This person's 27 Official Information requests
Custodial Practice Manual
Refused.
I've had another update regarding my complaint. Corrections are now reviewing my request with a view to releasing the information I've requested, with...
Table 16 of the cited research report (http://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/nz-drug-harm-index-2016-2nd-ed-jul16.pdf) breaks d...
Decision to publish Crimes of Torture Act reports
Partially successful.
1. In respect of part 1 of your request, it is odd that there were no communications, particularly given an "assessment" was prepared (which they want...
Advice on Corrections Amendment Regulations 2017
Response by Minister of Corrections to Mark Hanna on .
Awaiting response.
Good morning,
On behalf of Hon Louise Upston, thank you for your email of Tuesday 11 July in which you submitted an Official Information Act Request a...
Pepper spray advice, guidance, and training
Response by Department of Corrections to Mark Hanna on .
Awaiting response.
Thank you for contacting the Department of Corrections. This is an
automatic reply to let you know that we have received your email.
Our websit...
Evidence more police will reduce crime
Successful.
My complaint to the Ombudsman regarding how this request was handled has now been resolved. Here are the relevant sections of their correspondence to m...
The person investigating my complaint regarding the response to this request has recommended I make a new, more explicit request for this information....
NZ Firearm Licences
Successful.
It's unfortunate that New Zealand Police did not provide the data in the format I'd requested. I've transcribed the numbers into a publicly accessible...
Effects of the Bail Amendment Act - 2015 data
Response by Ministry of Justice to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Hi Mark
Please find attached a response to your request regarding offending on
bail.
Cheers
Antony
[1]Description: Descr...
Organ donor preference on driver licences
Successful.
This information has appeared in an article on stuff.co.nz by Rachel Thomas: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/91221431/more-than-half-nz-drivers-...
Police officers qualified to use a taser
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Hanna
I attach the reply to an information request you made of Police.
Ministerial Services , Police National Headquarters, 180 Moleswo...
Kia ora Raewyn,
Thank you, I have received that attachment now.
However the latest response has left me with some confusion regarding the differenc...
Guidelines for processing information requests
Partially successful.
At some stage, it would be interesting to see their guides on "Introduction to disclosure of information" and "Disclosure under the Privacy Act 1993" t...
Effects of the Bail Amendment Act
Successful.
I have sent a new request asking for the 2015 data: https://fyi.org.nz/request/5647-effects-of-the-bail-amendment-act-2015-data/
Organ donor preference on driver licences
Successful.
The same data for 2017 has been released here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/5493-organ-donor-preference-on-driver-licences#incoming-18241
Compliance with the Official Information Act
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Mr Hanna
Please find a response to your recent request attached.
[1]New Mike Webb
Zealand National Manager: Risk, Assurance and Commission o...
Tactical Options Research Reports
Successful.
Raw Tactical Options Reporting data for the 1 July 2016 - 31 December 2016 reporting period has been released by NZ Police in response to a request by...
Prisoner Age and Ethnicity Breakdown June 2016
Successful.
Though this request was technically refused, this is because the information I requested has been made publicly available so I've marked the request as...
Acupuncture evaluation document
Follow up sent to Accident Compensation Corporation by Mark Hanna on .
Information not held.
Kia ora,
My apologies for any confusion my email from this morning may have caused. I have been subsequently informed that there was an issue with th...
Companies shut down due to Campylobacter contamination
Response by Ministry for Primary Industries to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Dear Mark Hanna,
Please find attached response to your official information request.
Sincerely,
Niki Wright | Senior Advisor-Official...
Advice on information on use of force in strip searches
Response by Department of Corrections to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Good Afternoon Mr Hanna
Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.
Regards
Ministerial Services Team
N...
Strip searches in New Zealand prisons
Partially successful.
I've written an article about the information uncovered by this request and Mx Lamusse's one which came before it on the NZ Council for Civil Liberties...
Use of acupuncture read codes
Response by Accident Compensation Corporation to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Good afternoon Mr Hanna
Please find attached ACC’s response to your request of 11 March 2016,
regarding acupuncture.
Regards
Governm...
In the interest of keeping this request transparent, I sent the following email to ACC at 12:33pm on Friday 22/01/2016:
"Hi [Name],
Sorry it's take...
Acupuncture Spending Breakdown
Successful.
Information gained from this request regarding how much ACC spent on acupuncture treatments last year was reported on 3 News last night: http://www.3ne...
This person's 89 annotations
Custodial Practice Manual
Refused.
I've had another update regarding my complaint. Corrections are now reviewing my request with a view to releasing the information I've requested, with...
Table 16 of the cited research report (http://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/nz-drug-harm-index-2016-2nd-ed-jul16.pdf) breaks d...
Evidence more police will reduce crime
Successful.
My complaint to the Ombudsman regarding how this request was handled has now been resolved. Here are the relevant sections of their correspondence to m...
This request is a follow-up to a nearly identical request I had made earlier, which was misinterpreted and subsequently refused by New Zealand Police....
The person investigating my complaint regarding the response to this request has recommended I make a new, more explicit request for this information....
COTA Reports
Refused.
I know the requester has found out (though they weren't informed by Corrections), but for the benefit of anyone else following this request, the Depart...
NZ Firearm Licences
Successful.
It's unfortunate that New Zealand Police did not provide the data in the format I'd requested. I've transcribed the numbers into a publicly accessible...
NZ Firearm Licences
Successful.
I have laid the following complaint with the Ombudsman:
Tēnā koe,
I would like to lodge a formal complaint regarding an overdue response to a reque...
I'm not sure why this response was delayed until the 18th of April. NZ Police have not acknowledged it as late, but as this request was received by the...
Organ donor preference on driver licences
Successful.
This information has appeared in an article on stuff.co.nz by Rachel Thomas: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/91221431/more-than-half-nz-drivers-...
Effects of the Bail Amendment Act
Successful.
I have sent a new request asking for the 2015 data: https://fyi.org.nz/request/5647-effects-of-the-bail-amendment-act-2015-data/
Evidence more police will reduce crime
Successful.
I have sent the following update on my complaint to the Ombudsman:
==========
Tēnā koe,
This is an update on the request to the Minister of Polic...
Organ donor preference on driver licences
Successful.
The same data for 2016 was released here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/3719-organ-donor-preference-on-driver-licences#incoming-12193
Organ donor preference on driver licences
Successful.
The same data for 2017 has been released here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/5493-organ-donor-preference-on-driver-licences#incoming-18241
umber of Police alcohol checkpoints in the Wellington Police District with any other purpose than enforcing traffic alcohol laws.
Awaiting classification.
It may be worth confirming with FYI administrators if that response may originally have been sent to an incorrect email address. NZ Police have somethi...
Results of audits into funding compliance.
Successful.
You may wish to ask when "shortly" will be, as in "the review of the Academy of Diving Trust will be published on the TEC’s website shortly".
The Om...
Kia ora Ian,
Data has been made available this afternoon on the Corrections website that includes some of the information you had requested. The spre...
Tactical Options Research Reports
Successful.
Raw Tactical Options Reporting data for the 1 July 2016 - 31 December 2016 reporting period has been released by NZ Police in response to a request by...
Accidental Weapon Discharges
Successful.
Though this request has been marked as complete because I've received most of the information requested, some is still to come:
"Providing these figu...
Evidence more police will reduce crime
Successful.
The Ombudsman's guidance on section 18(d) of the Official Information Act: http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/system/paperclip/document_files/document_...
total number of south americans living in NZ
Long overdue.
Though they may request it, it is not lawful for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to require that you provide them with a separate email addre...
Total number of 'ram-raiding' incidents.
Long overdue.
The response from NZ Police here is ambiguous. If you have not received a response to your OIA request through other means, then they are in breach of...
Thanks Ian, I hadn't realised you'd already tried the Department of Corrections. Best of luck with getting this information released.
Also, you may already be aware of this, but the Department of Corrections has published data on the number of unnatural deaths in prisons from 1996/97-...
It would not be unreasonable for anonymised data to be released in this case.
There may be cases where the numbers are small enough to be identifiabl...
