Requests similar to 'Advice on OIA reform' (page 15)
Briefings on yersinia pseudotuberculosis outbreak
Request sent to Minister for Food Safety by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
At the moment New Zealand is suffering from an outbreak of yersinia pseudotuberculosis. According to the NZ Herald, 127 people are sick and 38 have...
Number of poor children whose parents work
Request sent to Prime Minister by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
In tonight's leader's debate, when confronted with MSD data that 40% of children in poverty were from families where at least one parent worked, you...
OIA26-CB060
Dear David,
Please find attached response to your Official Information Act request
dated 13 April 2026.
Kind regards,...
Communications and advice about lost luggage bill
Follow up sent to Auckland Council by Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
Thanks for your response. Auckland International Airport is covered by the OIA in regards to its activities as an airport authority, so could you pl...
Guardians Kaitiaki of the Alexander Turnbull Library
Response by Department of Internal Affairs to john luke on .
Successful.
Good afternoon John,
You were provided the Department's response to this request on 03 July 2026 together with the Department's response to your quest...
Today the government announced that it was increasing the repayment rate for student loans ("Student loan repayments hiked, allowances restricted",...
The NZTA uses BlipTrack, a tracking system using BlueTooth, to measure traffic speeds and pedestrian flow along various roads (the Waikato expresswa...
Guidelines for appointing ambassadors
Request sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* any documentation on the process for appointing NZ ambassadors (e.g. an equival...
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...
Suspension of aerial monitoring flights
Request sent to Waikato Regional Council by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
In June 2014 Radio New Zealand reported that the Waikato Regional Council had suspended helicopter surveillance of farm effluent compliance ("Farmer...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Request sent to Gisborne District Council by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
The Gisborne District Council controls discharges of contaminants from fuel burning equipment under its Air Quality Plan. Rules 2 and 3 make dischar...
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...
Use of social media monitoring tools by Customs
Request sent to New Zealand Customs Service by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* Does your agency use social media monitoring tools or services such as Signal,...
Use of social media monitoring tools by MPI
Request sent to Ministry for Primary Industries by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* Does your agency use social media monitoring tools or services such as Signal,...
Use of social media monitoring tools by DPMC (incl NZIC and NAB)
Request sent to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* Does your agency use social media monitoring tools or services such as Signal,...
Use of social media monitoring tools by NZDF
Request sent to New Zealand Defence Force by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* Does your agency use social media monitoring tools or services such as Signal,...
Use of social media monitoring tools by Corrections
Request sent to Department of Corrections by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* Does your agency use social media monitoring tools or services such as Signal,...
Statistics on seclusion
Request sent to Auckland District Health Board by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* The number of mental health patients currently detained in seclusion units
* H...
Statistics on seclusion
Request sent to Waitemata District Health Board by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* The number of mental health patients currently detained in seclusion units
* H...
Statistics on seclusion
Request sent to Bay of Plenty District Health Board by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* The number of mental health patients currently detained in seclusion units
* H...
How many times has NZDF assisted the Police with surveillance in the past three years?
Request sent to New Zealand Defence Force by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
This morning the New Zealand Herald reported that RNZAF Orions had been assisting the police with surveillance for law-enforcement purposes ("High t...
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...
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...
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...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Request sent to Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Horizons Regional Council controls discharges of contaminants from fuel burning under Rules 15.6 and 15.10 of the One Plan. Rule 15.6 makes small-s...