Requests similar to 'Does the Waikato District Council open its meetings with a prayer?' (page 16)
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 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...
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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...
Yesterday, the Attorney General published their BORA advice on the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Bill. Unusually, the advice was signed...
Advice on drug-testing beneficaries
Request sent to Ministry of Social Development by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Earlier in the month, you refused my OIA request for policy advice on plans to drug-test beneficiaries on the basis of s9(2)(f)(iv), covering confid...
How much are the Work and Income Board paid?
Request sent to Ministry of Social Development by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 15 May 2012 the government appointed a new board, chaired by Paula Rebstock, to oversee the Ministry of Social Development ("New Board to oversee...
Implementation of Bazley Inquiry recommendations
Request sent to New Zealand Police by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
In 2007 the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct recommended that police establish an "early warning system" tracking allegations of misconduc...
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...
Advice on stopping benefits of those with arrest warrants
Request sent to Ministry of Social Development by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 5 september 2012 the Minister for Social Development announced a new policy of stopping benefits for those with outstanding arrest warrants. I w...
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Cabinet Officials' Committees fill an important role in our government in managing Cabinet's workload. They are typically staffed by senior officia...
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Cabinet Officials' Committees fill an important role in our government in managing Cabinet's workload. They are typically staffed by senior officia...
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Ministry of Justice by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Cabinet Officials' Committees fill an important role in our government in managing Cabinet's workload. They are typically staffed by senior officia...
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Ministry of Transport by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Cabinet Officials' Committees fill an important role in our government in managing Cabinet's workload. They are typically staffed by senior officia...
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Ministry of Education by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Cabinet Officials' Committees fill an important role in our government in managing Cabinet's workload. They are typically staffed by senior officia...
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Department of Internal Affairs by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Cabinet Officials' Committees fill an important role in our government in managing Cabinet's workload. They are typically staffed by senior officia...
2015 Statistics on beneficiary drug tests
Response by Ministry of Social Development to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Alex Harris,
Thank you for your email received 16 December 2015, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to...
RPTP March 2025 Submissions
Response by Wellington Regional Council to Miss M Quicken on .
Successful.
Tçnâ koe Miss M Quicken,
Please find attached Greater Wellington’s response to your request for
information 2026-142.
Nâku iti noa, nâ
...
1 Sep 2025 Council workshop minutes
Response by Wellington Regional Council to Miss M Quicken on .
Successful.
Tçnâ koe Miss M Quicken,
Please find attached Greater Wellington’s response to your request for
information 2026-142.
Nâku iti noa, nâ
...
Repair v rebuild internal documents
Response by Christchurch City Council to Rachael Harris on .
Refused.
Dear Rachael,
Thank you for your email, received on 8 March. You requested the following
information, under the Local Government Official Inform...
"Consent to Assume Online Internet Identity" form
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Alex
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zeala...
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...
Proposed District Plan - seeks Summary of Submissions by Submitter in an alternative format to PDF
Follow up sent to Wellington City Council by Thorndon Residents' Association on .
Successful.
Following up on our request for information of 6 December 2022, the Association requests, under section 10(3) of the LGOIMA, that its 6 December req...
Damaged properties Cyclone Gabrielle and Auckland anniversary floods
Response by Far North District Council to Kimberlee Pett on .
Awaiting classification.
Kimberlee Pett
By Email Only:
Tēnā koe Kimberlee,
Official information request: RFS 4190153
Thank you for your response to the...
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...