Alex Harris
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This person's 459 Official Information requests
Membership of the New Zealand Initiative
Response by Watercare Services Limited to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Good morning Alex
Please see the attached letter from David Hawkins responding to your email dated 26 January 2021.
Thanks and regards
Debbie Hickso...
Membership of the New Zealand Initiative
Response by University of Auckland to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Dear Alex,
I refer to your request for information dated 22 December 2020.
The University of Auckland is a member of the New Zealand Initia...
Membership of the New Zealand Initiative
Response by University of Waikato to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Kia ora Alex
The University acknowledges receipt of your official information request
and will provide a response in due course.
Ngā mihi
Keely
O...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Response by Wellington Regional Council to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
[1]OneDrive
Hello,
For security purposes, you must enter the code below to verify
your account to access Request for information OIA...
Selection of public service clean energy projects
Response by Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Good morning again Alex - my email of a few moments should have had a further attachment - the form referred to in the attached letter as well as the l...
Number of staff handling OIA requests
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora
Please find attached the NZ Police response to your request.
Kind regards
Hannah
Ministerial Services
PNHQ
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Is ODESC looking at climate change?
Response by Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
[IN-CONFIDENCE]
Kia ora Alex,
Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.
Ngā mihi,
Anna.
Minis...
Good afternoon
Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections -
C109657.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Response by Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Good afternoon Alex,
Please find attached the information you requested regarding consents for
discharges from fuel burning.
Disclaime...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Response by Tasman District Council to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Good afternoon Alex,
Further to our response of yesterday’s date, please find attached
additional information relating to these consents.
...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Response by Bay of Plenty Regional Council to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Hi Alex,
Thanks for your enquiry. Please find attached a spreadsheet showing a list
of results relevant to your query. Unfortunately, we cannot...
Thanks, but you've only answered the first part of the request. I also requested "all information relating to, or provided by, ZX Security Ltd in re...
Privacy impact assessment for new surveillance system
Response by Auckland Transport to Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Kia Ora Alex Harris
We refer to your request for official information dated 12 August2019
regarding CCTV cameras.
Please find attached a r...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Response by Nelson City Council to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Hello Alex
I apologise for the time taken to respond to your query. Our database does not enable us to extract all of the requested information easily...
Kia ora Alex
Please find attached our response to your official information request
dated 26 June 2019. If you have any questions about the response...
Dear Mr Harris
Please find attached FMA’s response to your Official Information Act
Request.
Ngā mihi
Francesca Legaspi Interm...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Response by Canterbury Regional Council to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Dear Alex
Please find attached, our response to your LGOIMA request.
Kind regards
Lillian Sewell
Please note I work Mondays Wednesdays...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Follow up sent to Gisborne District Council by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Thankyou for the speedy and helpful response. I hadn't realised the Air Quality Plan had been superseded.
Yours sincerely,
Alex Harris
EVs, EVs, EVs.
Time to move to Trams, Trains, Buses, bicycles and walking. Cities don't need cars.
Regards
Richard
ZX Security
Partially successful.
In many cases they're redacting information publicly available in other releases, so no, they're not. But that also means it is pointless to challenge...
ZX Security
Long overdue.
A complaint has now been filed with the Ombudsman.
Kia ora Alex
Please find attached response to your information request.
Thanks
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General...
[UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Mr Harris
On behalf of Juliet Glass, Acting Head of Commercial & Procurement, please
find attached the response to your re...
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Response by West Coast Regional Council to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Hi Alex
Please find attached a spreadsheet that provides the available information we have in response to your request.
Regards,
Heather
Heather M...
Dear Alex
Please find attached the New Zealand Customs Service response to your request for information.
Best regards
The Correspondence, Reviews and...
This person's 168 annotations
Investigation-related communications with the Ombudsman and Privacy Commissioner are exempted from the definition of "official information". See sectio...
Membership of the New Zealand Initiative
Partially successful.
Now on Stuff: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/124064191/auckland-councils-water-company-pays-nearly-40000-to-think-tank
You should complain to the Ombudsman about lateness, just to ensure it goes on their stats.
Note that the OIA only covers information held in an official capacity. From the media reports, its clear that the communications which sparked this re...
Citizenship and Nuclear Weapons
Partially successful.
You are not legally required to provide any reason for your request.
Correspondence with Ombudsman
Successful.
Investigation-related correspondence with the Ombudsman is excluded from the definition of "official information" in the Act.
ZX Security
Partially successful.
In many cases they're redacting information publicly available in other releases, so no, they're not. But that also means it is pointless to challenge...
ZX Security
Partially successful.
A complaint has now been filed with the Ombudsman.
ZX Security
Long overdue.
A complaint has now been filed with the Ombudsman.
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Successful.
Spreadsheet summarising information so far:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GFmxUvwAYIq0ZpUr2bd8mrwvTxl7yQlIRwXdq2Aq-QU/edit?usp=sharing
Resource consents for combustion discharges
Partially successful.
I've uploaded the data to GDrive, and extracted the important bits for ease of use:
Response letter:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1stpfnnV6_MLsDW...
IRD
Partially successful.
Sorry - this should be titled "ZX Security".
The response to this followup request will be useful if you want to take this to the Ombudsman. 11.3 (d) of the user agreement allows release of confid...
ZX Security
Request to National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited by Alex Harris. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Technically this is a refusal because the information does not exist. But that's a highly informative refusal, and exactly the sort of thing I am hopin...
Thompson & Clark
Request to Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited by Alex Harris. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
NewsRoom story: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/07/18/158122/media-hiccup-derailed-gns-spy-firm-plans
Thompson & Clark
Successful.
Response here, on the Canterbury DHB request:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/8066-thompson-clark#incoming-26576
Thompson & Clark
Successful.
I'm happy for you to start the process today.
Thompson & Clark
Partially successful.
Herald Story: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=12083126
Documents Relating to Action on Defence Policies Since 2017 General Election
Partially successful.
As it stands this is guaranteed to be rejected as requiring substantial collation and research, because it asks for too much. I suggest that you pick _...
Minister Weekly Briefings
Refused.
You should challenge this with the Ombudsman. s9(2)(f)(iv) applies only to "advice" (and then only when it is under "active consideration"). But a look...
If the board is appointed by the council, they're a CCO and covered directly by LGOIMA.
If the three members who are councillors are on the board bec...
All files relating to so-called ABC arrests and trials from 1977-1978
Information not held.
While MoD was responsible for signals intelligence at the time, the relevant records may have been transferred to GCSB. In fact, I'm surprised they wer...
The Ombudsman has reviewed and upheld Customs' decision. Their decision is here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ffA-fCO4IpWnJuOE5wSUxpUk0/view?us...
On what basis are you informed of prison visits by MPs?
Partially successful.
As the response did not address any of the actual questions asked, this as gone to the Ombudsman.
Copy of photo from Operation Tam
Successful.
You do not need to provide a postal address. If you have requested information in electronic format, then an agency must provide it in that format.