Alex Harris
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This person's 422 Official Information requests (page 3)
Dear Mr Harris
Thank you for your Official Information Act request dated 27 November
2017. You requested the following:
“According to your...
Briefing on Manus Island refugees
Response by Iain Lees-Galloway to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Alex,
Please find attached an OIA, as per your request 26 November 2017,
Kind regards
[1]Crest Office Hon Iain Lees-Galloway...
Dear Mr Harris
Please find attached a response to your request for official information
that was transferred to the Department of Internal Affai...
Policy for handling queries by police
Response by Hutt District Health Board to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Good morning
Please find attached a response to your OIA request from 28 September
Many thanks
Kristine McGregor | Executive Assistant | Hutt Vall...
Information sharing protocol with police
Response by Ministry of Social Development to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Alex Harris
Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Official Information Act request.
Nā mātou noa, nā
Official and Parliamen...
Hi Alex, see the list of potential road names as requested, thanks
Richard
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Hi Alex, please find attached the Waipa DC Road Naming Policy as
requested. This includes road renaming. The policy is currently being
reviewed, bu...
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...
This person's 155 annotations (page 3)
Sant Raj Rai Court Case
Partially successful.
Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development v Rai HC Auckland CIV 2003-485-2615, 2 September 2004. You should be able to get someone with acc...
Another extension until conveniently after the election...
IP address range
Partially successful.
As you acknowledge in your request, the Parliamentary Service is not subject to the OIA. They sometimes respond out of courtesy, but they're under no o...
Communications with Gamma International
Information not held.
In this case, "not held" is exactly the response I was hoping for.
Commercial Interference in Activists Employment
Information not held.
I think you need to be more specific in your request. For a start, a request to DPMC will only get information held by DPMC, and will only be transferr...
How many people whose passports were cancelled for security were overseas?
Withdrawn by the requester.
Another case of incorrect Ministerial contact information; can you please update to point to peter Dunne?
How many people whose passports were cancelled for security were overseas?
Withdrawn by the requester.
This has now gone to the Ombudsman.
Telecom inquiries and Vodafone protocol police manual chapters
Partially successful.
Still waiting, sorry.
Manuals for dealing with OIA/Privacy Act requests
Request to New Zealand Security Intelligence Service by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
who would they need to consult about this? Surely its an internal document?
Police Officers Name from Officer ID
Successful.
I agree that this is a terrible and dismissive response. That said, the Ombudsman has been clear that agencies are entitled to check the validity of th...
Dispute Tribunal and/or Court Cases involving AAA Roofing (Wgtn) Limited (or directors/managers)
Information not held.
Court and tribunal information of the type requested is not "official information" - see s2(6) OIA. You can gain District Court records by application...
Its in their 2011 annual report filed with the companies office:
http://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/service/services/documents/6BABD9DB851016E...
Retail Inspections during Easter 2014
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Dan Hawke. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Who do they need to consult on this? Isn't everyone involved internal to MBIE?
Under which legisaltion do the members of parliament have any obligation to the New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Grace Haden. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Will be refused under s18(g). The New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust is a private body, and so not subject to the OIA. Information about it held...
Advice on banning "Odd Future"
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Media coverage:
Stuff: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9997356/The-story-behind-the-Odd-Future-ban
RNZ: http://thewireless.co.nz/shortwav...
License exemption criteria
Successful.
One for the Ombudsman. You've specifically requested guidelines, and they've admitted they exist, then refused on the basis of non-existence. The real...
OIA requests asked by TVNZ staff
Partially successful.
While you'd expect TVNZ to have good record-keeping in this area, if their OIA output is anywhere near expected, you're looking at thousands of pages o...
Interesting. I'd refined my request to the raw reports because an agency can only charge for collation, not for redaction. I'm currently investigating...
Ticketing Procedures Manual
Successful.
NZ police emails are firstname.lastname@police.govt.nz, so it should be easy to email Ms McMahon any evidence she requires.
Mental Injury Cover Part A
Partially successful.
And as helpful advice to ACC requesters (because there seem to be a lot of you): in order to be considered an OIA request, you need to actually request...
Mental Injury Cover Part A
Partially successful.
This site is for OIA requests, not complaints.
Breakdown of Passport Cancellations since 2005
Partially successful.
Check the other response
https://fyi.org.nz/request/1451-cancellation-of-passports-for-national-security
None have been cancelled under any of the...
Cancellation of passports for "national security"
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Info on pre-2012 cancellation is here:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/how_many_passports_have_been_can
This seems like useful information; anyone want to crowdsource it?
This is what happens if you make lots of requests within a short timeframe, particularly if those requests are broad. I'd suggest scaling back your num...
