1 March 2024
Erica Whittome
[FYI request #25124 email]
Tēnā koe Erica
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00036738
Thank you for your email on 28 January 2024, asking for the following under the Of icial
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
The New Zealand site of batch release wil only release batches for distribution in New Zealand
once the sponsor has verified that the shipping temperature profile meets specifications
Provide Periodic Safety Update Reports according to the same schedule as required by the EMA.
Provide monthly safety reports, as well as all safety reviews they conduct or become aware of.
Response
The New Zealand site of batch release wil only release batches for distribution in New
Zealand once the sponsor has verified that the shipping temperature profile meets
specifications
Under section 18(f) of the Act, this material cannot be supplied without substantial collation as
there has been several hundred deliveries and the same batch included in different deliveries.
However, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is able to release the data from the last three
deliveries to the Christchurch and Auckland Distribution and Storage Warehouses on 23 July 2022
(Ref 5016) and 10 September 2022 (Ref 5018 and 5019):
• Pfizer provide remote temperature monitoring throughout the delivery of vaccines from the
manufacturing site to New Zealand.
• On delivery of the vaccines to the New Zealand warehouses the temperature loggers are
stopped and the vaccines transferred to the Ultra Low Temperature (ULT) freezers.
• Pfizer then send confirmation that the vaccines are released for use and the temperature
reports are made available.
• The temperature reports are checked by the warehouse quality team and Health New
Zealand | Te Whatu Ora quality representatives and kept on file.
Provide Periodic Safety Update Reports according to the same schedule as required by the
EMA.
Please see the attachment for the reports, information has been redacted under section 9(2)(a) of
the Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons.
Provide monthly safety reports, as well as all safety reviews they conduct or become aware
of.
Please see the attachment for the reports, information has been redacted under section 9(2)(a) of
the Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health New Zealand | Te
Whatu Ora may proactively release a copy of this response on our website. Al requester data,
including your name and contact details, wil be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Alana Ewe-Snow
Director, Prevention
National Public Health Service
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand
