17 March 2026
John Armstrong
[FYI request #34047 email]
Ref: OIA-2025/26-0578
Tēnā koe John,
Official Information Act request relating to COVID-19 policy decisions
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act (the Act), received on 12
March 2026. You requested:
“I request copies of epidemiological modelling, scenario analyses, or projections that
were provided to Ministers or Cabinet to support decisions relating to:
• COVID-19 lockdown measures
• vaccine mandates
• vaccination strategies.
The timeframe for this request is 1 March 2020 to 31 December 2022.
If modelling was commissioned from external organisations or academic institutions,
please include those reports.”
I believe parts of your request for information
provided to Ministers or Cabinet as it relates to
COVID-19 are more closely connected to the functions of the Ministry of Health. Accordingly,
I have decided to transfer this part of your request to the Ministry of Health under section
14(b)(i ) of the Act. The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet wil respond with any
information we may have provided to our Minister(s) or Cabinet.
The Ministry of Health has the usual timeframes under the Act from receipt of this transfer to
make a decision on your request.
Nāku noa, nā
Jenna Hansen
Manager, Accountability and Ministerial Services
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
5146648
64 4 817 9700 Facsimile 64 4 472 3181 www.dpmc.govt.nz