Requests similar to 'Does the Southland Regional Council open its meetings with a prayer?' (page 8)
Savings from prescription charge increase
Request sent to Ministry of Health by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Yesterday the government announced that it was increasing prescription charges from $3 to$5 per item. The government's press release ("Budget 2012:...
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...
Scrapping of "State of the Environment" report
Request sent to Ministry for the Environment by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
On 29 October, Radio New Zealand reported that the government had scrapped its "State of the Environment" report ("State of the Environment report s...
Advice on mining protest ban
Follow up sent to Minister of Energy and Resources by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Thanks. I suspected as much - FYI hadn't updated Ministerial email addresses to reflect changes in Cabinet. As the problem is on my end, there's no...
Use of production orders to intercept telecommunications information
Request sent to New Zealand Police by Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
Section 71 of the search and surveillance act 2012 allows police to apply for production orders for any document, including call-associated data and...
Telecom inquiries and Vodafone protocol police manual chapters
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Thanks for your response. I've lodged a complaint to the Ombudsman. The relevant part:
The police identify the relevant "police manuals" as consti...
Review of OIA processes
Request sent to Government Communications Security Bureau by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
On 21 February the GCSB responded to questions from the Intelligence and Security Committee relatign to its annual financial review (online here: ht...
Ambassador for Pacific Economic Development appointment information
Request sent to Minister of Foreign Affairs by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Today it was announced that former MP Shane Jones had been appointed as "Ambassador for Pacific Economic Development" ("Shane Jones officially appoi...
Advice on anti-gang programme
Follow up sent to Minister of Police by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
I'm happy to reduce scope to cabinet papers and formal briefings from the department. That should be a limited number of documents which do not requ...
Guidelines on interpreting and translation
Request to Hutt District Health Board by Alex Harris. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
I'm not certain where our email address originally came from (it's not on their site or domain records now anyway). The mailbox seems to be a black ho...
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:...
Advice on increased refugee quota
Request sent to Minister of Immigration by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
On Monday 7 September 2015 the government announced a one-off intake of 750 refugees over three years, 150 of them from within the existing quota. I...
Statistics on seclusion
Request sent to Waikato District Health Board by Alex Harris on .
Partially 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 Capital and Coast District Health Board by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* The number of mental health patients currently detained in seclusion units
* H...
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...
Communications and advice about lost luggage bill
Request sent to Auckland Council by Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
On 16 august 2016, in response to a question in Parliament about the Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill, MP Nuk Ko...
Communications and advice about lost luggage bill
Request sent to Auckland International Airport Limited by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
On 16 august 2016, in response to a question in Parliament about the Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill, MP Nuk Ko...
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...
Complaints about Mike Joy
Request sent to Environmental Protection Authority by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
An article in The Spinoff this morning ("Why is NZ’s environmental regulator trying to muzzle scientist Mike Joy?", 14 Mar 2018) noted that the EPA...
Hi Alex,
I'm working on getting a dropbox location (or similar) from our information management team so that I can provide the information to the FYI...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Follow up sent to Wellington Regional Council by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
I'm happy to receive it via dropbox or google drive. I will also contact the FYI administrators, as they apparently can arrange upload facilities fo...
Plans to set an end date for oil and gas exploration and extraction
Response by Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora Alex
Thanks for your patience. Please find attached the response documents.
Again, I'm sorry for the delay and inconvenience.
Kind regards
A...
[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 Christchurch housing crisis
Response by Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority to Alex Harris on .
Refused.
This is the mail system at host fyi.
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Historical Correspondence between Waituna Structure Owners and DOC/Lands and Survey
Response by Department of Conservation to Owen Miller on .
Information not held.
Please find attached our response re your OIA request concerning the
historical correspondence between Waituna structure owners and DOC/Lands
and Sur...