Mark Hanna
Joined FYI in 2013
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This person's 442 annotations (page 17)
Acupuncture Treatment Subsidies
Successful.
"As per my previous e-mail, you have been advised of the Ministry's approach to your request including what information we will be providing. This sati...
Notebook entries / Jobsheet
Refused.
Here's a link to the Ombudsman's guidance document that makes it absolutely clear that official information requests can be made via this website: http...
Strip searches in New Zealand prisons
Partially successful.
I've written an article about the information uncovered by this request and Mx Lamusse's one which came before it on the NZ Council for Civil Liberties...
Prison Operations Manual
Refused.
I've made a request for one of the documents mention in the section of the Prison Operations Manual I mentioned in my previous annotation: the Custodia...
Strip searches in New Zealand prisons
Partially successful.
I have made two more requests related to this one:
Request for release of the Custodial Practice Manual, mentioned in the response to this request: h...
Prison Operations Manual
Refused.
Corrections has released a part of the Prison Operations Manual which is not available on their website in response to another OIA request:
https://f...
Strip searches in New Zealand prisons
Partially successful.
The answer to one of my questions has been answered in response to a follow-up on the original request: https://fyi.org.nz/request/3698-strip-searches-...
Strip searches in New Zealand Prisons
Successful.
Following the information released in response to this request, I've asked for some more related information from Corrections: https://fyi.org.nz/reque...
Strip searches in New Zealand Prisons
Successful.
Is it just my reading of this, or did they not provide an answer to the last question relating to who conducts strip searches of transgender prisoners?...
Plans to Acknowledge Non-Binary Gender
Partially successful.
They seriously waited until the deadline to send that response?
Organ donor preference on driver licences
Successful.
This information has made it to the front page story of the New Zealand Herald: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11618777...
LGBTIQ Prisoners: numbers and policies
Partially successful.
"From November 2014 to 10 March 2016, all 10 applications of transgender prisoners to transfer prison have been successful."
I wonder how long they e...
Hi Ben, you might be interested in following a request I made earlier this month for similar information: https://fyi.org.nz/request/3719-organ-donor-p...
Smallest town of New Zealand by Population
Successful.
Please let us know how your pub quiz appeal goes!
Percentage of Treatment Injury Claims
Successful.
Very disappointing that ACC waited until the last possible hour only to say the information doesn't exist in the exact format requested, but does exist...
Number of acupuncture, chiropractic and osteopathic malpractice/misconduct claims and the resultant costs
Successful.
Although the follow-up has not received an acknowledgement from ACC, the 20 working days legal due date is this Monday (22/02/2016).
In the interest of keeping this request transparent, I sent the following email to ACC at 12:33pm on Friday 22/01/2016:
"Hi [Name],
Sorry it's take...
In the interest of keeping this request transparent, I received the following email from ACC at 3:55pm on Wednesday 23/12/2015:
"Hi Mark,
[Name] ha...
In the interest of keeping this request transparent, I sent the following email to ACC at 2:07pm on Thursday 17/12/2015:
"Hello [Name],
I'm sure [...
In the interest of keeping this request transparent, I received the following emails from ACC at 3:21pm on Monday 14/12/2015:
"Hi Mark
Yes! I sent...
Oops, I made a copy/paste mistake at the start of my previous annotation. I should have said that I sent the email to ACC, not received it from them.
In the interest of keeping this request transparent, I received the following email from ACC at 9:59pm on Thursday 10/12/2015:
"Have there been any u...
In the interest of keeping this request transparent, I received the following email from ACC at 4:56pm on Friday 27/11/2015:
"Hi Mark
Thanks for em...
Acupuncture Spending Breakdown
Successful.
Information gained from this request regarding how much ACC spent on acupuncture treatments last year was reported on 3 News last night: http://www.3ne...
In the interest of keeping this request transparent, I sent the following email to ACC at 10:20am on Thursday 26/11/2015:
"Thanks for getting back to...
