Requests similar to 'Submission to OIA review' (page 8)
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...
Agenda and communications for Andrews AFB meeting
Request sent to New Zealand Defence Force by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Last week, Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant General Tim Keating attended a meeting at Andrews air force base in the US to discuss an anti-ISIS coal...
How many times has IRD requested information from NZ foreign trusts in the past year?
Request sent to Inland Revenue Department by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
According to the Prime Minister, tax-free New Zealand foreign trusts must retain detailed information on their activities and provide it on request...
Use of social media monitoring tools by SIS
Request sent to New Zealand Security Intelligence Service by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* Does your agency use social media monitoring tools or services such as Signal,...
Use of social media monitoring tools by GCSB
Request sent to Government Communications Security Bureau by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* Does your agency use social media monitoring tools or services such as Signal,...
Number of domestic intelligence warrant applications refused or modified
Request sent to Minister in Charge of the NZ Security Intelligence Service (SIS) by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 4A of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Act 1969 allows the Minister to jointly authorize the issue of a domestic intelligence w...
Queen Charlotte Track video costs and just
Request sent to New Zealand Tourism Board by Liam on .
Partially successful.
This is a request for information, made under ss 4 and 5 of the Official Information Act 1982 (“the Act”). I therefore would like the following info...
Briefing paper on contestability
Request sent to The Treasury by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Today the treasury publicly released a number of documents on charter schools (http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/informationreleases/educatio...
Scrapping of "State of the Environment" report
Request sent to Ministry for the Environment by Alex Harris on .
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...
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...
Further statistics on digital searches in 2013
Request sent to New Zealand Customs Service by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Today Customs released statistics showing that it had "detained 295 computers and 548 electronic devices for detailed examination of equipment that...
Briefing to incoming chief executive
Request sent to Accident Compensation Corporation by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* A copy of the briefing produced for the Incoming Chief Executive, Mr Scott Pick...
Advice on creation of Minister of National Security and Intelligence
Request sent to Prime Minister by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Today the Prime Minister announced the creation of a new Minister of National Security and Intelligence ("National Security and Intelligence role cr...
PR plan for NZDF casulaties / killings in Iraq
Request sent to New Zealand Defence Force by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
The NZ government has announced that it will be deploying NZDF personnel to Iraq.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:...
Advice on fund to facilitate Auckland housing development
Request sent to Minister for Building and Housing by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
On 21 May 2015 the Minister of Building and Housing announced a fund to facilitate Auckland housing development, aimed at purchasing crown land from...
Advice on capital gains tax / bright line test
Request sent to Minister of Revenue by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
On 17 May 2015 the government announced a capital gains tax / bright line test for property speculation. I would like to request the following infor...
On 21 May 2015 the government announced an additional $11.2 million to support the survival of the kiwi and arrest its decline. I would like to requ...
Intenational evidence and advice on economic benefits of pandas
Request sent to Prime Minister by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Earlier this year it was reported that Prime Minister John Key said that the economic benefit to New Zealand of obtaining Pandas for a New Zealand Z...
Advice on relocating homeless beneficaries
Request sent to Ministry of Social Development by Alex Harris on .
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...
Advice on all-weather horse-racing track
Request sent to Winston Peters by Alex Harris on .
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...
Official Information request - ZX Security
Dear Housing New Zealand Corporation,
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:...
Fisheries prosecution statistics
Request sent to Ministry for Primary Industries by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* How many prosecutions for breaches of the Fisheries Act did MPI bring in 2015?...
How many extentions to extend a passport cancellation has the Minister made?
Request sent to Minister of Internal Affairs by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Section 8A of the Passports Act 1992 allows the Minister to cancel a passport for reasons of national security. Such a cancellation lasts for 12 mon...
Agreement signed for journalists to obtain parliamentary swipe card
Request sent to Parliamentary Service by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Firstly, I understand that you are not yet subject to the OIA. However, I also understand that you have a policy of responding to requests as if you...
Communications about protest on 7 March 2013
Request sent to Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority by Alex Harris on .
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...
