Mark Hanna
Joined FYI in 2013
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Ethnic representation among gender in prison population
Awaiting classification.
For reference for anyone else following this request, currently the latest prison population statistics reported by the Department of Corrections are f...
c a, many websites publish information across more than one page, generally putting those pages in the same section of the website. Often, it is possib...
Temporary additional support
Refused.
After I tagged MSD in a tweet about this accessibility issue, they emailed me the URLs from this response letter. Here is their email:
"Good afternoo...
Temporary additional support
Refused.
It's a shame MSD decided to print and then scan this document instead of releasing it in its original format.
Though they do appear to have at least...
Police have asserted that they don't hold the information you have requested. This seems unlikely, given they must certainly know whom these PSOs have...
Permanent member of household definition
Information not held.
Agencies have a legal obligation, under section 14 of the Official Information Act, to transfer requests to another agency when they don't hold the req...
Facial Recognition Technologies
Successful.
You could ask Police to provide an accessible copy, if necessary. I've had success with this approach before, though usually I've already asked for it...
Facial Recognition Technologies
Successful.
It's a real shame Police has chosen to release all this information in an inaccessible format. It looks like the response is 196 pages of images of tex...
Poilce use of social media surveillance tools
Successful.
To be absolutely clear, this statement from Police is not true:
"Without this evidence, we are unable to proceed with your request."
They are liter...
Poilce use of social media surveillance tools
Successful.
Agencies are under no obligation to request proof of eligibility, and should not do so without a genuine reason to do so.
The Ombudsman's guideline o...
New Police Pursuits Policy
Successful.
Nice to see Police providing some detail here around why the response will likely be delayed, even though they're not trying to extend the deadline.
The response to these questions has been sent to the email address for the original request, and can be found here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/11337-ta...
OIA Request: Custodial Practice Manual 2021
Partially successful.
Alternately, I suppose Corrections could argue that they have communicated their decision to release the information I have requested, and their "by th...
OIA Request: Custodial Practice Manual 2021
Partially successful.
I've annotated my request as partially complete because Corrections answered part 1 of my request (the Custodial Practice Manual is not up to date) but...
NZ Police has missed the extended legal deadline for this request. I have lodged a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman about this unlawful delay...
Double-bunking and sexual assault 2020
Successful.
The Department of Corrections has missed the extended legal deadline for this request. I have lodged a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman about...
Double-bunking and sexual assault 2020
Successful.
I'm beginning to think that the Department of Corrections is avoiding giving precise answers to my questions about their extension because they don't h...
Prisoner Incentive Framework
Awaiting classification.
The Department of Corrections's apparent policy of abusing the Official Information Act's lack of a requirement that notices of extension must be sent...
Temporary carriage of firearms directives
Partially successful.
It's been over six months. I guess Police are just not going to answer this question.
Xmas party costs
Successful.
What delay are you referring to? The days from 25 December to 15 January are not considered working days under the Official Information Act. Though you...
Compensation for covid vaccine damage
Successful.
It looks like a couple of the URLs haven't been correctly converted back into text after the Ministry of Health printed the document, signed it, scanne...
I've sent some follow-up questions to Police here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/14472-tactical-options-reporting-data-january-december-2018-follow-up-que...
Here's a link to my original request: https://fyi.org.nz/request/11337-tactical-options-reporting-data-january-december-2018
Details of firearms handed in as part of "buyback"
Partially successful.
Have you been able to download the data from the "Firearms buy-back scheme data" page as a spreadsheet, as Police said you could? As far as I can tell,...
Information on single sex and co-educational secondary schools
Partially successful.
They're visible at the bottom if you click "show quoted sections":
1. https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/directories/list-of-nz-schools
2. https:/...
