Requests similar to 'Submission to OIA review' (page 19)
Tçnâ koe Lynn,
Please find attached the Department’s response and documentation to your
Official Information Act request dated 19 December 2017....
Number of poor children whose parents work
Request sent to Prime Minister by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
In tonight's leader's debate, when confronted with MSD data that 40% of children in poverty were from families where at least one parent worked, you...
Advice on border clearance levy
Request sent to Minister of Customs by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
On 21 May 2015 the Ministers of Customs and Primary Industries announced a new border clearance levy, to be applied to international travellers. I w...
Sharing of metadata of New Zealand persons
Request sent to Government Communications Security Bureau by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Today it was leaked that the Australian Signals Directorate offered to share "bulk, unselcted, unminimised metadata" - including "medical, legal or...
Kiwisaver First home deposit Subsidy statistics
Request sent to Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
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...
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...
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...
Advice on childhood obesity package
Request sent to Ministry of Health by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 19 October the government announced a new package of measures to combat childhood obesity ("Government targets overweight mums, toddlers, to comb...
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...
Briefing on Manus Island refugees
Request sent to Iain Lees-Galloway by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
According to your answer to Parliamentary Written Question 8488, you received a briefing named "Arrangement with Australia to resettle refugees and...
According to your answer to Parliamentary Written Question 7648, you received a briefing on the South Taranaki Bight on 3 November. I would like to...
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...
Briefings to the leader of the opposition
Request sent to New Zealand Security Intelligence Service by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 4AA of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Act 1969 requires the SIS to be politically neutral. As part of this, section 4AA(3) re...
Briefings to the leader of the opposition
Request sent to Government Communications Security Bureau by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 8D of the Government Communications Security Bureau Act 2003 requires the GCSB to be politically neutral. As part of this, section 8D(4) req...
Use of video or audio surveillance for dog control purposes
Follow up sent to Whangarei District Council by Alex Harris on .
Long overdue.
According to FYI, a response to this request was due on April 15. I understand that FYI has had some problems recently, so if you've sent a response...
Use of video or audio surveillance for dog control purposes
Follow up sent to Hutt City Council by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
According to FYI, a response to this request was due on April 15. I understand that FYI has had some problems recently, so if you've sent a response...
Advice on prescription charge increase
Request sent to Minister of Health by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Yesterday the government announced that it was increasing prescription charges from $3 to$5 per item. I would like to request the following informa...
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 corporate manslaughter
Request sent to Ministry of Justice by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
On 6 November 2014 the Prime Minister, in comments to the families of Pike River victims, revealed that the government had sought advice on criminal...
Data Used by the Treatened Species Strategy algorithm
Response by Department of Conservation to Kilo Nasan on .
Successful.
Good afternoon Kilo,
Thank you for your Official Information Act request to the Department of
Conservation on 1 August 2019 regarding:
“I...
Hunua ranges 1080
Response by Department of Conservation to Jacinta Peryer on .
Partially successful.
Dear Jacinta,
Please find the attached response and documentation to your Official
Information request to the Department, dated 27 September 201...
Fiordland moose - sightings and advice
Response by Department of Conservation to Liam White on .
Successful.
Kia ora Liam,
Please find attached the Department of Conservation’s response to your
request, which we received on 31/03/2026.
If you have any que...
Does NZ Post collect metadata from physical mail?
Request sent to New Zealand Post Limited by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
According to Wikipedia, the US Postal Services collects metadata from all mail sent or received within the United States under a program called "Mai...
Statistics or records of digital searches made between January 1 and January 14, 2015
Request sent to New Zealand Customs Service by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Customs searches digital devices at the border for objectionable material or other evidence of border offending. In 2013 they searched 845 such devi...
Advice on anti-gang programme
Request sent to Minister of Police by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
On 4 August the government announced a "Whole of Government action plan on tackling gangs". I would like to request the following information under...