Requests similar to 'Statistics on seclusion' (page 20)
Cost of upcoming royal visit
Request sent to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
This year is the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. As part of the celebrations, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will be visiting in November. I...
"Prime Minister's Hour" complaint
Request sent to Electoral Commission by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 30 September 2011, RadioLive broadcast a segment called "the Prime Minister's Hour", featuring John Key. The segment was ruled by the Electoal Co...
Report on David Bain case from Justice Binnie
Request sent to Minister of Justice by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Earlier this year, the government ordererd a review of the David Bain case by Canadian Supreme Court judge Ian Binnie to determine whether Bain shou...
Communications on police use of UAVs
Request sent to Privacy Commissioner by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Recently it was reported that the New Zealand Police have purchased an unmanned aerial vehicle for surveillance use ("Police confirm spy drone purch...
How many digital devices are searched at the border?
Request sent to New Zealand Customs Service by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* How many times in the last 12 months has Customs searched the laptop computer,...
Today Mighty River Power, a company part-owned by the government under the Mixed-Ownership Model, announced that it would buy back $50 million of sh...
Advice on raising the minimum wage
Request sent to Minister of Labour by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 24 February 2014 the government announced that it would be increasing the minimum wage by 50 cents an hour ("Govt to increase minimum wage", govt...
How many people whose passports were cancelled for security were overseas?
Request sent to Minister of Internal Affairs by Alex Harris on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
In February this year the Prime Minister announced that the government had cancelled the passports of a handful of New Zealand citizens wanting to f...
Briefings to the leader of the opposition
Request sent to New Zealand Security Intelligence Service by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 4AA of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Act 1969 requires the SIS to be politically neutral. As part of this, section 4AA(3) re...
Briefings to the leader of the opposition
Request sent to Government Communications Security Bureau by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 8D of the Government Communications Security Bureau Act 2003 requires the GCSB to be politically neutral. As part of this, section 8D(4) req...
Guidelines on interpreting and translation
Request sent to Hutt District Health Board by Alex Harris on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* What guidelines are provided to staff on the provision of interpreting and tran...
How many times did NZDF assisted the Police with surveillance in 2013?
Request sent to New Zealand Defence Force by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
In 2013 the New Zealand Herald reported that RNZAF Orions had been assisting the police with surveillance for law-enforcement purposes ("High tech p...
Information about video surveillance systems
Request sent to Wellington Regional Council by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 30 September, 3News reported that WRC had installed a new video surveillance system to target vandals on wellington's trains ("Wellington train s...
[Resend] How many people whose passports were cancelled for security were overseas?
Request sent to Minister of Internal Affairs by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
[Resent due to FYI having incorrect Ministerial address]
In February this year the Prime Minister announced that the
government had cancelled the...
[Resend] Guidelines on interpreting and translation
Request sent to Hutt District Health Board by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* What guidelines are provided to staff on the provision of
interpreting and tra...
Advice on 10 Bridges Programme
Request sent to Minister of Transport by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Today the government announced that it would upgrade ten single-lane bridges in the Northland electorate ("National tries to upstage Winston Peters...
PR plan for NZDF casulaties / killings in Iraq
Request sent to New Zealand Defence Force by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
The NZ government has announced that it will be deploying NZDF personnel to Iraq.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:...
Intenational evidence and advice on economic benefits of pandas
Request sent to Prime Minister by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Earlier this year it was reported that Prime Minister John Key said that the economic benefit to New Zealand of obtaining Pandas for a New Zealand Z...
2015 Statistics on beneficiary drug tests
Request sent to Ministry of Social Development by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information regarding the
drug testing of beneficiaries with work expectations which took
effect July 2013:...
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...
Weekly climate change briefings: June - August 2018
Request sent to James Shaw by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
In January and March 2018 you released a series of weekly Ministerial briefings via FYI. You have since committed to publicly release those briefing...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Request sent to Wellington Regional Council by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Rules 6 and 7 of the WRC Regional Air Quality Management Plan control the discharge of contaminants from small (< 2MW) and medium (2 - 5 MW) combust...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Request sent to Hawke's Bay Regional Council by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Rule 17 of the HBRC Regional Resource Management Plan controls the discharge of contaminants from small-scale combustion of specified fuels as a per...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Request sent to Otago Regional Council by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Rules 16.3.4.1 and 16.3.4.2 of the ORC Regional Plan for Air control the discharge of contaminants from fuel burning equipment of less than 1 MW or...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Request sent to Marlborough District Council by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
The Marlborough District Council controls discharges of contaminants from fuel-burning equipment under its E-Plan. Most zones allow small-scale comb...
