Requests similar to 'Cold Case' (page 2)
Briefing paper on contestability
Request sent to The Treasury by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Today the treasury publicly released a number of documents on charter schools (http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/informationreleases/educatio...
Documentation on most recent ambassadorial appointment
Request sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Thanks for your rapid response to my previous request. In the absence of a single guiding document, I'll just have to ask for an example instead. So...
Housing shortage in Christchurch
Request sent to Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Thankyou for you recent "response" to my OIA request seeking advice on the housing crisis in Christchurch. In that "response", you refused my reque...
Use of IMSI Catcher(s) in the interception of Metadata
Request sent to New Zealand Police by Ben Gordon on .
Refused.
From: Benedict Gordon
6th Oct 2016
Dear New Zealand Police
Please supply the following information under the Official Information Act (OIA):
Doe...
Review of OIA processes
Request sent to Government Communications Security Bureau by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
On 21 February the GCSB responded to questions from the Intelligence and Security Committee relatign to its annual financial review (online here: ht...
Advice on all-weather horse-racing track
Request sent to Winston Peters by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
On 28 January the Minister for racing announced that the government would be part-funding an all-weather horse racing track ("NZ to get new all-weat...
Student Allowance Postgraduate Grandfathered Statistics
Request sent to Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment by Robert Dunn on .
Successful.
1: Could you please provide anonymous raw data of students who at the time of the law change to disallow postgraduate study to receive the student al...
Statistics on New Zealand citizens deprived of their citizenship
Request sent to Department of Internal Affairs by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
The Citizenship Act 1977 allows the Minister of Internal Affairs in certain exceptional circumstances to deprive a New Zealand citizen of their citi...
Dear Mr Thomas
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request
below. Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Act....
Advice on mining protest ban
Follow up sent to Minister of Energy and Resources by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Thanks. I suspected as much - FYI hadn't updated Ministerial email addresses to reflect changes in Cabinet. As the problem is on my end, there's no...
Taser policy compliance
Request sent to New Zealand Police by Brooke Hart on .
Partially successful.
Tēnā koutou,
NZ Police have previous released under the OIA their TASER (Electronic Control Devices) manual (v9.0 released in January 2017) and tacti...
Dear Alex
Thanks for your enquiry. Your request has been put through for processing
Kind regards
NZ POLICE
-----Alex Harris <[OIA #493 email]> w...
Communications with Gamma International UK Ltd
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Hi Alex,
Thank you for your Official Information Act request for any communications
with or from Gamma International UK Ltd within the past two year...
Police manual - Crime scene examination
Response by New Zealand Police to Daniel Thomas on .
Successful.
Dear Daniel
Apologies for the delay in replying to you. Your OIA request has been
forwarded to the appropriate section for processing.
Kind regard...
Advice on Law Commission report on OIA
Request sent to Ministry of Justice by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
In 2012 the law Commission released its report "The Public’s Right to Know: Review of the Official Information Legislation" (NZLC 125). I would like...
Ambassador for Pacific Economic Development appointment information
Request sent to Minister of Foreign Affairs by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Today it was announced that former MP Shane Jones had been appointed as "Ambassador for Pacific Economic Development" ("Shane Jones officially appoi...
Police policy chapter manuals
Request sent to New Zealand Police by woody on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
I would like to request the following information under the
Official Information Act 1982, seeking information about police policy manuals and GI....
Temporary carriage of firearms directives
Response by New Zealand Police to Brooke Hart on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Hanna
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request
below, received by NZ Police on 5 June 2020.
Your request i...
Advice on regional research institutes
Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 21 May 2015 the government announced that it would be budgeting $25 million to encourage the formation of regional research institutes. I would l...
Part 8 Police Manual on Search and Surveillance
Response by New Zealand Police to Katy Stove on .
Long overdue.
Dear Katy
Thank you for your email. Your request has been sent for processing
Kind regards
PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM
NZ POLICE
-----Katy Stove <[OIA...
I have been unable to find any centralised list of all shooting ranges in NZ. Being the approving authority for civilian ranges, can the NZ Police p...
Official Information request - ZX Security
Dear Housing New Zealand Corporation,
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:...
Privacy of advance passenger processing data
Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 96 of the Immigration Act 2009 requires carriers en route to New Zealand to provide specified information to Immigration. The information re...
Sharing of metadata of New Zealand persons
Request sent to Government Communications Security Bureau by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Today it was leaked that the Australian Signals Directorate offered to share "bulk, unselcted, unminimised metadata" - including "medical, legal or...
Request for information from the NZ POLICE relative to estimating speed of an approaching vehicle
Request sent to New Zealand Police by Jesse Potter on .
Successful.
I would like to request under the Official Information Act:
1- The method of how NZ police officers in a patrol car estimate the speed of a moving...