Mike McGavin
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This person's 1 Official Information request
This morning I received a PDF response to my follow-up query via direct email, from Grant Baker (Deputy Director General, Business Services, who wrote...
This person's 27 annotations
Diane Calvert's Twitter account
Awaiting classification.
Just a thought from an observer - you probably don't need an LGOIMA request to get this info. Tweets are already public, and it's just Twitter prevent...
I'm not from DOC or a lawyer (just random commenting), but the DOC's online DOCGIS land database indicates that Carnival Park Scenic Reserve is definit...
Further information : Rate for staying in huts for residents and non residents
Awaiting classification.
Well I'd certainly be asking the Ombudsman to follow up on and clarify the use of Legal Professional Privilege as grounds to restrict release of advice...
Hunua ranges 1080
Partially successful.
Hi Jacinta. You might want to talk to Watercare or Auckland Council if you haven't already. See the test results from the 24-September update in the...
Request for post-mortem results
Successful.
To annotate, this request seems to have been accidentally answered in the wrong place. DOC's response is at https://fyi.org.nz/request/8233-northland-...
Northland region Kiwi deaths
Successful.
Hello. Just to annotate, it looks like there's been a mix-up with FYI requests. DOC's response to this request appears to actually be a response to Ll...
Location of visitor centres
Successful.
Hi Oliver. I won't apologise for DOC's OIA response practices, but which geoportal are you referring to? I can already see the Visitor Centres on DOC...
Hi Steph.
Depending on how the request is interpreted, I suspect it could be a massive list, and DOC might not be able to compile it without a big wo...
Incidents in Fiordland national parks.
Successful.
Hi Matthew. If DoC doesn't transfer this themselves, you should consider redirecting the request to both Police and to Maritime NZ. The RCCNZ inside MN...
Source code of Budget 2012 App
Refused.
Eion, where have you seen information that the app contains GPL'd code?
Ken Ring
Successful.
Actually I notice the most recent OIA request to Air NZ (via FYI) was refused on the grounds that "The Official Information Act applies only to Governm...
Ken Ring
Successful.
Thanks for that. Did you consider asking Air New Zealand? I believe it's also subject to the OIA, unless it's already been sold off. In any case it'...
Ken Ring
Successful.
Hi Mark.
It sounds as if it's an effective denial on DOC's part, which I'd be happy to accept in the absence of material evidence.
If I can ask out...
Hmm. I/S pointed out to me (via Twitter) that this requirement for Ministerial authorisation of the military being helpful is only required for emerge...
I'm not an expert in this kind of stuff, but reading Section 9 of the Defence Act, it reads to me as if Ministerial authority (Prime Minister preferred...
Text messages sent by Cr Michael Laws
Partially successful.
I take it that this means if Michael Laws (or anyone) deletes significant work-related text messages from their phone as a matter of course without sto...
Text messages sent by Cr Michael Laws
Partially successful.
Maybe an ombudsman candidate, on the grounds that at least his work-related text messages should be covered?
It's a blurry line, but I would have thou...
Source code of Budget 2012 App
Refused.
Hi marty. On a re-read this morning, I realised you may have meant section 26 about Crown Copyright, where sub-section (1) states: "Where a work is ma...
Source code of Budget 2012 App
Refused.
Hi marty. I've taken a quick look as a non-lawyer. The closest thing I can easily find to that is section 62, but aside from not specifically applying...
Source code of Budget 2012 App
Refused.
Hi Joshua. I may have missed something, but why do you believe that Treasury owns the code?
At http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/budget-2012-goes-h...
Submission to OIA review
Refused.
If you'd like a timely response, I'd suggest contacting DoC directly to point out you've submitted an OIA request via FYI, even though you shouldn't ha...
This morning I received a PDF response to my follow-up query via direct email, from Grant Baker (Deputy Director General, Business Services, who wrote...
After another week of having no acknowledgement to my query, I emailed DoC directly on July 16th to ask for a status of my question. On July 18th I wa...
Response: Should be 'early next week'.
I've just emailed the following to the DOC staff member who notified me the request had been actioned:
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Sorry to be a bother again, but as the...
