Alex Harris
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This person's 468 Official Information requests
Was AI used to produce the Draft Fuel Security Plan
Response by Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment to Alex Harris on .
Awaiting response.
Kia ora Alex Harris,
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 16/07/2025 requesting, under th...
Did you ever get anything substantive from this by chance?
Estimated cost of wage theft
Response by Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment to Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
Tçnâ koe Alex,
Please find attached the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s
response to your Official Information Act request....
Delgations under Electronic Identity Verification Act 2012
Response by Department of Internal Affairs to Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Tēnā koe Alex,
Please see attached for the response to your Official Information Act 1982
request.
Ngā mihi,
Louise Walton [1](she/h...
Plans to set an end date for oil and gas exploration and extraction
Response by Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora Alex
Thanks for your patience. Please find attached the response documents.
Again, I'm sorry for the delay and inconvenience.
Kind regards
A...
"Consent to Assume Online Internet Identity" form
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Alex
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zeala...
NZDF Public Affairs Strategy 25
Response by New Zealand Defence Force to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
The information contained in this Internet Email message is intended for
the addressee only and may contain privileged information, but not...
Hi Alex,
Please find attached a reply to your request,
Ngā mihi
Alex Colton | Ministerial Advisor | Te Tai Ōhanga – The Treasury
...
Membership of the New Zealand Initiative
Response by Watercare Services Limited to Alex Harris on .
Reported for administrator attention.
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Statistics here, under "Summary deprivation volumes for public release". All so far have been under s17
https://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_UR...
Rates in arrears and attracting penalties
Response by Southland Regional Council to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Good morning Alex
Thank you for your Official Information Request dated 12 02 2021.
As per your request below, we enclose the following inf...
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
============================...
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...
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5G and the Acts of Parliament
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Wendy Pond. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Long overdue.
That would be part 5, subpart 1 of the RMA, which establishes the legal framework for national environmental standards and their interaction with local...
Publication under Section 20
Successful.
The thing you're looking for is called the Directory of Official Information, and is publicly available on the ministry's website. You may be able to a...
The Attorney-General, in their chief law officer role, is not subject to the OIA.
Here:
https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/5.27.22-Memorandum-of-Cooperation.pdf
Information regarding a staff member
Successful.
You should complain to the Ombudsman. Fill out the form here:
https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/get-help-public/make-complaint-members-public
And...
Ardern is no longer a Minister, so the OIA no longer applies to her.
Conflicts of interest
Information not held.
This information is publicly available for ministers: https://dpmc.govt.nz/our-business-units/cabinet-office/ministers-and-their-portfolios/ministers-i...
Evidence to support PM's claim 97% of OIAs are answered on time
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Harry Peterson. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
See the Public Service Commission's OIA statistics:
https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/resources/official-information-statistics/
Free Speech Union Documents
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by A. W. Farmer. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
You can find these by searching the Incorporated Societies Register for "free speech union", then looking under "filings"
Māori ranger cards
Long overdue.
They've answered your question: there are no "signed forms... acknowledge[ing] the Māori ranger diplomatic immunity cards being legitimate". They've al...
NZ UK Free Trade Agreement
Successful.
Publicly available here:
https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/Trade-agreements/UK-NZ-FTA/NZ-UK-Free-Trade-Agreement.pdf
This isn't something you're going to get an answer on. The OIA applies only to information held by ministers in a ministerial capacity. Information abo...
Information redacted from Petitions Subcommittee Minutes dated 1 April 2021
Request to Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives by John Creser. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
See standing order 243. "The proceedings of a select committee or a subcommittee other than during the hearing of evidence are not open to the public a...
Referenced on Stuff:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/124611960/new-zealands-national-security-apparatus-remains-shadowy-two-years-on-from-t...
Statistics here, under "Summary deprivation volumes for public release". All so far have been under s17
https://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_UR...
Interception of communications by former CE or Hororwhenua DC
Request to Horowhenua District Council by Amy S Van Wey Lovatt (Account suspended). Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
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
Reported for administrator attention.
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
