Andrew Riddell
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This person's 111 Official Information requests
Average income senior and registered nurses
Response by Ministry of Health to Andrew Riddell on .
Awaiting response.
Kia ora Andrew
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health on 29 July 2025....
Briefing to Incoming Minister of Workplace Relations
Response by Brooke van Velden to Andrew Riddell on .
Long overdue.
Dear Andrew
Thank you for your below OIA request.
Minister van Velden has decided to grant your request, however, it will
take us some more time t...
Adjustments to Annual Output and Capital Expenses
Response by Ministry of Health to Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Andrew
Thank you for your follow up request under the Official Information Act
1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauo...
Outsourcing elective procedures
Partially successful.
Any information about which private hospitals operations were outsourced to, the number and type of operations outsourced by each private hospital, and...
School Lunch Programme - more details on feedback
Response by David Seymour to Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
[IN-CONFIDENCE - RELEASE EXTERNAL]
Kia ora Andrew
Thank you for your email regarding our response to your request under the
Official Informati...
Advice behind your expectations for Te Whatu Ora
Response by Simeon Brown to Andrew Riddell on .
Refused.
Dear Andrew
Please find attached correspondence from the Office of Hon Simeon Brown,
Minister of Health.
Kind regards
Reef
Reef St...
Te Whatu Ora refused to provide any of the requested documents because it is all commercially sensitive (their claim) as they are let a contract to bu...
Putting Patients First Discussion/Consultation Document
Response by Ministry of Health to Andrew Riddell on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora Andrew,
Please find attached the response for your request for official
information. The Ministry apologises for the delay in response. ...
Letter from Hon Nicola Willis, Minister of Finance, attached.
Private Secretary | Office of Hon Nicola Willis
Minister of Finance | Minister for Econo...
Clarify figures on Vote Health 2025 information request
Response by Simeon Brown to Andrew Riddell on .
Awaiting response.
Dear Andrew,
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received on 14th July 2025, in which you requested the following inf...
Palestine - viability of two state solution
Response by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Andrew Riddell on .
Awaiting response.
[UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Kia ora Andrew Riddell,
Thank you for your OIA request received on 14 July 2025 for:
The Minister of Foreig...
Submissions to Regulatory Standards Bill
Request sent to Ministry for Regulation by Andrew Riddell on .
Awaiting response.
I have several questions about the submissions to the Regulatory Standards Bill.
(a) How many submissions were received.
(b) How many of those s...
HYEFU and Budget 'Lock-up' Attendance
Response by The Treasury to Andrew Riddell on .
Partially successful.
Good morning Andrew
I can confirm that the reply sent to you 16 June was for information that the Treasury holds.
"Please provide copies of all commu...
Northland's mobile ENT clinic
Follow up sent to Health New Zealand by Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Thanks for that response.
I had missed that media release by Te Whatu Ora.
My bad.
Cheers,
Andrew Riddell
Budget Press Release - clarify figures please
Follow up sent to Simeon Brown by Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Thanks for the reply to my request for further information on health spending claims.
Unfortunately the two figures given "Vote Health Operating N...
The conclusion is that the Prime Minister's office is not being truthful when it tells people that their correspondence to the Prime Minister is noted...
NZ Frigate Joining UK Carrier Group
Response by Ministry of Defence to Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Good afternoon Andrew
Please find attached a response to your request
Regards
Corporate and Ministerial Services
OCDF, Office of Ch...
Briefing for Incoming Minister - redaction deatils
Response by Ministry of Health to Andrew Riddell on .
Partially successful.
Dear Andrew
Please find attached correspondence from the Office of Hon Simeon Brown,
Minister of Health.
Kind regards
Reef
Ree...
Briefing to Incoming Minister - redactions
Response by Ministry of Health to Andrew Riddell on .
Partially successful.
Good afternoon,
Please find the response to your request for information attached.
Yours sincerely
Office of Hon Simeon Brown
M...
Francesca Albanese visit
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Andrew Riddell. Annotated by Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Further update. MFAT continues to take their time in providing the emails initially refused. MFAT told the Ombudsman's that it expected to send this in...
Growth and Degrowth
Refused.
The response included a definition of sorts of 'degrowth' and stated that the PM had not received any reports or advice on what 'degrowth' means. Hence...
Local government - wellbeings and rates
Response by Department of Internal Affairs to Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Kia ora Andrew,
Please see the attached response to your OIA request.
Ngā mihi,
Benjamin Riezebos | Advisor, Ministerial and Official Correspondence...
Dear Andrew
Please find attached response to your information request of 17 March
2025.
Kind regards,
Office of Hon David Se...
Kia ora Andrew,
This is a courtesy notification that the Regulatory Impact Statement on
refocusing the purpose of local government, which includes t...
[UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Andrew,
Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request.
Kind regards,
Visit us on...
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Outsourcing elective procedures
Partially successful.
Any information about which private hospitals operations were outsourced to, the number and type of operations outsourced by each private hospital, and...
Te Whatu Ora refused to provide any of the requested documents because it is all commercially sensitive (their claim) as they are let a contract to bu...
All information supporting your claim regarding Regulatory Standards Bill Submissions
Information not held.
That response from the Minister for Regulation is simply implausible, completely implausible. Cheers.
This isn't really overdue. I got a response within the required time, and asked for a clarification over one of the data variables. That clarification...
HYEFU and Budget 'Lock-up' Attendance
Partially successful.
I made essentially the same request to Treasury and to the Minister of Finance. It may be that the response by Treasury has been attached to the reques...
Putting Patients First Discussion/Consultation Document
Partially successful.
The information requested is being provided in three tranches. The first is a link to released documents. Apparently a second release will occur soon....
Communications with Treasury
Partially successful.
A 20 working day extension using the dubious excuse that consultations are needed. Useless.
Putting Patients First Discussion/Consultation Document
Partially successful.
What a surprise - Ministry of Health has extended the time to respond.
The conclusion is that the Prime Minister's office is not being truthful when it tells people that their correspondence to the Prime Minister is noted...
Minister Seymour is trying to deny he has the level of information necessary to provide an estimate of the proportion of school lunch emails he has rec...
Francesca Albanese visit
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Andrew Riddell. Annotated by Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Further update. MFAT continues to take their time in providing the emails initially refused. MFAT told the Ombudsman's that it expected to send this in...
Growth and Degrowth
Refused.
The response included a definition of sorts of 'degrowth' and stated that the PM had not received any reports or advice on what 'degrowth' means. Hence...
Public hospital elective surgery wait times
Awaiting classification.
It looks like the attached spreadsheet doesn't allow access to the figures.
Francesca Albanese visit
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Andrew Riddell. Annotated by Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
An updated document was provided following my complaint to the Ombudsman and their investigation. It is unclear whether the emails that MFAT refused to...
Francesca Albanese visit
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Andrew Riddell. Annotated by Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
I have complained to the Ombudsman over the MFAT reply and refusal to review and provide emails. The Ombudsman tells me that MFAT have agreed there is...
Costs and benefits of four wellbeings
Successful.
Refused because a cabinet paper considered relevant will be publicly released this month.
There was a subtle reframing of my request from 'all eviden...
ICJ Advisory Decision on Occupied Palestinian Territories
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Andrew Riddell. Annotated by Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
The requested information was provided with quite a few redactions.
Investment Quarterly Reporting
Successful.
The last email from Treasury is an apology for not providing requested information promptly. The Ombudsman had investigated and decided that there had...
ICJ Advisory Decision on Occupied Palestinian Territories
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Andrew Riddell. Annotated by Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Yet again Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade extends the time to provide the requested information, notwithstanding this time that it is a simple re...
Israeli attacks on UNIFIL
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Andrew Riddell. Annotated by Andrew Riddell on .
Partially successful.
Lots of redactions so cannot say have received all of the information
Roof top solar
Long overdue.
Copies of briefing papers on roof top solar have been sent to me under my Expert Energy Group request.
Roof top solar
Long overdue.
Got told on 25 October that responding to this information request is extended to 15 November.
20 working days to decide Mr Seymour was speaking on the economy as the ACT leader not as Associate Minister of Finance!
Processing of information request
Successful.
I have complained to the Ombudsman about the delay in getting a response. Today I received and email from the Ombudsman saying that the Minster's offic...
Advice provided on South African case to International Court of Justice
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Andrew Riddell. Annotated by Andrew Riddell on .
Partially successful.
The information has been heavily redacted and does not address all the matters on which information was requested. A complaint is being lodged with the...
