Mark Hanna
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This person's 87 Official Information requests
Police policy documents
Successful.
Police are corrupt as! Just enter new contracts with Sarah or Brittany or God or Satan. Never know who you're dealing with and they bounce you around t...
Tactical Options Reporting Data January-December 2021
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Refused.
Kia ora Mark
The new Tactical Database provides a number of benefits. This includes
significant improvement to data accuracy and consistency...
Police Manual chapters - Police Dogs parts 2 and 5
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...
Effect of Elizabeth II's death on the OIA
Response by Ministry of Justice to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
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 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...
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
This person's 408 annotations
Police Manual Chapters
Awaiting classification.
I also see NZ Police has marked information on page 4 of the "Calibrating road policing equipment" document as having been withheld under "s. 9(2) OIA"...
Electronic interception Police Manual chapter
Awaiting classification.
In their response to you, NZ Police have said "The Police manual chapter 'Introduction to Electronic Interception' has been provided as requested".
H...
Medal policy and mounting
Successful.
The "Honours awards and commendations" document released to you on 15 December, 37 working days after the legal deadline for your request of 25 October...
When NZ Police released the July 2018 version of the NIA manual, on 27 September 2022, they also noted that:
"The NIA manual is currently being revis...
"The National Intelligence Application (NIA) Manual describes all NIA functions and how to use the platform. The NIA Manual is some 1400 pages and is w...
Police Manual Chapters
Awaiting classification.
Is it just me, or has NZ Police not attached the "Banking, currency and card policy" Police Manual chapter that they say they have released? I don't se...
Access to Facebooks takedown portal
Awaiting classification.
The Ombudsman has published a guideline on requests received online, which has this to say on determining eligibility:
"Agencies are entitled to make...
Electronic interception Police Manual chapter
Awaiting classification.
Police had a legal obligation to send you their decision no later than 14 November. That was yesterday, but clearly they have still not sent you their...
Internal review of matters raised in IPCA/OPC “photographing members of the public” investigation
Long overdue.
I hope you'll consider complaining to the Ombudsman about this unlawful delay. Additional pressure from more delay complaints may lead to Police taking...
ANPR tracking - memorandum of understanding with the Police for disclosure of license plate hits
Successful.
"I don't think this requires a fresh OIA"
Just so you're not surprised if AT puts your follow-up question through their regular OIA process, any requ...
Privacy Act Requests and Police procedure relating to
Partially successful.
You may be interested in reviewing Police's "Privacy and official information - Disclosure under the Privacy Act 1993" policy document, which was relea...
Warrant requirement to use the Home Location Registry (HLR) for Polling Data
Partially successful.
I hope you'll complain about the large amounts of information withheld under section 6(c) of the OIA? If the Ombudsman is able to review them, they may...
Medal policy and mounting
Successful.
A response to this request was due no later than yesterday. I recommend you complain to the Ombudsman about this unlawful delay.
Complaining about un...
Police Manual chapters relating to 'No surprises policy'
Partially successful.
"2. The licence under which this information is released.
This is not applicable."
I believe you have grounds to complain to the Ombudsman that NZ P...
Electronic interception Police Manual chapter
Awaiting classification.
In case it helps you with your request, these are the names of the Police Manual chapters within the "Electronic Interception" section:
Covert entry...
Police Recruitment
Awaiting classification.
The due date of this request changed when the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Day Act 2022 received royal assent on 21 September, because after that Monday...
Do police consider it illegal to link to material later classified as objectionable?
Awaiting classification.
I see NZ Police have withheld several sections of the "Objectionable publications" Police Manual chapter they released to you, having asserted that wit...
Also, is it just me or does it seem odd that the documents that have a "Printed on" date included at the end were all printed over a year before you ev...
I see NZ Police has decided to withhold some parts of these documents under section 6(c) of the Official Information Act. I recommend you complain to t...
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
Successful.
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
Successful.
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...