Mark Hanna
Joined FYI in 2013
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This person's 87 Official Information requests (page 2)
"Use of force and Police dogs" chapter of the Police manual
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Kia ora Lee,
Thank you for you apology, I appreciate it.
It would be great if, in the future, Police's responses to requests for official informati...
Delay in publication of the annual TOR report covering 2018
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Kia ora Mark
Please find attached the NZ Police response to your Official Information
Act request.
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
PNHQ
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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...
The spreadsheet provided has no columns for refused re-applications for D licences, or refused applications for V licences. This omission isn't explain...
Firearms licences approved 2017-2018 RNZ OIA response
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Kia ora Renée,
Thanks for the very quick response. I appreciate that it can be a little hard to identify a specific request from that information, es...
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...
Tactical Options Reporting Data January-June 2018
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Mark Hanna on .
Refused.
Tēnā koe,
I have now been waiting over eleven weeks for a response to my email on the 19th of February. I also sent a follow-up message asking for a...
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/
Organ donor preference on driver licences March 2019
Follow up sent to New Zealand Transport Agency by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Kia ora Dan,
Thanks very much for responding to this request so quickly, I really appreciate it!
Ngā mihi,
Mark Hanna
Calculation of due dates under the OIA
Response by New Zealand Post Limited to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Thanks Mark - we were aware of the calculator and I see that it does work for our purposes now. Will point to that in our process.
OIA Officer
This e...
Drone/UAV aircraft complaints
Refused.
CAA has to act within the next CAA rules or the Civil Aviation Act (I used to be a recreational pilot). As drones aren't certified or registered (unlik...
Dear Mark
You have asked for information regarding any restrictions around
publishing NZ Police’s fleeing driver policy. I note that this policy...
Tactical Options Reporting Data July-December 2017
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Good afternoon Mr Hanna
Please find attached a response to your request of 5 July 2018.
Our sincere apologies for the delay in response....
OIA response time statistics clarification
Follow up sent to Department of Corrections by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe,
Thank you for your response, that answers my questions perfectly.
Ngā mihi,
Mark Hanna
OIA response time statistics clarifications
Successful.
A response to this request has now been sent to the FYI email for my prior request, so it appears there instead: https://fyi.org.nz/request/7626-oia-re...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Ministry of Education to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Hanna
Thank you for your follow up questions to our response to your request for
official information. We trust you will find the below...
OIA response time statistics
Follow up sent to Ministry of Social Development by Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora Jonathan,
Thanks for your explanation, that was very helpful. I'm pretty confident I understand the data that's been provided now.
Ngā mihi...
Kia ora Jason,
Thanks a lot for that explanation, I understand much better now why my request has been refused. I hadn't realised that the database N...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Ministry of Health to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mark
Please find attached our letter in reply to your OIA request along with
spreadsheet of data.
Kind regards
Nick Allan
Manager, OIA Ser...
OIA response time statistics
Partially successful.
I have sent a follow-up request to ask for clarification on the data provided: https://fyi.org.nz/request/8034-oia-response-time-statistics-clarificati...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Good Afternoon
Please find attached the response to your request for information made on
16 April 2018.
Ministerial Services
Engag...
Police pursuit policy and statistics follow-up
Long overdue.
I have lodged the following complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman:
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Tēnā koe,
As I have previously discussed with Gareth Derby of...
Tēnā koe Mark
Thank you for your further email today regarding the New Zealand Transport
Agency's (Transport Agency) response to your request of...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Accident Compensation Corporation to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Good afternoon Mr Hanna
Please find attached an excel document with the information we provided on 16 May 2018.
I apologise for the delay in getting...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
[UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Mark Hanna
Please see the attached letter and excel spreadsheet regarding your OIA
request of 16 April 2018.
Kin...
This person's 442 annotations (page 2)
Police Manual Chapters
Partially successful.
I see NZ Police have missed the legal deadline for this request. I hope you will complain to the Ombudsman about this unacceptable and unlawful behavio...
Requesting Police Manuals
Partially successful.
Oops, I forgot to link to the request asking for the "Crime scene photography" chapter in my previous annotation, here it is: https://fyi.org.nz/reques...
Requesting Police Manuals
Partially successful.
You may be interested to know that the "Criminal Disclosure" chapter of the Police Manual has previously been both released under the OIA and proactive...
Police Manual Chapters
Successful.
NZ Police have now published the "Banking, currency and card policy" that they failed to attach to your response to this request: https://www.police.go...
You may be interested that NZ Police released all eight chapters in the "Surveillance" section of the Police Manual in October 2022.
You can find the...
Driver licensing chapter police policy
Successful.
I see that you asked for NZ Police to provide this document "in an accessible, searchable format without a watermark", but both the table of contents a...
Confirmation of what Tazer Model is used by the New Zealand Police and when the tazercam starts recording
Successful.
NZ Police's "Use of Force - TASER (Conducted Electrical Weapons)" Police Manual chapter has been released under the OIA and also published on the NZ Po...
PITT Manuals
Successful.
As the extended due date passed last week and you still haven't received a response, I hope you will consider complaining to the Ombudsman about this u...
Outline and training documentation for National Intelligence Application aka N.I.A
Partially successful.
"The NIA Manual describes NIA functions and how to use the platform. The NIA Manual is some 1400 pages and has not been updated since 2017. The release...
Police Manual Chapters
Successful.
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
Long overdue.
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
Successful.
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
Long overdue.
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
Long overdue.
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
Successful.
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
Long overdue.
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
Successful.
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...
