Requests similar to 'Submission to OIA review' (page 9)
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Cabinet Officials' Committees fill an important role in our government in managing Cabinet's workload. They are typically staffed by senior officia...
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Ministry of Māori Development by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Cabinet Officials' Committees fill an important role in our government in managing Cabinet's workload. They are typically staffed by senior officia...
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Ministry of Justice by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Cabinet Officials' Committees fill an important role in our government in managing Cabinet's workload. They are typically staffed by senior officia...
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Ministry of Transport by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Cabinet Officials' Committees fill an important role in our government in managing Cabinet's workload. They are typically staffed by senior officia...
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Ministry of Education by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Cabinet Officials' Committees fill an important role in our government in managing Cabinet's workload. They are typically staffed by senior officia...
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Department of Internal Affairs by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Cabinet Officials' Committees fill an important role in our government in managing Cabinet's workload. They are typically staffed by senior officia...
Damage assessment of Snowden revelations
Request sent to Minister for National Security and Intelligence by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* Has the New Zealand government conducted an assessment of the damage (if any) c...
Audit of NZDF weaponry
Request sent to New Zealand Defence Force by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
The NZDF are equipped with a variety of weapons in pursuit of their mission. I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* ho...
Selection of public service clean energy projects
Request sent to Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Today the Minister for Climate Change announced six new public service clean energy projects which would reduce emissions by an estimated 15,000 ton...
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...
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...
Advice on West Coast basin area of block offer
Request sent to Minister of Energy and Resources by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Last week the government announced that it was opening eight new areas for oil and gas exploration ("Govt opens eight areas for oil and gas explorat...
Estimated cost of wage theft
Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
"Wage theft" is the practice of denying employees overtime, forcing them to work "off the clock", failing to pay the minimum wage, not paying annual...
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...
Use of facial recognition technology
Request sent to New Zealand Lotteries Commission by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Quividi is a french company specialising in facial recognition technology and automated audiance measurement. According to its website (http://www.q...
Privacy policy and assessment for smart homes
Request sent to Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
A news report today reports that Housing NZ has smart home sensors installed in 160 homes and is planning to roll the program out to 2,000 homes by...
Use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology
Request sent to New Zealand Transport Agency by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I am interested in the NZTA's use of Automatic Number-Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology. I have been informed that NZTA proposes to use ANPR in t...
Does NAB provide assessments on the risks of domestic terrorism in New Zealand?
Request sent to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
The National Assessments Bureau (NAB) is listed as part of DPMC. I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* Does the Natio...
Use of examination powers
Request sent to Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 19 of the Environment Act 1986 grants search powers to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, allowing them to obtain informati...
Section 91 of the Privacy Act 1993 grants search powers to the Privacy Commissioner, allowing them to obtain information and documents and examine p...
Sections 5 and 9 of the Serious Fraud Office Act 1990 grant search powers to the SFO, allowing them to obtain information and documents and examine...
Use of examination powers
Request sent to Toka Tū Ake – Natural Hazards Commission by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 32 of the Earthquake Commission Act 1993 grants search powers to the Earthquake Commission, allowing them to obtain information and document...
Membership of inquiry into Kenyan crash
Request sent to Bethlehem College by Alex Harris on .
Long overdue.
According to Radio New Zealand, your school has launched an inquiry into the recent bus crash in Kenya ("Driver's legal status to be considered in K...
Advice on Problem Gambling Foundation funding
Request sent to Ministry of Health by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
On 21 March 2014 the NZ Herald reported that Ministry of Health funding for the Problem Gambling Foundation would be cut ("Anti-gambling body to get...
Donations to US think-tanks
Request sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On September 6, the New York Times reported that countries were donating to US think-tanks as a way of buying influence and lobbying power in Washin...