Alex Harris
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This person's 411 Official Information requests
Weekly briefings for "Minister for Women" portfolio: Feb - Aug 2018
Response by Eugenie Sage to Alex Harris on .
Awaiting response.
Tēnā koe Alex
Thank you for your request to the Minister for Women of 11 October 2018,
made under the Official Information Act 1982 as below:...
Weekly climate change briefings: June - August 2018
Response by James Shaw to Alex Harris on .
Awaiting response.
Dear Alex,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request dated 11 October 2018 requesting:
* all weekly updates...
Weekly briefings for "children" portfolio Feb - Aug 2018
Response by Tracey Martin to Alex Harris on .
Awaiting response.
OIA2018-110
Dear Sue Grey
On behalf of Hon Tracey Martin, Minister for Children, thank you for your email of 11 October 2018 in which you submitted a...
Thompson & Clark
Response by Environmental Protection Authority to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Good afternoon Alex,
Please find attached a letter from the Environmental Protection Authority
regarding your request for information.
If...
Thompson & Clark
Follow up sent to Landcare Research New Zealand Limited by Alex Harris on .
Long overdue.
A response to this request was due on 10 September. Its now more than two weeks past that date, and I haven't even received an acknowledgement. Will...
Thompson & Clark
Partially successful.
I do find the withholding of the letter from Doug Martin of behalf of the State Services Commission to be strange. I'm sure the content would not preju...
Thompson & Clark
Response by National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Alex,
Please find attached our letter of response.
The information referred to in the letter which is being released is
accessible v...
Thompson & Clark
Response by The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
The contents of this e-mail are confidential and may be subject to legal privilege.
If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, dissemi...
Kia ora Alex,
I refer to your request under the Official Information Act (the Act) dated 13 August for:
“all information relating to, or provided by...
Thompson & Clark
Response by New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Please see attached letter and attachments.
This email and any attachments are intended solely for the addressees
named above. It may contai...
Dear Alex
Please find attached the response to your request under the OIA.
Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in responding.
Kind...
Dear Angus
Response of Official Information Request
I refer to your official information request dated 16 July 2018.
Please be adv...
Good afternoon Alex
Please find attached AgResearch’s response to your OIA request
AGR/17-18/03 (cover letter and 11 documents).
Kind rega...
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
Dear Alex
Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act request
to the West Coast DHB.
Kind regards
Kathleen Sm...
Good afternoon
Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections -
C97328.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services...
The information contained in or attached to this message is intended only for the people it is addressed to. If you are not the intended recipient, any...
Hi Alex,
Please find attached the response to your LGOIMA.
Cheers,
Jamey
Jamey Miller
Personal Assistant to Director Finance & [1]Logo...
Good afternoon Alex,
This email acknowledges receipt of your LGOIMA request dated 5 July 2018, and advises that HBRC does not hold any information on...
Dear Alex,
I am responding on behalf of the University to your request for Official
Information. I can confirm that during the period 2014-2018, the...
Good afternoon Mr Harris
Please be advised that the West Coast Regional Council has had no dealings with this Private Investigator firm or any other P...
Thompson & Clark
Partially successful.
Herald Story: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=12083126
Dear Alex,
I refer to your official information request received 3 July 2018 for
information relating to Thompson & Clark.
The Council hol...
Dear Alex,
I refer to your official information request dated 19 June 2018 for "all information relating to, or provided by, Thompson and Clark Privat...
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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.
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.
