Requests similar to 'Does the Horowhenua District Council open its meetings with a prayer?' (page 12)
Number of light electric self-drive Ministerial vehicles
Request sent to Department of Internal Affairs by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the Official Information Act 1982:
* how many Ministerial self-drive vehicles are light el...
List of submitters on review of Managing Conflicting Interests in Local Government
Request sent to Department of Internal Affairs by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Last year, the Department conucted a review of the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968 (details here: http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite....
Compliance with s162 Education Act 1964
Request sent to Auckland Grammar by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
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, and I...
Chemical Weapons Convention Declarations
Request sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
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...
Compliance with s162 Education Act 1964
Request sent to Ministry of Education by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
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...
Effects of freezing student allowance parental income threshold
Request sent to Ministry of Education by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Today the government announced that it was freezing the parental income threshold for student allowances. I would like to request the following infor...
Number of light electric motor vehicles by year
Request sent to Ministry of Transport by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
In 2009, the government amended the Road user Charges Act 1977 and Road User Charges Regulations 1978 to exempt light electric motor vehicles from Ro...
Number of strip searches carried out per year
Request sent to Department of Corrections by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 98 of the Corrections Act 2004 empowers prison officers to conduct strip searches under specified conditions. I would like to request the fol...
Number of s11 authorisations under Terrorism Suppression Act
Request sent to Prime Minister by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
In 2002 Parliament passed the Terrorism Suppression Act. The Act bans dealing with the property of prescribed terrorist entities (s9), or making pr...
Advice on drug-testing beneficaries
Request sent to Ministry of Health by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
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...
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...
Testing for lead levels in imported rice
Request sent to Ministry for Primary Industries by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
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 Denniston Plateau access agreement
Request sent to Minister of Conservation by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 23 May 2013 you announced that you had approved an access agreement for Bathurst Resources' Escarpment Mining Project on the Denniston Plateau. I...
Advice on establishment of Crown Irrigation Investments Limited
Request sent to Ministry for Primary Industries by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Today the government announced the formation of Crown Irrigation Investments Limited. I would like to request the following information under the OI...
On what date did Catherine Isaac leave the PSWG
Request sent to Ministry of Education by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 5 february the Minister of Education signed a cabinet paper on the appointment of Catherine Isaac as chair of the partnership schools authorisati...
Cost of legal action against the "Waihopai Three"
Request sent to Attorney-General by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Today the government fropped its legal action against the "waihopai Three" for the cost of damage to the Waihopai spy-base ("Waihopai damages action...
Use of video or audio surveillance for dog control purposes
Request sent to Whangarei District Council by Alex Harris on .
Long overdue.
Today Stuff reported that the Christchurch City Council was using audio surveillance devices for dog control purposes ("Council puts secret listenin...
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...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Request sent to Tasman District Council by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
The Tasman District Council controls discharges of contaminants from enclosed combustion processes under Chapter 36 of the Tasman Resource Managemen...
Dear Mr Harris,
Please find attached formal acknowledgement of your request for information pursuant to the Local Government Official Information and...
How many submissions were received by the MMP review?
Request sent to Electoral Commission by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Currently, the Commission is running a review of MMP. Public submissions closed yesterday, and I was interested in knowing how many were received i...
Housing shortage in Christchurch
Request sent to Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Thankyou for you recent "response" to my OIA request seeking advice on the housing crisis in Christchurch. In that "response", you refused my reque...
Fluoride Supply Chain Information
Response by Ministry of Health to Sovereign sharna on .
Awaiting classification.
Tēnā koe | Dear Sharna
Please find attached an acknowledgment letter with regards to your request
for information under LGOIMA. Your request has...
Communications with Christchurch City Council
Response by International Accreditation New Zealand to Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Thank-you for your query.
IANZ is not able to supply this information, due to sections 9 (b) and (g) of the OIA.
However, you should be able to acces...
Advice on social, supported, and affordable housing in Christchurch
Request sent to Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Your response to my recent OIA request (CER/267) released a briefing paper on "Rebuild Workforce and Displaced Resident Accommodation" (M/12/0397)....