Reference: 20260179
25 March 2026
John Armstrong
[FYI request #34026 email]
Dear John
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request, received on 11 March
2026. You requested the following:
I request a detailed breakdown of allocations and expenditures from the COVID-
19 Response and Recovery Fund.
Specifically, please provide:
• a list of all programmes funded through the COVID-19 Response and Recovery
Fund • the total amount allocated to each programme • the government agency
responsible for administering each programme • a brief description of the
purpose of each expenditure.
Information publicly available
The following information is covered by your request and is publicly available on the
Treasury website:
Item
Date
Document Description
Website Address
1. 26 June 2020
Finance Portfolio - Budget 2020
https://www.treasury.govt.nz/pub
Information Release
lications/information-
release/finance-portfolio-budget-
2020-information-release
2. Last updated:
Overview of the COVID-19
https://www.treasury.govt.nz/info
Response and Recovery Fund
rmation-and-services/nz-
13 June 2023
(CRRF)
economy/covid-19-economic-
response/overview-covid-19-
response-and-recovery-fund-crrf
3. 8 September 2022
Advice on COVID-19 Response
https://www.treasury.govt.nz/pub
Information Release
lications/information-
release/advice-covid-19-
response-information-release
1 The Terrace
PO Box 3724
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
tel. +64-4-472-2733
https://treasury.govt.nz
Accordingly, I have refused your request for the documents listed in the above table
under section 18(d) of the OIA - the information requested is or wil soon be publicly
available.
Some information has been removed from within the documents listed in the above
table, under the grounds of the OIA described in the documents.
The Treasury homepage for COVID-19 economic response information is found here:
https://www.treasury.govt.nz/information-and-services/nz-economy/covid-19-economic-
response/overview-covid-19-response-and-recovery-fund-crrf
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) and enclosed
documents may be published on the Treasury website.
This reply addresses the information you requested. 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.
Yours sincerely
Jil Caughey
Acting Manager, Health
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