Requests similar to 'Submission to OIA review' (page 8)

Request sent to New Zealand Lotteries Commission by Alex Harris on November 07, 2013.

Successful.

Quividi is a french company specialising in facial recognition technology and automated audiance measurement. According to its website (http://www.q...

Use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology

Request sent to New Zealand Transport Agency by Alex Harris on October 17, 2012.

Successful.

I am interested in the NZTA's use of Automatic Number-Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology. I have been informed that NZTA proposes to use ANPR in t...

Coastal Erosion Hazard Risk report

Request sent to Kapiti Coast District Council by Alex Harris on August 28, 2012.

Successful.

Stuff today reported that some residents of the Kapiti District have been notified of coastal erosion hazards ("1800 Kapiti beachfront homes at risk...

Communications about protest on 7 March 2013

Request sent to Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority by Alex Harris on March 07, 2013.

Partially successful.

On 7 March 2013 CERA revoked permission it had granted for a protest to be held in the Christchurch Red Zone ("Cathedral Square protest cancelled at...

Testing for lead levels in imported rice

Request sent to Ministry for Primary Industries by Alex Harris on April 11, 2013.

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 May 13, 2013.

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 May 21, 2013.

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 May 23, 2013.

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...

On what date did Catherine Isaac leave the PSWG

Request sent to Ministry of Education by Alex Harris on July 04, 2013.

Successful.

On 5 february the Minister of Education signed a cabinet paper on the appointment of Catherine Isaac as chair of the partnership schools authorisati...

NZDF security manual

Request sent to New Zealand Defence Force by Alex Harris on July 29, 2013.

Partially successful.

A Sunday Star-Times story yesterday revealed the existence of a "New Zealand Defence Force security manual" which labelled investigative journalists...

Cost of legal action against the "Waihopai Three"

Request sent to Attorney-General by Alex Harris on February 05, 2014.

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...

Advice on electoral reform

Request sent to Andrew Little by Alex Harris on January 31, 2019.

Refused.

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...

List of advisory opinions given for 2014 election

Request sent to Electoral Commission by Alex Harris on September 27, 2014.

Successful.

Section 204I of the Electoral Act empowers the Electoral Commission to provide an advisory opinion on whether an advertisement constitutes an elect...

Cabinet papers brought in the last 12 months

Request sent to Minister for Racing by Alex Harris on October 14, 2014.

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...

Ambassador for Pacific Economic Development appointment information

Request sent to Minister of Foreign Affairs by Alex Harris on May 29, 2014.

Partially successful.

Today it was announced that former MP Shane Jones had been appointed as "Ambassador for Pacific Economic Development" ("Shane Jones officially appoi...

Weekly briefings for "Minister for Women" portfolio: Feb - Aug 2018

Request sent to Eugenie Sage by Alex Harris on October 05, 2018.

Partially successful.

This request is being sent to you in your role as acting Minister for Women. If I have directed it to the wrong minister, please transfer it. In A...

Register of deferred transfers

Request sent to Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga by Alex Harris on December 27, 2017.

Successful.

Section 22 of the Public Records Act allows public authorities to defer transferring records to the national archives for various reasons. Every def...

Social media monitoring of beneficiaries

Request sent to Ministry of Social Development by Alex Harris on February 10, 2016.

Refused.

It was reported this morning that MSD was monitoring beneficiaries via social media to detect fraud ("Beneficiaries are being monitored on social me...

ODESC and watch group meetings

Request sent to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Alex Harris on December 07, 2017.

Partially successful.

The "National Security and Intelligence" BIM released today included information on ODESC and its watch groups. It noted that "In 2016-2017, there w...

Complaints about Mike Joy

Request sent to Environmental Protection Authority by Alex Harris on March 14, 2018.

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...

Thompson & Clark

Request sent to Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities by Alex Harris on June 19, 2018.

Successful.