Mark Hanna
Joined FYI in 2013
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OIA response time statistics
Refused.
The OIA is clear that requests "may be made in any form and communicated by any means". This is not the first time NZ Police have, incorrectly, implied...
Firearms incidence
Long overdue.
There is some limited information related to this request, regarding events in 2017, available in the response to a previous OIA request, which has bee...
Firearm Regulations
Partially successful.
I see that NZ Police have withheld some information from a document they have released as "out of scope". This is not a valid reason to withhold inform...
Casual Uniform Policy and Decision Process
Partially successful.
Nigel an earlier response noted that the two parts of the request would be sent to separate "workgroups" within NZ Police, and that separate responses...
Casual Uniform Policy and Decision Process
Partially successful.
NZ Police was due to respond to this request 7 working days ago, at the very latest. Wonder what's taken them so long and why they failed to meet their...
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/
Decision to start general arming of Christchurch frontline officers
Partially successful.
RNZ has reported that Christchurch officers will stay armed "until a wanted man is located": https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/383679/frontline-c...
I wonder where NZ Police got the idea that my email on 2019-01-08, which I can see was received by them thanks to the automatic response, was sent on 2...
Auror retail crime reporting system
Partially successful.
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
Partially successful.
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
Partially successful.
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
Information not held.
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
Information not held.
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
Information not held.
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
Successful.
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...
