Mark Hanna
Joined FYI in 2013
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Timeliness of my OIA requests using FYI: https://cipscis.github.io/charter/oia.html
Timeliness of my OIA requests using FYI: https://cipscis.github.io/charter/oia.html
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It's a shame ACC chose to release this information in such an inaccessible format. The PDF they have released is watermarked and impossible to search,...
It's incredibly disappointing that NZ Police have ignored your clear request that the information you asked for should be released in a searchable form...
Fatal shootings by NZ Police
Successful.
Regarding the part of my request that deals with cases where Police shot someone who died, but may not have died because they were shot, a New Zealand...
OIA Procedures
Successful.
Interesting. Police miscalculated the due date of one of my recent OIA requests as well. Though when I asked for clarification, like you have, they wer...
Type information held at the police
Long overdue.
It's disappointing that Police took 14 working days longer than they were legally allowed to respond to this request, without a valid reason for extend...
Huh, I'm surprised to hear that chiropractors have been categorised as an essential service. I see in this Stuff article that the approval has come und...
Companies receiving COVID-19 wage subsidy
Long overdue.
It seems unusual that MSD has told you that parts of your request are refused because the information is publicly available using the search function,...
OIA Authorisation and Training of the National Manager Response and Operations
Partially successful.
I still haven't received any response from Police. My request asking about this one is now 25 working days unlawfully overdue, and this request is now...
Searches of prisoners
Awaiting classification.
I would recommend you ask the Department of Corrections to re-send this information in an accessible format, such as a spreadsheet for tabular data....
Searches of prisoners
Awaiting classification.
I see the Department of Corrections continues to choose to use the inaccessible format of image-based PDFs for their OIA response letters, and it seems...
OIA Authorisation and Training of the National Manager Response and Operations
Partially successful.
This request is now 106 working days overdue. Police have told me I can expect a response this week to my OIA request asking about this one. That reque...
Information gathered during review of proactive publication of Cabinet Papers
Partially successful.
I see the State Services Commission has ignored this part of your request:
"Also pursuant to section 16 of the OIA I request that the attachments are...
Demograph of students suspended or expelled, Schools plan to prevent institutional racism
Long overdue.
Mt Roskill Grammar's response to this request is months overdue. Have they been in touch with you off the FYI website to provide this information?
OIA Authorisation and Training of the National Manager Response and Operations
Partially successful.
Police's response to this request is now 98 working days unlawfully overdue.
I asked them last month to confirm that they had not forgotten about thi...
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Request to New Zealand Police by [User 7569 name removed] (Account suspended). Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
Information not held.
I'd urge you to lay a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman regarding NZ Police's unacceptable delay in their initial response to your request, ha...
Authority under law to carry firearms
Successful.
If you don't receive a response by the end of tomorrow, I recommend you lay a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman.The Official Information Act o...
Prison phone service
Successful.
Unfortunately the Department of Corrections chose to use an inaccessible image-based PDF format for their response letter, which makes it impossible to...
Main subject of complaints against Police
Successful.
The response letter says "Please find attached the Police Professional Conduct data now displayed on the Police Website" but this data does not appear...
Records of theft at National Party Headquarters of laptops
Partially successful.
Just a reminder that annotations on FYI aren't sent to the agency, so NZ Police won't have been sent my previous annotation.
Records of theft at National Party Headquarters of laptops
Partially successful.
Police may try to "restart the clock" on this request when they receive your response, citing section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act. However,...
OIA Authorisation and Training of the National Manager Response and Operations
Partially successful.
The OIA starts back up today after the summer break. Police's response to this request is now 65 working days overdue.
Location of red light cameras
Information not held.
Section 14 of the Official Information Act requires agencies to transfer requests in cases like this, where they do not hold the information that has b...
Information on privacy and data for Smart Homes Project
Long overdue.
This is a bizarre response. Kāinga Ora has simply not answered some of these questions, though they have also not given any reason (as required under t...
I'm not certain what guideline Police are quoting from here. However, this is not the first time I've seen Police claim that information is not held be...
Agreed. I laid a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman when Police first missed their extended due date, but I doubt they will get to the bottom o...