Mark Hanna
Joined FYI in 2013
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This person's 87 Official Information requests (page 3)
OIA response time statistics
Response by Ministry of Justice to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Hi Mark
Please find attached a response to your OIA request about OIA timeliness.
Cheers
Antony
Antony Paltridge
Team Leader (Media and Externa...
OIA response time statistics
Response by Ministry for Primary Industries to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Kia Ora Mark,
On behalf of Andrew MacGregor, Manager Ministerials and Business Support, please find attached a response to your OIA.
If there is an...
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
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
Organ donor preference on driver licences March 2018
Response by New Zealand Transport Agency to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Dear Mark
Please find attached the response to your request of 28 March 2018 for
information under the Official Information Act 1982.
Rega...
Thanks very much for the fast response!
Ngā mihi,
Mark Hanna
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
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...
Software used to create 2017 BIM document
Response by Ministry of Defence to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Dear Mark,
Thank you for Official Information Act request.
Please find attached your response.
Warm regards,
Laura
Advisor, Ministry of Defence...
Double-bunking and sexual assault
Response by Department of Corrections to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Good afternoon,
Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Depa...
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...
Strip searches in New Zealand prisons
Response by Department of Corrections to Mark Hanna on .
Refused.
Good afternoon,
Please find attached correspondence from Corrections.
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections A...
Claim and payment breakdown by therapy type 2016/17
Response by Accident Compensation Corporation to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Hanna
Thank you for your follow up query.
The data you requested is on page 109 of the 2017 ACC Annual Report. Please find attached a copy o...
Dear Mr Hanna
Please find attached Police’s response to your OIA.
Kind regards,
[1]New Daniel Riordan-Edmonds
Zealand Advisor | Minister...
Custodial Practice Manual
Successful.
Following my complaint to the Ombudsman, the Department of Corrections has now made a copy of the Custodial Practice Manual available (with redactions)...
Advice on Corrections Amendment Regulations 2017
Response by Minister of Corrections to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Hanna
Please find attached the response from the Minister of Corrections, Hon
Louise Upston, to your recent request.
Yours sincere...
Pepper spray advice, guidance, and training
Response by Department of Corrections to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Hello,
Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Cor...
Table 16 of the cited research report (http://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/nz-drug-harm-index-2016-2nd-ed-jul16.pdf) breaks d...
Decision to publish Crimes of Torture Act reports
Partially successful.
1. In respect of part 1 of your request, it is odd that there were no communications, particularly given an "assessment" was prepared (which they want...
Evidence more police will reduce crime
Successful.
My complaint to the Ombudsman regarding how this request was handled has now been resolved. Here are the relevant sections of their correspondence to m...
The person investigating my complaint regarding the response to this request has recommended I make a new, more explicit request for this information....
Effects of the Bail Amendment Act - 2015 data
Response by Ministry of Justice to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Hi Mark
Please find attached a response to your request regarding offending on
bail.
Cheers
Antony
[1]Description: Descr...
Police officers qualified to use a taser
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Hanna
I attach the reply to an information request you made of Police.
Ministerial Services , Police National Headquarters, 180 Moleswo...
Guidelines for processing information requests
Partially successful.
At some stage, it would be interesting to see their guides on "Introduction to disclosure of information" and "Disclosure under the Privacy Act 1993" t...
Effects of the Bail Amendment Act
Successful.
I have sent a new request asking for the 2015 data: https://fyi.org.nz/request/5647-effects-of-the-bail-amendment-act-2015-data/
This person's 442 annotations (page 3)
Do police consider it illegal to link to material later classified as objectionable?
Awaiting classification.
I see NZ Police have withheld several sections of the "Objectionable publications" Police Manual chapter they released to you, having asserted that wit...
Also, is it just me or does it seem odd that the documents that have a "Printed on" date included at the end were all printed over a year before you ev...
I see NZ Police has decided to withhold some parts of these documents under section 6(c) of the Official Information Act. I recommend you complain to t...
Police Manual chapters relating to sponge rounds
Partially successful.
NZ Police has previously released the current version of this Police Manual chapter under the OIA, but the information that was withheld in that previo...
Easter Sunday dates
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Andrew Ecclestone. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
Refused.
Interesting response. Their description here of how the traditional date of Easter Sunday is determined in the west is not quite correct. It's not base...
Police manual chapters
Partially successful.
There is actually a small difference between what was released to you and what has been published on the NZ Police website. Not in the content of the d...
Police manual chapters
Partially successful.
NZ Police has published the same five documents on their website today. I don't think the content there is any different, but the versions released on...
Police Manual Chapters
Successful.
I'm sure you will have seen it in NZ Police's response, but all chapters in the "Drugs" section of the Police Manual except section 6 were proactively...
Medal policy and mounting
Successful.
I expect the Police Manual chapter "Ceremonial - Part 01 Orders Decorations and Medals" will fall within the scope of your request.
There are nine ch...
Police Manual Chapters
Successful.
Yesterday, NZ Police proactively released a new version of the "Trespass" Police Manual chapter.
It's currently available on their website here, thou...
I see Police has withheld a lot of information under section 6(c) of the Official Information Act, asserting that releasing it would be likely to preju...
It seems quite suspect for NZ Police to have only decided to challenge your eligibility under the OIA once 20 working days have passed. It makes me thi...
Police manual chapters
Partially successful.
I see Police has withheld a lot of information under section 6(c) of the Official Information Act, asserting that releasing it would be likely to preju...
OIC - New Zealand Police Oath
Successful.
Police didn't explain this in their response, but the words of this oath are set in the Policing Act 2008: https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2...
Police manual chapters on criminal procedure
Successful.
You might be interested to see that NZ Police released a version of the "Criminal procedure - Administration stage" chapter in January 2017: https://po...
Police response to bomb threat
Partially successful.
I'm surprised NZ Police didn't seem to consider releasing their "Improvised explosive devices and bomb incidents" Police Manual chapter to you.
If yo...
Police Manual Chapters
Successful.
Police have proactively published all "Exhibits and Property" Police Manual chapters today.
I'm currently in the process of loading them into https:/...
I hope you also included NZ Police's unlawful delay in responding to your request in your complaint?
I suspect NZ Police knows they don't have a lawful reason to extend the deadline on your request, otherwise they may have done so prior to the deadline...
Police general instructions etc
Successful.
It's interesting that NZ Police took 5 working days longer than legally allowed in order to tell you that the information you have requested is publicl...
Police response to bomb threat
Partially successful.
I see NZ Police has missed the legal deadline for this request. I hope you'll complain to the Ombudsman about this unlawful delay.
I hope you'll lay a complaint about this unlawful delay. Police behave this way to many requesters, but because they are exempt from the jurisdiction o...
Police Manual chapters relating to sponge rounds
Partially successful.
A response to this request was due no later than yesterday. I have laid a complaint with the Ombudsman regarding this unlawful delay.
The response to this request was due over a week ago now. By having failed to respond within the legislated timeframe, NZ Police have broken the law. I...
Police manual chapters
Partially successful.
A response to this request was due a week ago. By failing to respond within the legal timeframe, NZ Police are acting unlawfully. I recommend you compl...
