Joshua Grainger
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This person's 89 Official Information Act requests
Correspondence regarding previous Myanmar OIA request
Request sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Joshua Grainger on 15 May 2013.
Awaiting response.
I would like to request under the Official Information Act and/or the Privacy Act all correspondence (all documents: including emails, briefings, m...
Ministry of Education's Response to Ombudsman OIA Review
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Joshua
Did the Ministry of Education (MoE) supply a copy of the peer review findings written by MSD (or had that not been written yet at the time Mo...
Sex Offender Register Proposal
Partially successful.
by New Zealand Police to Joshua Grainger on 2 May 2013.
Partially successful.
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WARNING
The information contained in this email message is intended for the
a...
Definition used for Child Exploitation Filtering System
Successful.
by Department of Internal Affairs to Joshua Grainger on 21 April 2013.
Successful.
Dear Mr Grainger
Thank you again for your official information request dated 10 April 2013.
My decision on your request is in the attached pdf...
Police Vetting Communications
Successful.
by Privacy Commissioner to Joshua Grainger on 28 March 2013.
Successful.
Hi Joshua
"Necessary and Desirable" is all available on our website at http://privacy.org.nz/the-privacy-act-and-codes/privacy-law-reform-resources/p...
Policy on Drug Detector Dogs
Successful.
by New Zealand Police to Joshua Grainger on 21 March 2013.
Successful.
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WARNING
The information contained in this email message is intended for the
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Recognition of Myanmar over Burma
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 18 March 2013.
Long overdue.
I've got a complaint in with the Ombudsman at the moment.
I suspect that there maybe a political motive for withholding: I filed a complaint in Janua...
Warnings to National MPs about West Paupa
Awaiting response.
by Minister of Foreign Affairs to Joshua Grainger on 15 March 2013.
Long overdue.
On behalf of Hon Murray McCully, thank you for your email. Your
correspondence has been noted.
Please be aware that the Minister receives a la...
Police Vetting Information
Partially successful.
Memorandum of Understanding is available here: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/services/licencing-vetting/mou-agreement.doc
This resp...
Papers on Mixed-Ownership Model Withheld before election
Refused.
by The Treasury to Joshua Grainger on 13 February 2013.
Refused.
Dear Joshua Grainger
Please find attached the response to your request under the Official
Information Act.
Kind regards,
Maxine
M...
Messages to Embassies Regarding Kīngitanga Movement
Successful.
by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Joshua Grainger on 6 December 2012.
Successful.
[UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Joshua Grainger
Thank you for your email of 8 November 2012 in which you requested, under
the Official Information Ac...
Giving of Customer Information to Police
Partially successful.
by New Zealand Police to Joshua Grainger on 26 November 2012.
Partially successful.
Joshua
As indicated in my response, Police do not collect that data. We have over 10,000 employees, deal with over 200,000 recorded offences per year...
Tutors' notes for QUAN102 Tutorial
Refused.
by Victoria University of Wellington to Joshua Grainger on 21 November 2012.
Refused.
Dear Joshua,
Please see the attached response to your request for information under the
Official Information Act 1982.
Kind regards,...
Council Controlled Organizations of Christchurch City Council
Request to Christchurch City Council by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Rowan Crawford on 10 November 2012.
Successful.
I've added these bodies to the system.
Officials' Committees Agendas
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Alex Harris on 1 November 2012.
Refused.
I think this is one for the Ombudsman
Automatic Numberplate Recognition
Partially successful.
by Privacy Commissioner to Joshua Grainger on 29 October 2012.
Partially successful.
Hi Joshua
Just to confirm that the document that we sent you appears to be the only Police PIA regarding ANPR that we hold.
Kind regards
Katrine
Refugee Detention Information
Request to Department of Labour by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 26 October 2012.
Partially successful.
Interesting things revealed from the doc release include:
* Ministers seem to regard the list of use of FYI as a potential risk in releasing docs un...
New Zealand Police Manual of Best Practice
Partially successful.
by New Zealand Police to Joshua Grainger on 18 October 2012.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Grainger
Thank you for the confirmation of closing this request
Yours Sincerely
Wayne Rodgers
Inspector
Manager: Corporate Instrument...
Minister's Diary for Last Week
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by Hon Gerry Brownlee to Joshua Grainger on 15 October 2012.
Successful.
Good Afternoon
Please find attached correspondence from Hon Gerry Brownlee regarding your
Official Information request.
Kind regards,...
Police File on John Banks Investigation
Partially successful.
by New Zealand Police to Joshua Grainger on 11 October 2012.
Partially successful.
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WARNING
The information contained in this email message is intended for the
a...
Minister's Diary for Last Week
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by Hon Tony Ryall to Joshua Grainger on 11 October 2012.
Successful.
Dear Mr Grainger
Attached is the response to your recent OIA request
Thanks
Peter Wood
Senior Private Secretary
Office of Hon Tony Ryall...
Minister's Diary for Last Week
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by Hon John Key to Joshua Grainger on 11 October 2012.
Successful.
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RoC*Rol Formula and Briefings
Partially successful.
by Department of Corrections to Joshua Grainger on 10 October 2012.
Partially successful.
Thank you for your email.
If you are requesting information about an offender, please note that
Corrections requires the offender's consent before...
Minister's Diary for Last Week
Successful.
by Hon Hekia Parata to Joshua Grainger on 9 October 2012.
Successful.
Hi Joshua
Response attached.
Kind regards
Kim
Kim Mackenzie
Senior Private Secretary I Office of Hon Hekia Parata - Minister of Education and Minist...
Minister's Diary for Last Week
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A successful request and some interesting info. I especially love that Steven Joyce (in his role as a Minister according to him!) was hosted by the To...
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Recognition of Myanmar over Burma
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 18 March 2013.
Long overdue.
I've got a complaint in with the Ombudsman at the moment.
I suspect that there maybe a political motive for withholding: I filed a complaint in Janua...
Police Vetting Communications
Request to Privacy Commissioner by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 28 February 2013.
Successful.
Rang Katrine.
I clarified that: I was interested in all communications on the Police Vetting system in general, but I would be particularly interes...
Details of Operational UAV/Drone Use
Successful.
The fact that a matter is before the courts is not a reason to withhold under the OIA. Rather it must be shown that the release of the information wou...
Police Vetting Information
Partially successful.
Memorandum of Understanding is available here: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/services/licencing-vetting/mou-agreement.doc
This resp...
Ministry of Education's Response to Ombudsman OIA Review
Request to Ministry of Education by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 12 February 2013.
Handled by post.
I will upload the documents and annotate them to this request. If I have not within a reasonable period, and others are interested in the documents, j...
Access to the Register under a permissive license and as machine readable data
Request to Real Estate Agents Authority by Glen Barnes. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 22 January 2013.
Refused.
It might be worth pointing out here case W37113, and section 16(2) of the OIA.
Section 16(2) sets out that if the item requested is a 'document' then...
Police Vetting Information
Partially successful.
Note that I got the section for internal rules wrong: it is section 22 instead of section 23. Section 23 concerns the reason for a decision affecting...
Giving of Customer Information to Police
Partially successful.
Emailed out of band to confirm my details.
Text messages sent by Cr Michael Laws
Request to Wanganui District Council by Alex Harris. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 6 November 2012.
Partially successful.
Another thing to note is that the Deputy Ombudsmen explicitly refers to Cr Michael Laws comments in his speech to SOLOGM: http://www.ombudsman.parliam...
Text messages sent by Cr Michael Laws
Request to Wanganui District Council by Alex Harris. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 6 November 2012.
Partially successful.
They merely state that text messages aren't covered by the LGOIMA, without providing any reasons. Such a duplicitous response is intellectually dishon...
Tutors' notes for QUAN102 Tutorial
Request to Victoria University of Wellington by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 30 October 2012.
Refused.
Yep, which exactly why I think I'm in the right. Will be interesting to see if I'm declined under s9(k) though; as that has been the suggested ground...
Tutors' notes for QUAN102 Tutorial
Request to Victoria University of Wellington by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 30 October 2012.
Refused.
The purpose of this test is to test whether lecturer notes are OIAable: was talking to it with a friend, and they said that they wouldn't be, because...
Automatic Numberplate Recognition
Request to Privacy Commissioner by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 26 October 2012.
Partially successful.
From the doc release:
"We've been aware of and were consulted on the MoJ/Police trial use of ANPR in order to
identify fines defaulters. We do not...
Refugee Detention Information
Request to Department of Labour by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 26 October 2012.
Partially successful.
Interesting things revealed from the doc release include:
* Ministers seem to regard the list of use of FYI as a potential risk in releasing docs un...
Car Sponsors
Successful.
That that according to my OIA for the list of Police Manuals, the Police appear to have a policy/manual on sponsorship: http://fyi.org.nz/request/587/...
Reports from Crown Law Office
Request to Hon Chris Finlayson by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 28 September 2012.
Refused.
I got around to lodging a complaint on the Ombudsmen around this reply. Here is what I wrote:
On the 8th of August I requested from Hon Chris Finlay...
Complaints about information requests
Partially successful.
The police seem to have misinterpreted your request. They're correct in that a copy of the complaint to the Ombudsmen is not Official Information, but...
Ownership of Budget 2012 App
Successful.
I think the most interesting thing here is that Treasury reveals that previously someone tried to hack into their servers to gain early access to Budg...
Registered sex offenders
Information not held.
We don't currently have a system of sex offender registration, so I'd say that there'd be 0 registered sex offenders. You may want to try to clarify y...
Amount spent on police precence at National Party conference
Partially successful.
Releasing the number of police would compromise future security? The only way I can think that would be the case is if there were plain-clothes police...
RoC*Rol Formula and Briefings
Request to Department of Corrections by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 5 September 2012.
Partially successful.
Very interesting.
The issue of copyright has popped up on the UK version of this site, WhatDoTheyKnow, and the information commissioner ruled that t...
Policy for handling OIA requests
Successful.
Their guidelines also state that a requester must provide their name and address, and that anonymous requests cannot be made.
That is completely fal...
Policy for handling OIA requests
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Interesting. Their OIA guidelines call for making an extension when delays mean it will take more than twenty days. This isn't allowed under the OIA t...
Police File on John Banks Investigation
Partially successful.
It should be noted that the clarification phone call was related to another request I had pending with the police (this one: http://fyi.org.nz/request...
Submissions and Information on Arts Cuts
Request to University of Canterbury by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Joshua Grainger on 31 August 2012.
Partially successful.
Very very interesting. The University of Canterbury have cited the use of FYI as preventing disclosure under the Official Information Act, and have in...
