Mark Hanna
Joined FYI in 2013
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This person's 70 Official Information requests
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...
Delay in publication of the annual TOR summary report covering 2019
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora Mark
Our apologies for the delay.
Your response has been released to you.
Kind regards
Hannah
Ministerial Services
PNHQ
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Fatal shootings by NZ Police
Handled by post.
I have to correct my previous annotation. Though Police have released a supplementary report on Police shootings 1916-2020, this report does not includ...
Temporary carriage of firearms directives
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Tēnā koe,
Thank you for your response to my request. However, I am a little confused about the answer to part 2 of my request, in which I had asked "...
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
Tactical Options Reporting Data January-December 2018
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Refused.
Kia ora Mark
Apologies for any confusion. To clarify, the link provided is to the
annual report. We were contacting you to ensure you had received t...
"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...
Delay in publication of the annual TOR report covering 2018
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Kia ora Mark
Please find attached the NZ Police response to your Official Information
Act request.
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
PNHQ
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August has now ended and the 2018 TOR report has not been published. I've sent a follow-up request asking for the new due date and the reason for the d...
Decision to start general arming of Christchurch frontline officers
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Afternoon Mark,
The District Commander’s knowledge of the risk assessment completed for this event, and that of anyone else who attended the meetings,...
The spreadsheet provided has no columns for refused re-applications for D licences, or refused applications for V licences. This omission isn't explain...
Firearms licences approved 2017-2018 RNZ OIA response
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Kia ora Renée,
Thanks for the very quick response. I appreciate that it can be a little hard to identify a specific request from that information, es...
NZ Firearm Licences 2017
Successful.
NZ Police appear to have sent their response to this request to the wrong FYI email address, and it has shown up in response to a separate request I ma...
Tactical Options Reporting Data January-June 2018
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Mark Hanna on .
Refused.
Tēnā koe,
I have now been waiting over eleven weeks for a response to my email on the 19th of February. I also sent a follow-up message asking for a...
NZ Firearm Licences
Successful.
I have asked NZ Police for an updated set of this data: https://fyi.org.nz/request/9870-nz-firearm-licences-2017/
Organ donor preference on driver licences March 2019
Follow up sent to New Zealand Transport Agency by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Kia ora Dan,
Thanks very much for responding to this request so quickly, I really appreciate it!
Ngā mihi,
Mark Hanna
Calculation of due dates under the OIA
Response by New Zealand Post Limited to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Thanks Mark - we were aware of the calculator and I see that it does work for our purposes now. Will point to that in our process.
OIA Officer
This e...
Drone/UAV aircraft complaints
Refused.
CAA has to act within the next CAA rules or the Civil Aviation Act (I used to be a recreational pilot). As drones aren't certified or registered (unlik...
Dear Mark
You have asked for information regarding any restrictions around
publishing NZ Police’s fleeing driver policy. I note that this policy...
Tactical Options Reporting Data July-December 2017
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Good afternoon Mr Hanna
Please find attached a response to your request of 5 July 2018.
Our sincere apologies for the delay in response....
OIA response time statistics clarification
Follow up sent to Department of Corrections by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe,
Thank you for your response, that answers my questions perfectly.
Ngā mihi,
Mark Hanna
OIA response time statistics clarifications
Successful.
A response to this request has now been sent to the FYI email for my prior request, so it appears there instead: https://fyi.org.nz/request/7626-oia-re...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Ministry of Education to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Hanna
Thank you for your follow up questions to our response to your request for
official information. We trust you will find the below...
OIA response time statistics
Follow up sent to Ministry of Social Development by Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora Jonathan,
Thanks for your explanation, that was very helpful. I'm pretty confident I understand the data that's been provided now.
Ngā mihi...
This person's 284 annotations
Relevant chapters of the police manual on deaths in police custody
Awaiting classification.
Your request was for one or more entire chapters of the Police manual. Though Police have only provided an excerpt from one chapter, they have not give...
Copies of Data Sharing MOU’s
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Shane Gibson. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
Awaiting classification.
You're likely aware of this already, but the OIA only allows for the clock to be restarted in that way if the agency asked for clarification within 7 w...
NZ Police Air Support Unit Expansion project
Awaiting classification.
This is unacceptable, you should complain to the Ombudsman.
Police refused your request in June, saying it would be publicly available "soon". Clearl...
Request for research referred to in GCSB document 'Diversity is our first line of defence'.
Request to Government Communications Security Bureau by Jennifer MacKinnon. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
Awaiting classification.
For the record, because section 12(1AA) of the OIA allows that requests can be communicated in any form and do not need to refer to the Act, this means...
You should absolutely complain about this response to the Office of the Ombudsman: https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/what-we-can-help/complaints-abou...
It doesn't look like they're going to budge. I recommend you lay a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman, as there is no clear genuine need for So...
NZ Police Air Support Unit Expansion project
Awaiting classification.
This lengthy delay is clearly not reasonable, I recommend that you complain to the Ombudsman.
The guideline on refusing requests under section 18(d)...
Southern Response is lying when they tell you that they need to confirm that you meet the eligibility requirements under the OIA. This is a purely disc...
Asylum Seekers In NZ Prisons
Awaiting classification.
Section 14 of the Official Information Act requires that agencies must transfer requests within 10 working days of receiving them, unless the timeframe...
Request for Health Report
Awaiting classification.
You might want to consider laying a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman over this refusal. It's quite possible that this planned will be delayed...
COVID 19 Protocols and wider public safeguards
Awaiting classification.
I would also recommend you lay a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman given Police's response to your request was unlawfully delayed by 11 workin...
COVID 19 Protocols and wider public safeguards
Awaiting classification.
Is it just me, or did Police forget to attach a bunch of documents?
The response letter refers to several documents that Police oddly say they "can p...
Prisoners incarcerated for violent crimes
Successful.
I have sent a follow-up to my formal complaint to RNZ, referencing this response.
Prisoners incarcerated for violent crimes
Successful.
I have reiterated my request for urgency because I would still like to add further evidence to my complaint before the Media Council's deadline passes....
Polcing on Pitcairn Island
Successful.
Last year, I was advised by NZ Police's senior advisor Renee Maunder that Police should not be demanding proof of eligibility in this way. I recommend...
Prisoners incarcerated for violent crimes
Successful.
At this point, I don't think the Department of Corrections has given adequate consideration of my request that they respond urgently, so I can use thei...
Prisoners incarcerated for violent crimes
Successful.
Today, RNZ has published the same claim again, from a third Corrections source:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/425389/pepper-spray-use-rises-in-...
Requests for eligibility under the Official Information Act
Partially successful.
Comparing this acknowledgement with those received by other requesters on here recently, it seems likely the Ministry of Health has decided not to ask...
Requests for eligibility under the Official Information Act
Partially successful.
Ah, yes I've seen them mislead requesters before by telling them requests had to be made in a particular form, such as filling in a form on the Police...
Delay in publication of the annual TOR summary report covering 2019
Partially successful.
I have laid a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman.
Requests for eligibility under the Official Information Act
Partially successful.
Have you seen Police demanding proof of eligibility? I have definitely seen it before on here, but I'd be very interested if you could point me to any...
Fatal shootings by NZ Police
Handled by post.
I have to correct my previous annotation. Though Police have released a supplementary report on Police shootings 1916-2020, this report does not includ...
Fatal shootings by NZ Police
Handled by post.
Police have not yet notified me that this information has been published, but a supplementary report on Police shootings from 1916-2020 was been publis...
Delay in publication of the annual TOR summary report covering 2019
Partially successful.
The annual TOR summary report covering 2019 was published last Friday: https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publication/tactical-options-research-report...
Extract of data from OIA Tracking System
Awaiting classification.
It's a shame Police have chosen to communicate their decision using an inaccessible image-based PDF. They've provided response letters in an accessible...
