Mark Hanna
Joined FYI in 2013
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I see the costs they've specified are excluding GST, though it's not clear to me why this is the case. Does ACC not pay GST when they pay for these ser...
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...
This request is a direct follow-up to https://fyi.org.nz/request/10504-when-is-the-annual-tor-report-covering-2018-due-to-be-published
Released Prisoners
Partially successful.
It's disappointing that the Department of Corrections has chosen to release this information in the form of an inaccessible image-based PDF, forcing an...
Released Prisoners
Partially successful.
Disappointing to see this notice of extension only arrive on the original due date. I wish the OIA required that these notices be sent as soon as reaso...
Pain relief in labour
Partially successful.
What a ridiculous response. If the advice is supported by "quantitative and qualitative studies" then clearly to answer your request that they "Please...
Website designer
Refused.
"the fact that he is not a government minister does not preclude him being subject to the OIA"
This is not correct.
Members of Parliament are not s...
Information on use of police dogs
Partially successful.
I wonder how NZ Police defined "serious" injuries in their response here. They provided this information in response to a question asking about long te...
Whether to conduct a review of the Official Information Act (OIA)
Partially successful.
37 MB isn't that big. Obviously it will depend on exactly what this file size limit is, but surely they could split the PDF into two or three separate...
Transgender prisoners
Reported for administrator attention.
It's disappointing that the Department of Corrections has invoked section 9(2)(g)(i) of the OIA to withhold all the "Current issues" and most of the "R...
Number of prisoners in custody over time
Successful.
Kia ora Lance,
This information you've asked for sounds like it could be interesting. I'd appreciate it if you could ask Corrections to be sure they...
Decision to start general arming of Christchurch frontline officers
Partially successful.
Thank you, I hope it works. I've also drafted a complaint to the Ombudsman on similar grounds, which I intend to send to them today.
OIA requests received by police
Partially successful.
It's disappointing that NZ Police have chosen not to respond to your request in an accessible format. Here is a clickable link to the page on the SSC w...
The spreadsheet provided has no columns for refused re-applications for D licences, or refused applications for V licences. This omission isn't explain...
OIA response time statistics
Refused.
NZ Police appear to have sent a slightly edited version of the response to this different request, instead of answering any of the questions asked in...
The above response contains information I had requested in a separate request, here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/9870-nz-firearm-licences-2017
I belie...
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...
Abortion and the Crimes Act
Successful.
It's a shame the Ministry of Justice decided to only release this information in an inaccessible image-based PDF format.
I've transcribed the tables...
I have laid a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman about this overdue response.
NZ Firearm Licences 2017
Successful.
I have laid a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman about this overdue response.
That seems like a fair call, I think. Though it would be technically possible for them to review every complaint and make an assessment as to whether o...
Information on use of police dogs
Partially successful.
I've had a response from NZ Police via Twitter, where I asked them why no notice of extension had been sent regarding this request. It turns out the an...
Firearms incidence
Long overdue.
It looks like they didn't attach the "Crime Incidents" spreadsheet referenced in respect to parts 5 and 6 of your request?
Information on use of police dogs
Partially successful.
I wonder under what circumstances Police will or won't choose to record the use of a police dog to apprehend someone as a "Tactical Option Reporting" (...
Information on use of police dogs
Partially successful.
NZ Police have clearly and unambiguous breached the Official Information Act in their failure to send a notice of extension as soon as reasonably pract...