Mark Hanna
Joined FYI in 2013
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This person's 86 Official Information requests
Effect of Elizabeth II's death on the OIA
Response by Ministry of Justice to Mark Hanna on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear Mr Hanna
Thank you for your email of 9 September 2022, in which you request
information pertaining to the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II an...
Police Manual chapters - Police Dogs parts 2 and 5
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Awaiting response.
Tēnā koe Mark
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below, received by Police on 5 October 2022.
Your reference n...
Police Manual chapters relating to sponge rounds
Partially successful.
NZ Police has previously released the current version of this Police Manual chapter under the OIA, but the information that was withheld in that previo...
Plans to amend the Sovereign's Birthday Observance Act 1952
Response by Ministry for Culture and Heritage to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Kia ora Mark,
Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request.
Ngā mihi,
Polonga
Te Pae Hāpai Minita | M...
Police Manual chapter - Privacy and official information - Disclosure under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Tēnā koe Mark
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand...
Tēnā koe Sarah,
Thanks, I appreciate you getting this sort for me quickly.
Ngā mihi,
Mark Hanna
Unite against COVID-19 messaging: meaning of "eligible"
Response by Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to Mark Hanna on .
Refused.
[UNCLASSIFIED]
Kia ora koe,
Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.
Ngā mihi,
Ministerial Coo...
Tactical Options Reporting Data January-December 2020
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe,
Thank you, I appreciate you getting this response out to me in time for the weekend.
Ngā mihi,
Mark Hanna
Kia ora Mark
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 22 September 2021.
Kind...
COVID-19 Lockdown Advice - Filming and physical distancing
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Kia ora Mark
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 29 August 2021.
Kind re...
Decision to start general arming of Christchurch frontline officers
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora Mark,
Please find attached a letter and seven documents in relation to your
Official Information Act request of 28 February 2019.
...
Tactical Options Reporting Data January-December 2019
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Kia ora Mark
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 19 April 2021.
Kind reg...
Organ donor preference on driver licences March 2021
Response by New Zealand Transport Agency to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Dear Mark
Please find attached the response to your request of 1 March 2021 for
information under the Official Information Act 1982.
Regar...
Double-bunking and sexual assault 2020
Response by Department of Corrections to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Kia ora Mark,
I refer to your complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman regarding the
adequacy of Corrections’ response to your queries about the...
Temporary carriage of firearms directives records January 2021
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Mark
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 31 January 2021.
N...
Tactical Options Reporting Data January-December 2018 follow-up questions
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe,
Thank you for the update. I've received the response now, and I really appreciate the thorough answers to all of my questions.
Ngā mihi,...
Tactical Options Reporting Data January-December 2018
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Dear Mark Hanna
Please find attached correspondence.
Ngā mihi
Billy Clemens
Information Management Coordinator: Response and Operat...
OIA Request: Custodial Practice Manual 2021
Partially successful.
Alternately, I suppose Corrections could argue that they have communicated their decision to release the information I have requested, and their "by th...
Temporary carriage of firearms directives
Partially successful.
It's been over six months. I guess Police are just not going to answer this question.
Fatal shootings by NZ Police
Successful.
The IPCA has today released its report into the fatal shooting of Donald Ineson on 25 November 2018: https://www.ipca.govt.nz/Site/publications-and-med...
It sounds like the reason for this delay is that the people responsible for conducting that review and providing that feedback had "competing work prio...
Prisoners incarcerated for violent crimes
Successful.
I have sent a follow-up to my formal complaint to RNZ, referencing this response.
Requests for eligibility under the Official Information Act
Follow up sent to Ministry of Health by Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora,
Thank you for sending the updated response letter through so quickly, I appreciate that. I'm also happy to see that it is largely accessible...
Organ donor preference on driver licences March 2020
Follow up sent to New Zealand Transport Agency by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Fantastic, thank you so much for providing this information so quickly.
Ngā mihi,
Mark Hanna
"Use of force and Police dogs" chapter of the Police manual
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Kia ora Lee,
Thank you for you apology, I appreciate it.
It would be great if, in the future, Police's responses to requests for official informati...
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Police Manual chapters relating to sponge rounds
Partially successful.
NZ Police has previously released the current version of this Police Manual chapter under the OIA, but the information that was withheld in that previo...
Easter Sunday dates
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Andrew Ecclestone. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
Refused.
Interesting response. Their description here of how the traditional date of Easter Sunday is determined in the west is not quite correct. It's not base...
Police manual chapters
Partially successful.
There is actually a small difference between what was released to you and what has been published on the NZ Police website. Not in the content of the d...
Police manual chapters
Partially successful.
NZ Police has published the same five documents on their website today. I don't think the content there is any different, but the versions released on...
Police Manual Chapters
Awaiting classification.
I'm sure you will have seen it in NZ Police's response, but all chapters in the "Drugs" section of the Police Manual except section 6 were proactively...
Medal policy and mounting
Awaiting response.
I expect the Police Manual chapter "Ceremonial - Part 01 Orders Decorations and Medals" will fall within the scope of your request.
There are nine ch...
Police Manual Chapters
Awaiting classification.
Yesterday, NZ Police proactively released a new version of the "Trespass" Police Manual chapter.
It's currently available on their website here, thou...
I see Police has withheld a lot of information under section 6(c) of the Official Information Act, asserting that releasing it would be likely to preju...
Deradicalisation programme: He Aranga Ake business case, privacy impact assessment and other documents
Awaiting classification.
It seems quite suspect for NZ Police to have only decided to challenge your eligibility under the OIA once 20 working days have passed. It makes me thi...
Police manual chapters
Partially successful.
I see Police has withheld a lot of information under section 6(c) of the Official Information Act, asserting that releasing it would be likely to preju...
OIC - New Zealand Police Oath
Awaiting classification.
Police didn't explain this in their response, but the words of this oath are set in the Policing Act 2008: https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2...
Police manual chapters on criminal procedure
Successful.
You might be interested to see that NZ Police released a version of the "Criminal procedure - Administration stage" chapter in January 2017: https://po...
Police response to bomb threat
Awaiting classification.
I'm surprised NZ Police didn't seem to consider releasing their "Improvised explosive devices and bomb incidents" Police Manual chapter to you.
If yo...
Police Manual Chapters
Awaiting classification.
Police have proactively published all "Exhibits and Property" Police Manual chapters today.
I'm currently in the process of loading them into https:/...
I hope you also included NZ Police's unlawful delay in responding to your request in your complaint?
I suspect NZ Police knows they don't have a lawful reason to extend the deadline on your request, otherwise they may have done so prior to the deadline...
Police general instructions etc
Successful.
It's interesting that NZ Police took 5 working days longer than legally allowed in order to tell you that the information you have requested is publicl...
Police response to bomb threat
Awaiting classification.
I see NZ Police has missed the legal deadline for this request. I hope you'll complain to the Ombudsman about this unlawful delay.
I hope you'll lay a complaint about this unlawful delay. Police behave this way to many requesters, but because they are exempt from the jurisdiction o...
Police Manual chapters relating to sponge rounds
Partially successful.
A response to this request was due no later than yesterday. I have laid a complaint with the Ombudsman regarding this unlawful delay.
The response to this request was due over a week ago now. By having failed to respond within the legislated timeframe, NZ Police have broken the law. I...
Police manual chapters
Partially successful.
A response to this request was due a week ago. By failing to respond within the legal timeframe, NZ Police are acting unlawfully. I recommend you compl...
Police general instructions etc
Successful.
NZ Police was legally obliged to respond to your request as soon as reasonably practicable, and no later than yesterday. I recommend you complain to th...
You made it clear in your request that you preferred to receive this information in a CSV or Excel format. However, NZ Police have instead released it...
Commanding of Carrier Strike Group - RIMPAC 2022
Successful.
Thanks for finding that, Scott. Makes it seem pretty abundantly clear that NZDF, and specifically AJ Woods, broke the law in their response to this req...
