Mark Hanna
Joined FYI in 2013
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This person's 55 Official Information requests
I guess I was right to worry that Police would take 20 working days or more to answer follow-up questions. It's been 21 working days now since I sent t...
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...
Kia ora Jason,
Thanks a lot for that explanation, I understand much better now why my request has been refused. I hadn't realised that the database N...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Ministry of Health to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mark
Please find attached our letter in reply to your OIA request along with
spreadsheet of data.
Kind regards
Nick Allan
Manager, OIA Ser...
OIA response time statistics
Partially successful.
I have sent a follow-up request to ask for clarification on the data provided: https://fyi.org.nz/request/8034-oia-response-time-statistics-clarificati...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Good Afternoon
Please find attached the response to your request for information made on
16 April 2018.
Ministerial Services
Engag...
Police pursuit policy and statistics follow-up
Long overdue.
I have lodged the following complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman:
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Tēnā koe,
As I have previously discussed with Gareth Derby of...
Tēnā koe Mark
Thank you for your further email today regarding the New Zealand Transport
Agency's (Transport Agency) response to your request of...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Accident Compensation Corporation to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Good afternoon Mr Hanna
Please find attached an excel document with the information we provided on 16 May 2018.
I apologise for the delay in getting...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
[UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Mark Hanna
Please see the attached letter and excel spreadsheet regarding your OIA
request of 16 April 2018.
Kin...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Ministry of Justice to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Hi Mark
Please find attached a response to your OIA request about OIA timeliness.
Cheers
Antony
Antony Paltridge
Team Leader (Media and Externa...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Ministry for Primary Industries to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Kia Ora Mark,
On behalf of Andrew MacGregor, Manager Ministerials and Business Support, please find attached a response to your OIA.
If there is an...
Organ donor preference on driver licences
Successful.
The same data for 2018 has been released here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/7351-organ-donor-preference-on-driver-licences-march-2018
Organ donor preference on driver licences
Successful.
The same data for 2018 has been released here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/7351-organ-donor-preference-on-driver-licences-march-2018
Organ donor preference on driver licences March 2018
Response by New Zealand Transport Agency to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Dear Mark
Please find attached the response to your request of 28 March 2018 for
information under the Official Information Act 1982.
Rega...
Thanks very much for the fast response!
Ngā mihi,
Mark Hanna
Police pursuit policy and statistics
Successful.
I have sent a new request with follow-up questions to NZ Police here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/7482-police-pursuit-policy-and-statistics-follow-up
Searches of prisoners
Refused.
As I mentioned in my annotation on the 1st of February, Corrections considered their response to a separate request to also reply to this one.
It's u...
This person's 174 annotations
Auror retail crime reporting system
Delayed.
It's a bit late now, and this seems to have been resolved, but it is still worth noting that this is absolutely untrue:
"it is necessary to establish...
I guess I was right to worry that Police would take 20 working days or more to answer follow-up questions. It's been 21 working days now since I sent t...
Access to services by non-binary people - Follow up
Awaiting classification.
I'd suggest laying a complaint with the Ombudsman regarding the section 9(2)(h) refusal. As the guideline on this section clarifies: http://www.ombudsm...
Compensation Payments to tenants evicted under the Meth Policy operating under the last National Led Government
Awaiting classification.
Very cheeky, given the due date was yesterday.
Since this request was refused, the Office of the Ombudsman has published a guidance document on "Information not held" that is pretty explicit in clar...
Gender of officers involved in pursuits 2011-2018
Awaiting classification.
One approach you may be able to try to avoid a potential refusal under section 18(f) (substantial collation or research) would be to request two separa...
Gender of officers involved in pursuits 2011-2018
Awaiting classification.
You may be interested to see this guideline on "Information not held", which was recently published by the Office of the Ombudsman: http://www.ombudsma...
Gender of officers involved in pursuits 2011-2018
Awaiting classification.
I don't think the reason for refusal NZ Police have used here is justified. Section 18(g) of the Official Information Act allows requests to be refused...
Complaints summary data
Partially successful.
NZ Post has miscalculated the due date again. According to section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act, because NZ Post asked you for clarification...
I know it's been a few months now, but I'd suggest you might try complaining to the Ombudsman about this refusal if you haven't already.
Information...
Complaints summary data
Partially successful.
It's no longer relevant, since NZ Post has asked for clarification within 7 working days of having received your request, but it seems worth noting tha...
Thanks a lot for your advice Roger. I honestly hadn't noticed that NZ Police hadn't stated a specific ground for refusal if I do not pay their fee, tho...
I intend to complain to the Ombudsman about this refusal, as I can't afford to pay the $684 - $836 fee they have proposed. I believe there is clear pub...
Access to services by non-binary people
Partially successful.
Thanks for asking these questions.
It would be interesting to ask about what that active engagement they mention has actually been. I'm not sure curr...
A response to this request is now overdue. I have lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman.
Dogs shot by NZ police officers in last 5 years
Awaiting classification.
These stats don't seem to include the dog that was reported as having been fatally shot by police during the execution of a search warrant in November...
Here are links to previously requests for this data over different periods:
Q3-4 2016: https://fyi.org.nz/request/5039-tactical-options-research-repo...
Religious Instruction
Awaiting classification.
Sorry, make that section 14. Forgot we're talking about the LGOIMA here instead of the OIA.
Religious Instruction
Awaiting classification.
I don't believe that's a valid interpretation of when the request was received. As soon as it went to their spam folder, the school received it. It doe...
Taser policy compliance
Partially successful.
I have lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman regarding Police's failure to send this information in an accessible format, as I had requested.
Given t...
This is a ridiculous justification for refusing your request. If it were true that the information you had requested does not exist, then it would be i...
Name and Contact Details for all Regional Commissioners, Prison Directors, and Deputy Prison Directors.
Partially successful.
Withholding the work contact details of senior public servants with such little and vague justification is pretty unacceptable. I would recommend you c...
Use of drug dogs detector dogs
Partially successful.
You called it ;)
Use of drug dogs detector dogs
Partially successful.
I expect this request will likely need to be transferred to the Ministry for Primary Industries.
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...
