Dear Robert Harrison

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 4 January 2017. The Ministry's reference number for
your request is: H20170 0019

You requested:

i) the statistics on the number of medications being personally imported
into NZ for the year ending August 2016 (stopped at the border)
ii) the number of medications 1 August to 31 July for the years ending
2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 (stopped at the border).
iii) the top 30 medications being imported into NZ, listed by class for
items i) & ii) above.
iv) the number of medications being released by MOH due to becoming
compliant with the requirements of a prescription in relation to i) & ii)
v) the number of staff who work at the MOH involved in duties of dealing
with personal importations, their status at the MOH & their location.

Your request has been received and logged.  You can expect a reply no
later than 13 February 2017 as required under the Official Information Act
1982.

Please note that a working day is defined in the Act as ‘any day of the
week other than a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day,
Labour Day, the Sovereigns birthday, Waitangi Day and a day in the period
commencing 25 December in any year and ending 15 January in the following
year.

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the Ministry
needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to extend this
date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act).  We will advise you
if such an extension is necessary.

With respect to this request and your two other requests, my apologies but
this is the first record I have of your request having been made. It's
standard practise to send an acknowledgement letter to the requester,
which includes a statement of the request as we understand it, an expected
due date, and a reference number for the particular request. In the
absence of that, we are treating this as a new request made by you as of
today's date. The due date I've given you is in accordance with the
non-working day period as laid out in the Act, and made using the
calculator that is located on the Ombudsman's website.

Just so you are aware, at least some of the information you've requested
appears as though it might be more properly responded to by Customs; I'm
verifying what, if any, part of your request may need to be transferred.
In the event that a transfer is necessary, we will notify you
appropriately.

We have notified FYI.org that there appears to be an issue with requests
being submitted by some users from their site.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Fletcher l OIA Co-ordinator
[MOH request email]
Government Relations l Ministerial, Executive and Government Services l
Office of the Director General

[1]http://www.health.govt.nz

From:        WGRH <[FOI #5007 email]>
To:        OIA/LGOIMA requests at MOH <[MOH request email]>,
Date:        28/12/2016 09:02 a.m.
Subject:        Re: Official Information request - Total number of
medications stopped at the border

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Dear Ministry of Health,

By law, the Ministry of Health should have normally responded promptly to
my OIA request, and have done so by the 22nd day of December 2016.

I acknowledge that it is close to Christmas, and am willing to give a
slight extension to my request. Please get back to me by the first week of
Jan 2017.

Yours faithfully,

Dr W G R Harrison

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Dear Mr Harrison,

Please find attached the response to your OIA request, re: H201700019 and
the attachment.

Kind regards,
Rosie

Rosie Maltas | Team Administrator | Medsafe | Ministry of Health | DDI:
(04) 819 6800
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Dear Mr Harrison,

Please find attached the response to your OIA request, re: H201700017 and
four appendices.

Kind regards,
Rosie

Rosie Maltas | Team Administrator | Medsafe | Ministry of Health | DDI:
(04) 819 6800
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