Requests similar to 'Advice on benefit increase' (page 3)
Submission to OIA review
Response by Meridian Energy Limited to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Alex,
You recently contacted us through our Online Customer Support System. Below is a
summary of the details.
We aim to offer you an excellent...
Yesterday, the Attorney General published their BORA advice on the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Bill. Unusually, the advice was signed...
Surveillance of "courtsiders"
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Alex,
Thank you for your email. I have forwarded your email to the team who
handles OIA requests.
Kind regards,
PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM
NZ POL...
Dear Alex
Thank you for your OIA request, which we have forwarded to the correct
department for follow-up.
Sincerely
Public Affairs Team
A S-B...
How many extentions to extend a passport cancellation has the Minister made?
Request sent to Minister of Internal Affairs by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 8A of the Passports Act 1992 allows the Minister to cancel a passport for reasons of national security. Such a cancellation lasts for 12 mon...
Dear Alex,
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Executive
Ministerial Services team for follow-up.
Kind regards,
PUBLIC AFF...
Statistical information on success of surveillance warrants
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Harris
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the correct
department for follow-up.
Kind regards,
PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM
NZ...
Advice on relocating homeless beneficaries
Request sent to Ministry of Social Development by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Media reports this afternoon claim that the government will pay homeless beneficiaries $2000 (or $5000 in some reports) to move out of Auckland and...
Number of domestic intelligence warrant applications refused or modified
Request sent to Minister in Charge of the NZ Security Intelligence Service (SIS) by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 4A of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Act 1969 allows the Minister to jointly authorize the issue of a domestic intelligence w...
Advice on return of New Zealand s501 detainees from Australia
Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
The Australian government is currently holding a large number of New Zealanders in immigration detention pending deportation for reasons of characte...
Authorisations for Prime Minister to retain gifts
Request sent to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Thankyou for your response to my recent OIA request regarding "Procedures for retaining gifts". And now, I have a followup.
According to the annu...
Activities of Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control
Request sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 16 of the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987 establishes the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and...
On 24 July 2012, the Prime Minister claimed that his proposed asset sales bonus scheme would cost between $60 and $80 million ("$60m - $80m price fo...
Number of staff handling OIA requests
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Alex
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request
below, received by NZ Police on 2 June 2020.
Your request is be...
How many times have police requested data from banks without a warrant in the last year?
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Hi, Alex. Thanks for your email. This has been passed on for processing.
Regards,
Public Affairs Team
NZ Police
-----Alex Harris <[OIA #3286 em...
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...
Scrapping of "State of the Environment" report
Request sent to Ministry for the Environment by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
On 29 October, Radio New Zealand reported that the government had scrapped its "State of the Environment" report ("State of the Environment report s...
Thank you for your request for a copy of a submission made by the Children's Commissioner to the Law Commission in December 2010, in response to their...
Information on the decision not to report Pacific data on child poverty
Response by Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to Matt A on .
Awaiting classification.
Tçnâ koe
Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Official Information
Act request.
Nâ mâtou noa, nâ
Will
Official Inf...
Use of production orders to intercept telecommunications information
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
Dear Sir/Madam
Thank you for your email, which we have forwarded to the correct
department for follow-up.
Sincerely
Public Affairs Team
-----A...
Communications on Christine Rankin and Conservative Party Activity
Request sent to Public Service Commission by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 10 May 2013 it was reported that Families Commissioner Christine Rankin had been appointed CEO of the Conservative Party ("Conservative Party's N...
Mōrena Max
Please find your response letter attached.
Ngā mihi
Emily Clarke (she/her) | Democracy Services Advisor |
Tauranga Ci...
Advice on making New Zealand predator-free
Request sent to Department of Conservation by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Yesterday the government announced a plan to make New Zealand predator-free by 2050 ("New Zealand to be Predator Free by 2050", New Zealand Governme...
Visits to Schools: Previous Ministers
Request sent to Ministry of Education by Matthew Hooton on .
Long overdue.
Based on Ministry of Education briefing notes and other records, please provide a list of all the schools each of the following Ministers of Educati...
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...