Mark Hanna
Joined FYI in 2013
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This person's 407 annotations (page 12)
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
Drone/UAV aircraft complaints
Refused.
The NZ Herald has published an article that cites information similar to what I've requested: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&obje...
Frustrating to get a s18(g) response, especially after an extension. At a guess, perhaps Police thought they needed that extra time to check that the I...
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
Police pursuit policy and statistics follow-up
Long overdue.
This is a link to the original request: https://fyi.org.nz/request/7257-police-pursuit-policy-and-statistics
OIA response times
Successful.
Thanks, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks asking for this is worthwhile :)
I am aware of Bryce's call, I emailed him about it in November last...
Dog Registration Fee breakdown Number of registered dog
Partially successful.
Waitaki District Council's advice regarding charging for requests for official information is inconsistent with official guidance.
It is not necessar...
Financial and policy information about the residential bond service
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Robert Whitaker. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
It's rather unreasonably for MBIE to have sent you this information in such inaccessible formats, where you can't search for or copy any text, and have...
IPT Directives/INZ review
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Anchal Marwah. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
It's unfortunate that MBIE chose to use an inaccessible format for their response, so the URL they sent cannot be clicked on and instead must be writte...
Cost of police car livery
Unusual response.
Given NZ Police received your request on the 13th of February, their response was due as soon as reasonably possible and no later than the 13th of Marc...
It's unfortunate that NZ Police have chosen to provide their response in an inaccessible format, particularly given they've chosen to include some leng...
How many New Zealand citizens, residents and people visiting the country became homicide victims of paroled individuals between 1990 and 2018?
Information not held.
Because this request was received on the 12th of February, a response was due as soon as reasonably practicable and no later than the 12th of March. Si...
Operations Takapu and Troy
Successful.
"Out of scope" is not a lawful reason to withhold information under the OIA. But NZDF have used it here to withhold multiple small parts of a document...
Police actions at Waitangi 2018
Long overdue.
"The cost and numbers of Police concerned with maintaining law and order on the land you referred to – I am refusing this request under Section 6 (c) a...
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...
LGBTI in Census
Successful.
The Ombudsman's guidance note on section 9(2)(g)(ii) of the OIA notes that:
"If the section is to apply, there must not only be a reasonable likeliho...
Importation of firearms
Successful.
I've also had trouble accessing this data at the provided link. While the table does show me the "Cost including insurance and freight" and "Value for...
Request for copy of police email regarding "something needing to be done" about a website
Partially successful.
You'd be justified in complaining to the Ombudsman regarding this response. It was due as soon as reasonably practicable, and certainly no later than t...
Cost of Rainbow police car launched for Pride festival.
Partially successful.
They also did a special car for te wiki o te reo Māori last year. In both cases, the events regarded a community that NZ Police have typically not trea...
Searches of prisoners
Refused.
I believe the Department of Corrections does not intend to respond to this request, and consider their response to a related request (https://fyi.org.n...
Tactical Options Reporting Data January-June 2017
Partially successful.
The remaining information I had requested has now been published on the NZ Police website: http://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publication/tactical-opti...
Tactical Options Reporting Data January-June 2017
Partially successful.
I have laid the following complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman:
Tēnā koe,
I would like to lodge a formal complaint regarding a decision made...
I have lodged the following complaint with the Ombudsman:
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Tēnā koe,
I would like to lodge a formal complaint regarding the refusal of...
Double-bunking and sexual assault
Successful.
There are several URLs in that PDF which, because it's a scanned image rather than text, cannot be clicked and have to by typed by hand. For convenienc...
Double-bunking and sexual assault
Successful.
I've been informed, via the Office of the Ombudsman, that the Department of Corrections has told them the decision on this request should be sent "no l...
