Luke C
Joined FYI in 2013
Happy to assist requesters in composing their OIA requests to make them clear and intelligible to agencies. And an interest in assisting requesters on how best they can get the information they need.
Also interested in:
- organisations' internal processes, procedures, and practices, for dealing with the processing, handling and refusal of OIA requests.
- the existence of any legal tests to fulfil the statutory withholding provisions.
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This person's 231 annotations (page 6)
Even if they find a withholding provision in the Act it is not going to help move this request forward. It's clear from the responses that KiwiRail doe...
Suzanna: If you could please update this request: https://fyi.org.nz/request/5492-oversight-callaghan-media-spend#incoming-17559
Map of gender neutral bathrooms on campus
Partially successful.
Out of interest, how many transgender students at there at the university, and what is their preference when it comes to toilets (a completely separate...
Video Conferencing Questions
Successful.
You are at risk of your request not being made with due particularity, even after the revised request was submitted.
You need to add more explanation...
Seems pretty reasonable
Guidelines for processing information requests
Partially successful.
They seem quite intent on using 92(h) to withhold the legal advice.
Oversight Callaghan media spend
Awaiting classification.
It's not clear in the request why you want MBIE to respond, rather than Callaghan itself. Without such an explanation, MBIE may transfer your request t...
This request needs to be more clearer. For example, did you mean 'how many articles, etc (of any subject-matter) were there in the NBR as a result of t...
I agree with your decision to seek a review of the decision to refuse you information that Callaghan has paid to the Business Desk for those three year...
When the the Minister's office provide the relevant correspondence they can also, if they wish, provide a "contextual statement" that puts the raw corr...
Hmmm. Odd that the camera was pointing in the wrong direction.
TV ONE and Michael Parkin
Refused.
In respect of your request for "the source of and the information given to Michael Parkin, reporter for TV One regarding: Mrs Peggy Burrows who is supp...
Third Main Business Case
Refused.
I squared the NZ transport Agency’s response with the OIA guidelines on page 12 of the Ombudsman’s website at http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/syste...
Job Description - Assistant Commissioner:Road policing
Withdrawn by the requester.
Chances are not good.
Arms Act - Definition of "person"
Withdrawn by the requester.
The question you ask is simple. However the OIA is not a tool for obtaining a bespoke legal opinion. It is a tool for obtaining information. For exampl...
Job Description - Assistant Commissioner:Road policing
Withdrawn by the requester.
Hi Deon
Probably would have been helpful to include your need for urgency in your primary email.
I don't think you will get an answer quickly, so y...
I'm not sure your refinement is narrow enough, as it still deals with the 50 or more reports. It doesn't reduce the number of reports the Department ha...
The response from Police explains that want to protect their surveillance methods and think that if they information as to their capability or capacity...
Geographical distribution of pharmacies
Long overdue.
An earlier version of the register from July 2016 is at https://fyi.org.nz/request/4292-total-number-of-licenced-pharmacies-in-nz
Deaths in Police Custody
Successful.
Here is an example of U.S. statistics - https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=82
Deaths in Police Custody
Successful.
The clarifications by the Police have been helpful.
I am still not convinced that the withholding of the cause of death for the remaining 13 people i...
Deaths in Police Custody
Successful.
The statistics you have requested would be of significant public interest, and may be picked up by news media and used by academics.
As an aside, it'...
Reasons tenants declined housing corporation tenancies
Partially successful.
This is a good response from Housing New Zealand because it answers your question and goes so far as providing a copy of what advice was sent to the Mi...
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 think this is quite an interesting request.
Only online information I could find is https://privacy.org.nz/data-sharing/operating-matching-program...
