Mark Hanna
Joined FYI in 2013
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Fatal shootings by NZ Police
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The IPCA has today released its report into the fatal shooting of Donald Ineson on 25 November 2018: https://www.ipca.govt.nz/Site/publications-and-med...
Just a note on section 18(d) refusals like this. If any of the information you have asked for is not present in the document Oranga Tamariki has publis...
It sounds like the reason for this delay is that the people responsible for conducting that review and providing that feedback had "competing work prio...
Fatal shootings by NZ Police
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In case the links in Police's response might break one day, here is a list of the names:
27/10/1990 Paul Melvin Stowers
14/11/1990 David Malcolm Gr...
Fatal shootings by NZ Police
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Yeah that was a bit odd eh? Still, it gives me the information I was looking for. And being from an official source, that means it can be more useful f...
Amount of complaints made to the OPC under the Privacy Act 2020
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Sure, but the OPC has a responsibility under section 13 of the OIA to give reasonable assistance to requesters. In this context it seems entirely reaso...
Amount of complaints made to the OPC under the Privacy Act 2020
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I think I understand the confusion. As the Office of the Privacy Commissioner pointed out, the Privacy Act 2020 only came into force today, 1 December....
Double-bunking and sexual assault 2020
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The 2017 request I mentioned is also available on FYI: https://fyi.org.nz/request/6465-double-bunking-and-sexual-assault
Relevant chapters of the police manual on deaths in police custody
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Your request was for one or more entire chapters of the Police manual. Though Police have only provided an excerpt from one chapter, they have not give...
Copies of Data Sharing MOU’s
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Shane Gibson. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
You're likely aware of this already, but the OIA only allows for the clock to be restarted in that way if the agency asked for clarification within 7 w...
This is unacceptable, you should complain to the Ombudsman.
Police refused your request in June, saying it would be publicly available "soon". Clearl...
Request for research referred to in GCSB document 'Diversity is our first line of defence'.
Request to Government Communications Security Bureau by Jennifer MacKinnon. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
Long overdue.
For the record, because section 12(1AA) of the OIA allows that requests can be communicated in any form and do not need to refer to the Act, this means...
Missing documents from Privacy Act requests
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You should absolutely complain about this response to the Office of the Ombudsman: https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/what-we-can-help/complaints-abou...
Missing documents from Privacy Act requests
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It doesn't look like they're going to budge. I recommend you lay a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman, as there is no clear genuine need for So...
This lengthy delay is clearly not reasonable, I recommend that you complain to the Ombudsman.
The guideline on refusing requests under section 18(d)...
Missing documents from Privacy Act requests
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Southern Response is lying when they tell you that they need to confirm that you meet the eligibility requirements under the OIA. This is a purely disc...
Asylum Seekers In NZ Prisons
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Section 14 of the Official Information Act requires that agencies must transfer requests within 10 working days of receiving them, unless the timeframe...
Request for Health Report
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You might want to consider laying a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman over this refusal. It's quite possible that this planned will be delayed...
COVID 19 Protocols and wider public safeguards
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I would also recommend you lay a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman given Police's response to your request was unlawfully delayed by 11 workin...
COVID 19 Protocols and wider public safeguards
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Is it just me, or did Police forget to attach a bunch of documents?
The response letter refers to several documents that Police oddly say they "can p...
Prisoners incarcerated for violent crimes
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I have sent a follow-up to my formal complaint to RNZ, referencing this response.
Prisoners incarcerated for violent crimes
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I have reiterated my request for urgency because I would still like to add further evidence to my complaint before the Media Council's deadline passes....
Polcing on Pitcairn Island
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Last year, I was advised by NZ Police's senior advisor Renee Maunder that Police should not be demanding proof of eligibility in this way. I recommend...
Prisoners incarcerated for violent crimes
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At this point, I don't think the Department of Corrections has given adequate consideration of my request that they respond urgently, so I can use thei...
Prisoners incarcerated for violent crimes
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Today, RNZ has published the same claim again, from a third Corrections source:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/425389/pepper-spray-use-rises-in-...
