Alex Harris
Joined FYI in 2011
I am a New Zealand Citizen
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This person's 365 Official Information requests
Hi Alex, have you had a reply from the Ombudsman about this?
Dear Alex
Please see our response to your OIA request. Many thanks.
Deborah Rogers | Information Advisor | Ōtākaro Limited
E: [email address]...
Submission to OIA review
Request to Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited by Alex Harris. Annotated by Oliver Lineham on .
Airways has contacted FYI.org.nz to advise this request was not received as we used an incorrect email address. We do not have email logs back to 2012...
Policy for handling OIA requests
Successful.
An updated version of this document has been released: https://fyi.org.nz/request/5237-guidelines-for-processing-information-requests#incoming-17095
On what basis are you informed of prison visits by MPs?
Partially successful.
While this subsequent response addresses the questions to a greater degree than the first response, I am left feeling she does not directly answer the...
I clarified with the Office of the Ombudsman and they responded that AIAL is not subject to the OIA: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3115074-20...
Advice on lost property sales at airports
Partially successful.
I've tried to narrate the story that these documents reveal here: http://www.pundit.co.nz/content/worser-and-worser
Advice on making New Zealand predator-free
Response by Department of Conservation to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I am away from the office from 11.30am today but will reply to your email
on Monday.
Regards
Sue
Caution - This message and accompanying...
Communications and advice about lost luggage bill
Response by Auckland Council to Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
Hi Alex,
Under the Auckland Airport Act 1987, Auckland International Airport is deemed to be an airport company. Airport authorities are covered by LG...
Note this response only appears to cover 'undercover agents' (undercover Police officers). In at least one well publicised case undercover Police infor...
How many schools were hacked in the past year?
Response by The Network for Learning Limited to Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Harris
Please find enclosed a response to your request for information.
regards,
Sandy Brown
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Sandy Brown
Government and Stakeholder Re...
Reports and briefings received in 2016
Response by Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Education to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Harris,
Please find attached a response to your OIA request of 5^th July 2016
relating to: “A list of all reports, briefings, memos or a...
Hi Alex
A response is attached regarding your Official Information Act Request.
Kind Regards
B Bell
Bronwyn Bell - Ministerial...
Use of social media monitoring tools by Police
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Harris
I am responding to your query about an official information response sent
to you by Police. Your comment reads: “I note that you...
Statistics on seclusion
Response by Capital and Coast District Health Board to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
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This email or attachment(s) may contain confidential or legally privileged information intended for the sole use of the addressee(s). Any use,...
Statistics on seclusion
Response by Canterbury District Health Board to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Kind regards
Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board and West Coast District Health Board
Project Facilitator, Planni...
Use of social media monitoring tools by MBIE
Response by Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Harris
Due to an administrative error, we sincerely apologise that you did not receive your response of 8 June 2016. Please find attached your...
Contract for leak investigation
Response by State Services Commission to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora Alex
OUR REF: SSCOIA 06/16/06
Please find attached SSC’s response to your OIA request dated 23 June
2016.
Nga mihi
Alistai...
Dear Alex
Please find attached Auckland DHB’s response to your OIA request dated 8
June 2016.
Regards
Elaine Keenan
PA to Marlene...
Statistics on seclusion
Response by Bay of Plenty District Health Board to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On behalf of Helen Mason, Chief Executive
Alex,
Please find below answers to your questions as per your Official
Information Act request d...
Statistics on seclusion
Response by Counties Manukau District Health Board to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Dear Alex
Please find attached our response to your OIA request below.
Kind regards
Lyn
Lyn Butler
Board Secretary I EA t...
Fisheries prosecution statistics
Response by Ministry for Primary Industries to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Dear Alex Harris
On behalf of Stephanie Rowe, Director – Compliance, Ministry for Primary
Industries, please find attached MPI’s response to you...
Advice on relocating homeless beneficaries
Response by Ministry of Social Development to Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Hi Alex,
We are anticipating that the information will be available by 27 July 2016. As this is a new programme certain aspects are as still being act...
Hi Alex,
Please see the attached Waitemata DHB response to your recent Official
Information Act request regarding seclusion units.
Regards
...
Use of social media monitoring tools by Customs
Response by New Zealand Customs Service to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Good evening Mr Harris
Please find attached a response to your request
Kind regards
Procedures and Support team
New Zealand Customs Ser...
This person's 146 annotations
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.
This is defamatory
Refused.
This request will be unsuccessful. The Ombudsman has previously ruled that journalist's sources are protected under s9(2)(ba)(ii). See case W3043, whic...
If they can show it to you then they have a copy. If they have a copy, then it is "held". And as they are an agency, then anything they hold is "offici...
Advice on childhood obesity package
Successful.
Hi,
This OIA request was due on November 18, but no response (or acknowledgement) has been received. will I be getting a response soon, or do I need...
T: I've reviewed my email, and it appears this complaint has not even been allocated a number. Other complaints from around that time have been process...
Subsidiaries of Learning Media
Refused.
Result of Ombudsman's investigation from 2014: no-one can respond to OIA requests to liquidated companies:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ffA-fCO...
This has gone to the Ombudsman.
The Ministry of Justice guidelines for charging for OIA requests can be found here:
http://www.justice.govt.nz/publications/global-publications/c/cha...
Information concerning drug search at Ronald McDonald House, Riddiford St, Wellington
Information not held.
You are not legally required to provide this information for an OIA request, and I would recommend against providing it. If the police refuse your requ...
Immigration detention statistics
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
This has gone to the Ombudsman
Update: The Ombudsman has upheld Customs refusal under section 18(f). They've also upheld the initial refusal under section 18(f) on the basis that it...
Surveillance of "courtsiders"
Partially successful.
This has now gone back to the Ombudsman.
Pretty obvious: https://fyi.org.nz/request/2653-account-of-mr-key-s-personal-detail-in-regards-to-the-ponytail-pulling
Asking for the policies - what...
Communication information
Refused.
Followup request aimed at extracting underlying policy:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/2763-policy-on-providing-staff-contact-details-to-clients/
Implimentation of recommendations of report on MMP Minister of Justice on 29 October 2012
Long overdue.
The information you requested has been provided in response to my followup.
Surveillance of "courtsiders"
Partially successful.
This has now gone to the Ombudsman.
Update: the Ombudsman has sent me their provisional ruling upholding the decision to withhold under s18(f). I'm challenging that because they've includ...
Implimentation of recommendations of report on MMP Minister of Justice on 29 October 2012
Long overdue.
Followup request:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/2662-correspondence-on-mmp-recommendations-2012-2014/
Abolish ACC?
Long overdue.
Try looking at the "Bills" section on the Parliament website:
http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/pb/legislation/bills
This goes back to 2002.
Otago Rural Fire Authority under OFA
Partially successful.
The constitution of the ORFA is in its Gazette Notice:
https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2014-au3259
They're not a CCO (and so not covered by LGOIMA...
Communication information
Refused.
This request for additional information both invades privacy and does not seem relevant to the actual questions posed in the request.
This has gone to the Ombudsman.
Guidelines on interpreting and translation
Withdrawn by the requester.
Re-sent here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/2419-resend-guidelines-on-interpreting-and-translation/
