Requests similar to 'Submission to OIA review' (page 9)

Sharing of metadata of New Zealand persons

Request sent to Government Communications Security Bureau by Alex Harris on December 02, 2013.

Partially successful.

Today it was leaked that the Australian Signals Directorate offered to share "bulk, unselcted, unminimised metadata" - including "medical, legal or...

Privacy of NZ arrivals data

Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on December 15, 2015.

Withdrawn by the requester.

Section 21 of the Customs and Excise Act 1996 requires craft en route to New Zealand to provide specified information to Customs. The information re...

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...

Online advertising for Mt Smart Stadium

Request sent to Auckland City Council by Alex Harris on June 27, 2012.

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...

Advice on national policy statement on natural hazards

Request sent to Ministry for the Environment by Alex Harris on February 15, 2016.

Successful.

In Parliament's annual review of the Ministry, it mentions that "The ministry told us that it is considering a national policy statement on natural...

How many digital devices are searched at the border?

Request sent to New Zealand Customs Service by Alex Harris on September 10, 2013.

Partially successful.

I would like to request the following information under the OIA: * How many times in the last 12 months has Customs searched the laptop computer,...

Guidelines on interpreting and translation

Request sent to Hutt District Health Board by Alex Harris on September 27, 2014.

Withdrawn by the requester.

I would like to request the following information under the OIA: * What guidelines are provided to staff on the provision of interpreting and tran...

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...

Membership of the New Zealand Initiative

Request sent to University of Waikato by Alex Harris on December 22, 2020.

Successful.

The New Zealand Initiative is described by the media as a "libertarian think-tank" ("Ratepayers pay $92,000 for membership of libertarian think-tank...

Membership of the New Zealand Initiative

Request sent to Watercare Services Limited by Alex Harris on December 22, 2020.

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...

Estimated cost of wage theft

Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on June 01, 2022.

Information not held.

"Wage theft" is the practice of denying employees overtime, forcing them to work "off the clock", failing to pay the minimum wage, not paying annual...

Advice on 10 Bridges Programme

Request sent to Minister of Transport by Alex Harris on March 09, 2015.

Successful.

Today the government announced that it would upgrade ten single-lane bridges in the Northland electorate ("National tries to upstage Winston Peters...

Advice on regional research institutes

Request sent to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris on May 23, 2015.

Successful.

On 21 May 2015 the government announced that it would be budgeting $25 million to encourage the formation of regional research institutes. I would l...

Statistics on seclusion

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

Successful.