Alex Harris
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This person's 453 Official Information requests (page 3)
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...
Dear Alex
The Council has not used the services of Thompson and Clark Private
Investigations between the years 2014-2018.
Kind regards...
Dear Alex
In response to your email of 19 June 2018, I advise that the University of Otago has not identified any information relating to, or provided...
Dear Mr Harris,
Thank you for your request for information under the LGOIMA.
The answer is that the Central Plains Water Trust does not hold and ha...
Weekly briefings: November 2017 - January 2018
Response by Julie Anne Genter to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Alex,
On behalf of the Minister for Women, Hon Julie Anne Genter, please find
attached a response and attachments for your request of 7 Mar...
Complaints about Mike Joy
Response by Environmental Protection Authority to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Good morning Alex,
Please find attached the response to your request for information.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesita...
Advice on irrigation / water storage
Response by Damien O'Connor to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Alex Harris
Please find attached response to your Official Information Act request.
Andrew Barrowclough | Adviser, Official Informatio...
Weekly climate change briefings: November - December 2017
Response by James Shaw to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr. Harris,
You will find attached the response from the Hon. James Shaw to your
request for information under the Official Information Act...
This person's 162 annotations (page 3)
Chief Executive Delegation
Refused.
You need to be clearer about what exactly you are asking for. You asked for delgation documents, and you received them. You never explicitly asked for...
Cameron Slater and benefit fraud
Refused.
Something seems to have gone horribly wrong with the scanning process here.
It may pay to send them a followup saying that you are happy for this information to be released after October 4. Section 204I Electoral Act 1993 forbi...
Review of OIA processes
Partially successful.
The Ombudsman has investigated and accepted the refusal was properly made. The statement to the select committee suggested that the review was much mor...
Have FYI's Ministerial contact details been updated for the recent change?
Information pertaining to Waitaki Boys High #9
Partially successful.
A suggestion: read s18A(2) of the Act before sending these requests. While many look individually reasonable, you've handed them a perfect excuse to re...
Take it to the Ombudsman. s6(c) applies to "the prevention, investigation, and detection of offences, and the right to a fair trial". If you check the...
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...
