Bivalent Purchase
Order
10 28 June 2023
Pfizer Purchase Order
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