Requests similar to 'Thompson & Clark' (page 9)
Chemical Weapons Convention Declarations
Request sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Alex Harris on .
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New Zealand is a party to the Chemical Weapons Convention. Upon becoming a party to the Convention in 1997, it was required to submit an initial de...
Advice on establishment of Crown Irrigation Investments Limited
Request sent to Ministry for Primary Industries by Alex Harris on .
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Today the government announced the formation of Crown Irrigation Investments Limited. I would like to request the following information under the OI...
Use of facial recognition technology
Request sent to New Zealand Lotteries Commission by Alex Harris on .
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Quividi is a french company specialising in facial recognition technology and automated audiance measurement. According to its website (http://www.q...
How many times did NZDF assisted the Police with surveillance in 2013?
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In 2013 the New Zealand Herald reported that RNZAF Orions had been assisting the police with surveillance for law-enforcement purposes ("High tech p...
Briefings on yersinia pseudotuberculosis outbreak
Request sent to Minister for Food Safety by Alex Harris on .
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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...
Advice on 10 Bridges Programme
Request sent to Minister of Transport by Alex Harris on .
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Today the government announced that it would upgrade ten single-lane bridges in the Northland electorate ("National tries to upstage Winston Peters...
Privacy of NZ arrivals data
Request sent to New Zealand Customs Service by Alex Harris on .
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Section 21 of the Customs and Excise Act 1996 requires craft en route to New Zealand to provide specified information to Customs. The information re...
Privacy of advance passenger processing data
Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on .
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Section 96 of the Immigration Act 2009 requires carriers en route to New Zealand to provide specified information to Immigration. The information re...
Compliance with s162 Education Act 1964
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Back in 1921, the government of New Zealand required all teachers to make an affirmation of allegiance. This law is still on the books today as s162...
Today the government released a discussion paper on flexible superannuation. I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* al...
Does NZ Post collect metadata from physical mail?
Request sent to New Zealand Post Limited by Alex Harris on .
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According to Wikipedia, the US Postal Services collects metadata from all mail sent or received within the United States under a program called "Mai...
How many employees does the TRC have?
Request sent to Tāmaki Redevelopment Company Limited by Alex Harris on .
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I would like to request the following information under the Official Information Act:
* The total number of people employed by the Tamaki Redevelo...
The New Zealand Police are equipped with a variety of weapons to protect public safety, including firearms, tasers, tear gas and pepper spray. I wou...
Workshops on regional research institutes
Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on .
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According to a briefing on "Proposed approach to establish regional research institutes" (1 May 2015), the first stage of establishing the institute...
Membership of Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control
Request sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Alex Harris on .
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Thanks for your response to my recent OIA request on the activities of the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control. I would like t...
Advice on making New Zealand predator-free
Request sent to Department of Conservation by Alex Harris on .
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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...
Advice on ETS amendments
Request sent to Minister for Climate Change Issues by Alex Harris on .
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On 2 July 2012 the government announced plans to further amend the Emissions Trading Scheme ("Government announces ETS amendments", 2/7/2012). I wo...
Advice on drug-testing beneficaries
Request sent to Ministry of Health by Alex Harris on .
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According to Radio New Zelaand this morning, the Ministry of Health has given advice to the Minister of Social Development on her plan to drug-test...
Police manual on "Police filming and audio recording of operations and events"
Request sent to New Zealand Police by Alex Harris on .
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Recently you released a chapter list of the police manual in response to an OIA request. I would like to request the following chapter:
* "Police...
Testing for lead levels in imported rice
Request sent to Ministry for Primary Industries by Alex Harris on .
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Today the BBC reported that most varities of rice importe dinto the United States contained unsafe levels of lead ("US rice imports 'contain harmful...
Advice on raising the minimum wage
Request sent to Minister of Labour by Alex Harris on .
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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...
Kiwisaver First home deposit Subsidy statistics
Request sent to Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities by Alex Harris on .
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I wish to request the following information under the OIA:
* The number of people receiving a Kiwisaver First home deposit subsidy per year for ea...
Kiwirail is a State-Owned Enterprise and subject to the Official Information Act. Under Schedule 1 of the OIA, related companies of State enterprise...
Landcorp is a State-Owned Enterprise and subject to the Official Information Act. Under Schedule 1 of the OIA, related companies of State enterprise...
The NZTA uses BlipTrack, a tracking system using BlueTooth, to measure traffic speeds and pedestrian flow along various roads (the Waikato expresswa...