Andrew Riddell
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This person's 122 Official Information requests
Gaza ceasefire violations
Response by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Andrew Riddell on .
Awaiting classification.
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Kia ora Andrew Riddell
Thank you for your OIA request received on 21 December 2025 for:
There is a ceasefir...
NZDF liaison officer over Gaza- reports received
Response by New Zealand Defence Force to Andrew Riddell on .
Awaiting response.
Link: [1]File-List
Thank you for your email. This is an automatic reply to let you know it
has been received. Corporate and Ministerial Services are...
Nekson - transportable in-patient units
Partially successful.
Te Whatu Ora provided this information after the Ombudsman's office contacted them about my complaint over their initial response. It still does not ad...
Dear Andrew,
Thank you for your email of 4 December in which you requested, pursuant to
the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the followi...
Fast-track Amendment Bill Report
Request sent to Ministry for the Environment by Andrew Riddell on .
Awaiting response.
In the Ministry's report on submissions to the Fast-track Amendment Bill the submitter types are broken down (page 6).
Was this breakdown undertak...
Economic assessment emission reductions
Response by Simon Watts to Andrew Riddell on .
Awaiting response.
Good afternoon Andrew,
Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information Act request as follows:
"Radio New Zealand reports...
Submitters ro Regulatory Standards Bill
Response by Ministry for Regulation to Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Tçnâ koe Andrew
Please find attached, our response to your OIA request.
Ngâ mihi
Ministerial Services, Organisational Enablement ...
Average income senior and registered nurses
Response by Ministry of Health to Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Kia ora Andrew
Thank you for your request, received 19 July 2025, for information
regarding average salaries for senior nurses and for registered...
Update - further examination of the this third response by the Minister provided enough information to allow me to work out where the claimed health sp...
Minister's expectations for Te Whatu Ora
Partially successful.
The Minister's obfuscation continues........
Social media records
Response by Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga to Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Tçnâ koe Andrew,
I am writing to you regarding your email, received 24 August 2025,
requesting information under the Official Information Act 19...
Process followed answering information request
Response by Brooke van Velden to Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Dear Andrew,
Please see attached for Minister van Velden's response to your OIA request.
Kind regards,
Office of Hon Brooke van Velden
Minister of...
Proposed Waipiro Bay Marina
Follow up sent to Northland Regional Council by Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Thanks Stuart
It is refreshing to receive a prompt reply to an information request, after so many requests made by me to ministers and government...
Clarify figures on Vote Health 2025 information request
Response by Simeon Brown 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 Stewart
Ministerial Advis...
Palestine - viability of two state solution
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Andrew Riddell. Annotated by Andrew Riddell on .
Refused.
Although the information requested is formally refused, the MFAT reply identified three relevant documents that will be released on their website in th...
Submissions to Regulatory Standards Bill
Response by Ministry for Regulation to Andrew Riddell on .
Refused.
Tēnā koe Andrew
Please find attached, our response to your OIA request.
Ngā mihi
Ministerial Services, Organisational Enablement ...
Briefing to Incoming Minister of Workplace Relations
Response by Brooke van Velden to Andrew Riddell on .
Successful.
Dear Andrew
Please see attached for Minister van Velden’s response to your OIA
request.
The hyperlinks listed in the Minister’s letter can...
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...
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...
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
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Nekson - transportable in-patient units
Partially successful.
Te Whatu Ora provided this information after the Ombudsman's office contacted them about my complaint over their initial response. It still does not ad...
Update - further examination of the this third response by the Minister provided enough information to allow me to work out where the claimed health sp...
This is the third time the Minister of Health has refused to show the breakdown of the figures claimed in a press release about funding for health. Th...
Minister's expectations for Te Whatu Ora
Partially successful.
The Minister's obfuscation continues........
Electoral Law Reform
Partially successful.
Based on the documents provided there is a lot of information within the scope of the information request that has not been provided. Cannot see the re...
Palestine - viability of two state solution
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Andrew Riddell. Annotated by Andrew Riddell on .
Refused.
Although the information requested is formally refused, the MFAT reply identified three relevant documents that will be released on their website in th...
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...
Nekson - transportable in-patient units
Partially successful.
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
Partially successful.
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...
