Requests similar to 'Thompson & Clark' (page 15)
Number of Council staff earning less than $18.40 an hour
Follow up sent to Hamilton City Council by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
This OIA request is now a week overdue. Will I be receiving a response soon, or do I have to go to the Ombudsman?
Yours sincerely,
Alex Harris
Dear Alex Harris,
Please find attached the acknowledgement letter for your request under the
Official Information Act.
Regards,
Maxi...
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...
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...
Communications with Auckland Transport about surveillance system
Request sent to Privacy Commissioner by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Today Stuff reported that Auckland Transport would be installing a mass-surveillance system which would use Automated number-Plate Recognition to tr...
Advice on national policy statement on natural hazards
Request sent to Ministry for the Environment by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
In Parliament's annual review of the Ministry, it mentions that "The ministry told us that it is considering a national policy statement on natural...
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,...
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Withdrawn by the requester.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...
Reports and briefings received in 2016
Request sent to Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Education by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* A list of all reports, briefings, memos or aide memoires, received by the Under...
Advice on lost property sales at airports
Request sent to Ministry of Transport by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* all advice and communications on the issue of law reform around lost property s...
Sky City host responsibility reports
Request sent to New Zealand Gambling Commission by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
This morning the New Zealand Herald reported that SkyCity's six-monthly harm minimisation reports under its casino licence had never been reviewed ("...
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...
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...
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...
In comments published on 7 May in the New Zealand Herald, the Prime Minister is reported as stating that he had received advice that the Panama pap...
According to your website, there are six licensed casinos in New Zealand. All are required by their operators licences to file reports on their host...
Information about damage caused by leak
Response by Wellington City Council to Hugh Davenport on .
Partially successful.
Hi Hugh, Wellington City Council has just been in touch to advise that you
have not received responses to the questions they transferred to us. I’m
v...
Handling of OIA requests on Christchurch school closures
Request sent to Ministry of Education by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Last night Campbell Live carried a piece on the Ministry of Education's handling of OIA requests relating to the closure of schools in Christchurch....
Hutt City Council is currently engaged in a legal dispute over the legality of parking tickets for time-restricted parking ("Parking tickets may not...
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* whether your agency has ever employed ZX Security Ltd, to provide training in s...
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* whether your agency has ever employed ZX Security Ltd, to provide training in s...
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* whether your agency has ever employed ZX Security Ltd, to provide training in s...
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...
Communications about protest on 7 March 2013
Request sent to Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
On 7 March 2013 CERA revoked permission it had granted for a protest to be held in the Christchurch Red Zone ("Cathedral Square protest cancelled at...
Cancellation of passports for "national security" since December 12 2014
Request sent to Minister of Internal Affairs by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
In December 2014 the government passed the Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill, granting it new powers to cancel and refuse to issue pass...