Dan Moskovitz
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This person's 32 Official Information requests
    
        Driver liscence rules changes - briefings and advice
    
    
    
  
  
      Response by Chris Bishop to Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
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      Dear Dan,
  
 The Ministry of Transport will proactively release the documents in due
 course; however, an exact date cannot be confirmed at this sta...
    
  
    
        Portuguese millipede risk assesment
    
    
    
  
  
      Response by Ministry for Primary Industries to Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
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      Tēnā koe
  
  
 On behalf of Fleur Francois, Director Diagnostics Readiness &
 Surveillance, please see the attached response regarding your Officia...
    
  
    
        Sika herd of national interest - advice provided
    
    
    
  
  
      Response by James Meager to Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
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      Dear Dan,
Please find attached a response to your request for official information from the Minister for Hunting and Fishing, Hon James Meager. Apolog...
    
  
    
        Briefings and advice
    
    
    
  
  
      Response by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
        Partially successful.
      
    
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 Tēnā koe
  
 Please find attached response to your Official Information Act 1982
 request.
  
 Ngā mihi
  
 Execu...
    
  
    
        List of briefing titles not publicly avaliable
    
    
    
  
  
      Response by New Zealand Transport Agency to Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
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      Kia ora Dan
  
 Please find attached the response to your request of 24 March 2025 for
 information under the Official Information Act 1982.
  
 Ng...
    
  
    
        Exotic Caulerpa Science
    
    
    
  
  
      Follow up sent to Northland Regional Council by Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
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      Thank you very much for your response and the information enclosed.
Yours sincerely,
Dan Moskovitz
    
  
    
        Exotic Caulerpa dieback
    
    
    
  
  
      Follow up sent to Ministry for Primary Industries by Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
        Partially successful.
      
    
      Thank you very much for your response and the work which went into it.
Yours sincerely,
Dan Moskovitz
    
  
    
      Dear Dan,
  
 Please find attached a response to your request for official information
 from Associate Minister of Transport, Hon James Meager.
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        US TikTok ban
    
    
    
  
  
      Follow up sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
        Information not held.
      
    
      Thank you for this clarification. I will not be complaining to the Ombudsman. 
Have a lovely weekend.
Yours sincerely,
Dan Moskovitz
    
  
    
        Asparagopsis taxiformis risk assesment
    
    
    
  
  
      Response by Ministry for Primary Industries to Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
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      Tēnā koe Dan,
  
 On behalf of Fleur Francois, Director of Diagnostics Readiness &
 Surveillance, please find attached a response to your Official In...
    
  
    
        Hardship scholarship applications
    
    
    
  
  
      Response by Victoria University of Wellington to Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
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      Tēnā koe Dan
  
 Official information request regarding Hardship scholarship applications
  
 I refer to your official information request dated 10...
    
  
    
        Hardship scholarship applications
    
    
    
  
  
      Follow up sent to Massey University by Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
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      Many thanks for the prompt response and effort which went into it. 
Yours sincerely,
Dan Moskovitz
    
  
    
        Percentage of public transport subsided
    
    
    
  
  
      Follow up sent to New Zealand Transport Agency by Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
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      Pleas pass on my thanks to all staff who worked on this request - it is appreciated. 
Yours sincerely,
Dan Moskovitz
    
  
    
      Hi Dan,
  
 Thank you for your email of 26 November 2024 requesting a copy of
 Biosecurity briefings provided to my Office. Your request has been
 co...
    
  
    
        List of briefing titles not publicly avaliable
    
    
    
  
  
      Response by Department of Conservation to Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
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      Kia ora Dan,
 Please find attached the Department of Conservation’s response to your
 request, which we received on 26/11/2024.
 If you have any quer...
    
  
    
        Advice regarding appointments to the Waitangi Tribunal
    
    
    
  
  
      Response by Tama Potaka to Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
        Refused.
      
    
      Tēnā koe Mr Moskovitz,
Thank you for your two emails of 22 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2024 regarding the response provided to your request for official informat...
    
  
    
        Open Government Partnership Commitment 7
    
    
    
  
  
      Response by Ministry of Justice to Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
        Refused.
      
    
      Dear Mr Moskovitz,
  
 Please find your OIA response below.
  
 The web pages mentioned in the letter are also provided below for your
 convenience...
    
  
    
        Avian influenza: correspondence with MPI and DoC
    
    
    
  
  
      Follow up sent to Karori Sanctuary Trust by Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
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      Many thanks for the response and the work involved in putting it together. 
Yours sincerely,
Dan Moskovitz
    
  
    
      Kia ora Dan,
  
 Please see attached a letter from Minister Hoggard in response to your
 Official Information Act request received 23 October 2024 (o...
    
  
    
        Official advice regarding avian influenza
    
    
    
      
        Partially successful.
      
    
  
  
    
      Heard back from Minister McClay's office today, and was told that a new response is being finalised, and is expected to be released tommorow. I asked h...
    
  
    
      Kia ora Dan,
On behalf of Hon Tama Potaka, thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information Act request as follows:
"I request...
    
  
    
        Actions undertaken in the exotic Caulerpa response
    
    
    
  
  
      Response by Auckland Council to Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
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      Kia ora Dan,
  
 Thank you for your follow-up email, and my apologies for the delayed
 response.
  
 Please find attached our response letter and o...
    
  
    
      Dear Dan, 
  
 Please see attached a letter from Hon Andrew Hoggard regarding your OIA
 request (office reference OIA072). 
  
 Kind regards, 
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        Avian influenza preperations
    
    
    
  
  
      Follow up sent to Karori Sanctuary Trust by Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
        Successful.
      
    
      Thank you very much for your response and the information within.
Yours sincerely,
Dan Moskovitz
    
  
    
        Actions undertaken in the exotic Caulerpa response
    
    
    
  
  
      Follow up sent to Department of Conservation by Dan Moskovitz on .
    
    
      
        Successful.
      
    
      Kia ora Hilary, 
Many thanks for this response. Please pass on my thanks to you and your staff for all the work that went into it, and the speed of y...
    
  
This person's 12 annotations
    
      I don't buy Minister Brown's response here - the date at which they published his diary should constitute official information to my knowledge. I think...
    
  
    
        Biosecurity response to caulerpa seaweed
    
    
    
      
        Partially successful.
      
    
  
  
    
      Hi Anna,
It might be worth following up why this transfer took so long to take place. The Ombudsman's guide for agencies states:
"An agency’s legal...
    
  
    
        Official advice regarding avian influenza
    
    
    
      
        Partially successful.
      
    
  
  
    
      Heard back from Minister McClay's office today, and was told that a new response is being finalised, and is expected to be released tommorow. I asked h...
    
  
    
        SIRRL Project Kea
    
    
    
      
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      Kia ora Valerie, 
Worth noting in a recent case note, the Ombdusman ruled that proactive releases cannot come with redactions; "Unless it is certain...
    
  
    
        Official advice regarding avian influenza
    
    
    
      
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      I am surprised by the refusal of DoC's status updates under 18(e), as previous DoC documents obtained under the act mentioned sending him status update...
    
  
    
      Hi Kitty - the Parliamentary Service are usually pretty good at responding within the spirit of the OIA, even if they are not subject to it. So I recco...
    
  
    
        Occurrence 22/3636 Dated 26 June 2022
    
    
    
      
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      I would be quite curious to know how the CAA came to its conclusion that the object was likely a kite.
    
  
    
        Avian influenza preperations
    
    
    
      
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      I emailed Zealandia and they confirmed the request had been received.
    
  
    
        Information about ManageMyhealth and Medtech
    
    
    
      
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      Shane Reti is amassing a track record of unlwaful late transfer:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/28086-rotorua-air-ambulance-rescue-helicopter#incoming-10...
    
  
    
        Policy work relating to ultraprocessed food as a driver of mental illness and chronic disease
    
    
    
      
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      A couple of issues with this: 
The Ombudsmans guide states that "Any decision to transfer a request to another agency for response must be made promp...
    
  
    
      As an FYI - the ombudsman has new and tougher grounds regarding section 18(d): http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-tougher-line-on-proactive-rele...
    
  
    
        Investment Quarterly Reporting
    
    
    
      
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      Out of curiosity - where is this guidance? I've been trying to find it myself and failing. Sounds like a useful thing to reference with OIAs.
    
  

