Requests similar to 'Submission to OIA review' (page 6)
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...
Use of Criminal proceeds (Recovery) Act
Request sent to Ministry of Justice by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Pack in 2009 Parliament passed the Criminal Procceds (Recovery) Act. I would like to request some statistics about its use in the three years since...
Testing for lead levels in imported rice
Request sent to Ministry for Primary Industries by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Today the BBC reported that most varities of rice importe dinto the United States contained unsafe levels of lead ("US rice imports 'contain harmful...
Advice on Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment Bill
Request sent to Minister Responsible for the GCSB by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* All advice and communications on the Government Communications Security Bureau...
Charter school application
Request sent to Manukau Institute of Technology by Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
In its may 2013 issue of PPTA News, the PPTA reported that Manukau Institute of Technology had expressed interest in running a charter school. I wou...
Advice on Denniston Plateau access agreement
Request sent to Minister of Conservation by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On 23 May 2013 you announced that you had approved an access agreement for Bathurst Resources' Escarpment Mining Project on the Denniston Plateau. I...
Advice on establishment of Crown Irrigation Investments Limited
Request sent to Ministry for Primary Industries by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Today the government announced the formation of Crown Irrigation Investments Limited. I would like to request the following information under the OI...
Technical Paper: Telecommunications Interception Capability and Network Security
Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* A copy of the "Technical Paper: Telecommunications Interception Capability and...
Cost of legal action against the "Waihopai Three"
Request sent to Attorney-General by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Today the government fropped its legal action against the "waihopai Three" for the cost of damage to the Waihopai spy-base ("Waihopai damages action...
Cabinet papers brought in the last 12 months
Request sent to Minister for Racing by Alex Harris on .
Long overdue.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* the titles of all papers taken to Cabinet or its subcommittees as Minister of R...
Costs of not acting on climate change
Request sent to Minister for Climate Change Issues by Alex Harris on .
Long overdue.
In 2014 the Treasury Briefing to the Incoming Minister estimated the costs of failing to act on climate change as between $3 billion and $52 billion...
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...
Yesterday, the Attorney General published their BORA advice on the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Bill. Unusually, the advice was signed...
Membership of the New Zealand Initiative
Request sent to Watercare Services Limited by Alex Harris on .
Reported for administrator attention.
The New Zealand Initiative is described by the media as a "libertarian think-tank" ("Ratepayers pay $92,000 for membership of libertarian think-tank...
Social media monitoring of beneficiaries
Request sent to Ministry of Social Development by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
It was reported this morning that MSD was monitoring beneficiaries via social media to detect fraud ("Beneficiaries are being monitored on social me...
Policy for handling queries by police
Request sent to Hutt District Health Board by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* Any policy or guidance for how staff should handle queries by police about pati...
How many times did NZDF assisted the Police with surveillance in 2013?
Request sent to New Zealand Defence Force by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
In 2013 the New Zealand Herald reported that RNZAF Orions had been assisting the police with surveillance for law-enforcement purposes ("High tech p...
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...
How many times has NZDF assisted the Police with surveillance in the past three years?
Request sent to New Zealand Defence Force by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
This morning the New Zealand Herald reported that RNZAF Orions had been assisting the police with surveillance for law-enforcement purposes ("High t...
Official Information request - ZX Security
Dear Housing New Zealand Corporation,
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:...
Pressure from government agencies on Youth in Custody report
Request sent to St Thomas of Canterbury College by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Last week Radio New Zealand reported on your "Youth in Custody" report ("Report sheds light on youth in custody", 26 September 2014). In their repor...
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...
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...