Requests similar to 'Submission to OIA review' (page 7)
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...
MBIE and ERA Ministerial documents
Response by Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment to Erika Whittome on .
Refused.
Kia ora Erika
Please see attached our response to your request for information under the
Official Information Act 1982 (ref: DOIA-REQ-0010068)....
Tēnā koe James
Please see attached the response from Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister of
Justice, to your OIA request of 5 August 2025. We sincerely apo...
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...
Smart meter safety assessments and incident records
Response by Electricity Authority to SPENCER JONES on .
Long overdue.
Kia ora Spencer
Thank you for your request of 2 August 2025, under the Official
Information Act 1982.
Please find attached the Electrici...
Advice on ETS amendments
Request sent to Minister for Climate Change Issues by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 2 July 2012 the government announced plans to further amend the Emissions Trading Scheme ("Government announces ETS amendments", 2/7/2012). I wo...
Kia ora
Please see attached a response from Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister for Arts,
Culture, and Heritage.
Ngā mihi
Office of Hon Paul Goldsm...
Conflicts of Interest - Tony Blakely and John Whitehead
Response by Department of Internal Affairs to John Armstrong on .
Successful.
Dear John
Further to your email, the documents on the Department's website are attached above and a link to the suite of docs is available here: https...
Advice on creation of Minister of National Security and Intelligence
Request sent to Prime Minister by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Today the Prime Minister announced the creation of a new Minister of National Security and Intelligence ("National Security and Intelligence role cr...
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...
Results of consultation on environmental reporting
Request sent to Ministry for the Environment by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
In August 2011 MfE began public consultations on environmental reporting ("Measuring Up: Environmental Reporting – A Discussion Document" http://www...
HRC Policies, correspondence etc on medical disability and vaccination for complaints
Response by Human Rights Commission to Erika Whittome on .
Long overdue.
Tēnā koe Erika
Please see attached our response to your request for official information.
Nāku noa, nā
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Has any advice been given to the Minister of Building and Housing on heating and ventilation issues?
Request sent to Department of Building and Housing by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
On 11 February it was revealed that the Minister of Building and Housing had a conflict of interest in the construction industry. As a result, he h...
Advice on return of New Zealand s501 detainees from Australia
Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
The Australian government is currently holding a large number of New Zealanders in immigration detention pending deportation for reasons of characte...
Review of Decision
Response by Ministry of Social Development to Aaron Chang on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Chang
Attached is the reply to your request of 26 November 2018, under the
Official Information Act 1982 for information regarding r...
[UNCLASSIFIED]
Kia ora Liz,
Thank you for your Official Information Act request to the Treasury.
Please find attached our response.
...
In November 2018 you indicated on Q&A that you were considering holding a referendum on MMP at the next general election. I would like to request th...
I am interested in the decision-making process and communications relating to which employees were included in Council-Controlled Organisations' wag...
Request for Update on GWRC Transport Rates Review Postponement
Response by Wellington Regional Council to Tony Randle on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Randle
Attached is our response to your recent OIA 2017-127 plus two attachments.
Yours sincerely
Helen Plant
Helen Plant | Exe...
Weekly briefings: November 2017 - January 2018
Response by Julie Anne Genter to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Alex,
On behalf of the Minister for Women, Hon Julie Anne Genter, please find
attached a response and attachments for your request of 7 Mar...
Decision-making process for wage subsidy applications in CCOs
Request sent to Wellington City Council by S. M. Smith on .
Awaiting classification.
Kia ora Wellington City Council,
I am interested in the decision-making process and communications relating to which employees were included in Counc...
Advice on making New Zealand predator-free
Request sent to Department of Conservation by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Yesterday the government announced a plan to make New Zealand predator-free by 2050 ("New Zealand to be Predator Free by 2050", New Zealand Governme...
Advice on irrigation / water storage
Request sent to Damien O'Connor by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* All advice (including but not limited to briefings, aide memoires, reports and...
Info on violence against women & trans people & correspondence about gender critical feminism
Response by Human Rights Commission to Ani O'Brien on .
Partially successful.
Tēnā koe Ani,
Please find attached the Commission’s response to your request for
information.
Alternative avenues
If you are unhappy wit...
Performance of functions to prevent serious crime
Request sent to Government Communications Security Bureau by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Section 8 of the Government Communications Security Bureau Act 2003 specifies the functions of the GCSB. Section 8(2) clarifies that the GCSB can p...
