Requests similar to 'Submission to OIA review' (page 6)
On what basis are you informed of prison visits by MPs?
Request sent to Minister of Corrections by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Earlier this week, Newshub reported that you were kept informed of prison visits made by at least one Member of Parliament ("Collins outs Davis' pri...
Retention of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) data
Request sent to New Zealand Transport Agency by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Thanks for your response to my recent OIA request about the use of ANPR technology by NZTA. I have two followup questions:
1) The response contai...
Request seeking text messages sent by Cr Michael Laws
Response by Whanganui District Council to jessica fathom on .
Successful.
Good Afternoon Ms Fathom
Please find attached the information requested by you.
Kind Regards
Paul Drake
Paul Drake
Legal O...
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...
Advice on proposal for new code of practice for scientists
Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
In July, MBIE released "A Nation of Curious Minds", a national strategic plan for science in society. One of the proposals in this plan was that "Th...
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...
Automatic Number-Plate Recognition (ANPR) trials
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Alex
We have forwarded your question onto the correct department and someone
will be in touch shortly.
Sincerely
Public Affairs Team
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Official Information request - ZX Security
Dear Housing New Zealand Corporation,
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:...
Kiwirail is a State-Owned Enterprise and subject to the Official Information Act. Under Schedule 1 of the OIA, related companies of State enterprise...
Landcorp is a State-Owned Enterprise and subject to the Official Information Act. Under Schedule 1 of the OIA, related companies of State enterprise...
Learning Media is a State-Owned Enterprise and subject to the Official Information Act. Under Schedule 1 of the OIA, related companies of State ente...
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...
Agent of a Foreign Power (AFoP) authorisations
Request sent to Government Communications Security Bureau by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
The GCSB Act forbids intercepting the private communications of New Zealand citizens or residents, unless they are acting as an agent of a foreign p...
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...
On tonights TV One debate, the Prime Minister said (paraphrased) that only 80 people left New Zealand for Australia in the last (month?), and that "...
Online advertising for Mt Smart Stadium
Request sent to Auckland City Council by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
According to Wikipedia, you are the owners of Mt Smart Stadium. Recently the stadium appears to have begun an online advertising campaign, which ha...
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...
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...
Sections 5 and 9 of the Serious Fraud Office Act 1990 grant search powers to the SFO, allowing them to obtain information and documents and examine...
I am interested in the way that new Ministers get to grips with their new responsibilities, particularly under the Official Information Act (OIA). I...
Today Mighty River Power, a company part-owned by the government under the Mixed-Ownership Model, announced that it would buy back $50 million of sh...
I would like to request the following information under the
Official Information Act 1982:
* any briefings made to bloggers by the Prime Minister...
Yesterday, the Attorney General published their BORA advice on the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Bill. Unusually, the advice was signed...
Use of examination powers
Request sent to Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 19 of the Environment Act 1986 grants search powers to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, allowing them to obtain informati...
