Requests similar to 'Submission to OIA review' (page 12)

Advice on Problem Gambling Foundation funding

Request sent to Ministry of Health by Alex Harris on March 21, 2014.

Partially successful.

On 21 March 2014 the NZ Herald reported that Ministry of Health funding for the Problem Gambling Foundation would be cut ("Anti-gambling body to get...

[Resend] Cabinet papers brought in the last 12 months

Request sent to Minister for Racing by Alex Harris on February 16, 2015.

Long overdue.

I'm assuming that your failure to respond to my October request (https://fyi.org.nz/request/2101-cabinet-papers-brought-in-the-last-12-months) was t...

Advice on all-weather horse-racing track

Request sent to Winston Peters by Alex Harris on January 30, 2018.

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...

Undercover agents in long-term sexual relationships

Request sent to New Zealand Police by Alex Harris on July 22, 2016.

Refused.

A recent Supreme Court decision on the use of the "Mr Big" technique in the Wichman case noted that (para 126-127): "There has been much controver...

Cancellation of passports for "national security" since December 12 2014

Request sent to Minister of Internal Affairs by Alex Harris on February 03, 2015.

Refused.

In December 2014 the government passed the Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill, granting it new powers to cancel and refuse to issue pass...

Advice on return of New Zealand s501 detainees from Australia

Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on November 12, 2015.

Refused.

The Australian government is currently holding a large number of New Zealanders in immigration detention pending deportation for reasons of characte...

Scrapping of "State of the Environment" report

Request sent to Ministry for the Environment by Alex Harris on October 29, 2012.

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...

Advice on relocating homeless beneficaries

Request sent to Ministry of Social Development by Alex Harris on May 25, 2016.

Refused.

Media reports this afternoon claim that the government will pay homeless beneficiaries $2000 (or $5000 in some reports) to move out of Auckland and...

How many schools were hacked in the past year?

Request sent to The Network for Learning Limited by Alex Harris on July 15, 2016.

Information not held.

Yesterday Stuff reported that up to 36 schools had had their servers compromised last week ("Dozens of New Zealand schools hacked, access put up for...

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 June 11, 2015.

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...

Guidelines for appointing ambassadors

Request sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Alex Harris on April 30, 2014.

Successful.

I would like to request the following information under the OIA: * any documentation on the process for appointing NZ ambassadors (e.g. an equival...

Audit of police weaponry

Request sent to New Zealand Police by Alex Harris on August 04, 2015.

Successful.

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 childhood obesity package

Request sent to Ministry of Health by Alex Harris on October 20, 2015.

Successful.

On 19 October the government announced a new package of measures to combat childhood obesity ("Government targets overweight mums, toddlers, to comb...

Statistics on seclusion

Request sent to Auckland District Health Board by Alex Harris on June 08, 2016.

Successful.