Requests similar to 'Submission to OIA review' (page 9)
Advice on US ship visits
Request sent to New Zealand Defence Force by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
On October 30, the New Zealand Herald reported that the New Zealand Navy had invited the US Navy to send a warship to its 75th birthday celebrations...
Privacy of NZ arrivals data
Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
Section 21 of the Customs and Excise Act 1996 requires craft en route to New Zealand to provide specified information to Customs. The information re...
Privacy of NZ arrivals data
Request sent to New Zealand Customs Service by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 21 of the Customs and Excise Act 1996 requires craft en route to New Zealand to provide specified information to Customs. The information re...
Contract for leak investigation
Request sent to Public Service Commission by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
On 8 May 2012, Paula Rebstock was appointed to investigate the leaking of information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (http://www.ssc...
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...
Auckland onramp data collection contract and advice
Request sent to New Zealand Transport Agency by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 16 July 2018 you refused a request made over FYI by Tom Atkinson for onramp signals data under s9(2)(ba)(i) of the Act (your ref: OIA-3843. On FY...
Estimated cost of wage theft
Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
"Wage theft" is the practice of denying employees overtime, forcing them to work "off the clock", failing to pay the minimum wage, not paying annual...
Advice on minimum alcohol price
Request sent to Associate Minister of Health by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
On "The Nation" on 8 July 2012, you stated that you opposed minimum pricing for alcohol and had seen a lot of material on minimum pricing which sugg...
Information on Ministerial Advisors
Request sent to Minister for Economic Development by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
I would like to request the following information under the Official Information Act 1982:
* the number of Ministerial Advisors working in your of...
Information on Ministerial Advisors
Request sent to Minister of Transport by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
I would like to request the following information under the Official Information Act 1982:
* the number of Ministerial Advisors working in your of...
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 with Gamma International UK Ltd
Request sent to Government Communications Security Bureau by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the Official Information Act 1982:
* any communications with or from Gamma International U...
Advice on Christchurch asset sales
Request sent to Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Today in the House the Minister for Christchurch earthquake Recovery admitted that he had received advice on the potential sale of Christchurch City...
Some months ago I submitted a LGOIMA request seeking information on online advertising for Mt Smart Stadium. You responded that there was none. And...
Participation in Cabinet Officials Committees
Request sent to Public Service Commission 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...
The Ministry has contracted out teacher payroll to Talent2's Novopay service. I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
*...
Advice on access agreements to prospect on schedule 4 land
Request sent to Minister of Conservation by Alex Harris on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
TV3 reported today that the government had issued mineral exploration permits for schedule 4 land, including the Coromandel and Paparoa National Par...
Advice on mining protest ban
Request sent to Minister of Energy and Resources by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
On 31 March 2013 you announced new measures to outlaw protests against mining ("Moves to strengthen protection of offshore activity"). I would like...
Does GCSB receive funding from the NSA?
Request sent to Government Communications Security Bureau by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Today it was leaked that the UK's GCHQ had been receiving funding from the US NSA ("NSA pays £100m in secret funding for GCHQ", Guardian, 1 August 2...
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...
Manual or instructions for electronic border searches
Request sent to New Zealand Customs Service by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Customs' practice of searching electronic devices such as laptop computers, cellphones, and USB sticks at the border using s151 powers has recently...
Briefing to incoming chief executive
Request sent to Accident Compensation Corporation by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* A copy of the briefing produced for the Incoming Chief Executive, Mr Scott Pick...
Documentation on most recent ambassadorial appointment
Request sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Thanks for your rapid response to my previous request. In the absence of a single guiding document, I'll just have to ask for an example instead. So...
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...
Communications with Gamma International
Request sent to New Zealand Customs Service by Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
I would like to request the following information under the
Official Information Act 1982:
* any communications with or from Gamma International...