Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer)
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Documents that define, attempt to define, explain, or attempt to explain the word "surveillance"
Request to Government Communications Security Bureau by Matthew Leach. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Hi Matthew,
Unfortunately you sent your follow-up after we got the site back online, but before we finished processing the email backlog.
As you ca...
Communication information
Request to Minister for Social Development by Lee M.. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Refused.
I agree - and suggest a followup clarifying that the specific things requested are posed in the general, not specific to your daughter's case.
Access to the Motor Vehicle register by Wilson Parking
Request to New Zealand Transport Agency by David Burgess. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Thinking about this further, the next requests to make would probably be to each of the Privacy Commissioner, the Chief Ombudsman, the Commissioner of...
Access to the Motor Vehicle register by Wilson Parking
Request to New Zealand Transport Agency by David Burgess. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
It looks like S 241(1)(a) does allow them to make authorisations "for specified purposes (in addition to the purposes recognised by section 235)" - tha...
Otago Rural Fire Authority under OFA
Request to Minister of Internal Affairs by James Russell. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Partially successful.
I think the answer to the question of why any given authority is not scheduled under the OIA is the same as why any law is or isn't on the books: becau...
Names of the members of the Renumeration Authority.
Request to Public Service Commission by Matthew Hatton. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Isn't this what you're after? http://remauthority.govt.nz/about-rem-authority/authority-members/
[Resend] Guidelines on interpreting and translation
Request to Hutt District Health Board by Alex Harris. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
I will update FYI's email address for the DHB as per the response above.
It seems emailing direct to the CEO and complaining to the ombudsman has cau...
Sativex Prescription funding by ACC
Request to Accident Compensation Corporation by Shane Le Brun. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Refused.
ACC has decided to combine this request with #2393: https://www.fyi.org.nz/request/2393-crps-statistics#incoming-7823
Lease Methodology
Request to New Plymouth District Council by wayne beggs. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Handled by post.
Hi Wayne - this is very unusual. Would you mind noting here the methods by which the council contacted you (e.g. phone, email, post) and how they obta...
Meetings with members of the public since the election
Partially successful.
Provincial holidays are not considered by the OIA (Section 2(1)) so it is an ordinary working day.
working day means any day of the week other than—...
Guidelines on interpreting and translation
Request to Hutt District Health Board by Alex Harris. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
I'm not certain where our email address originally came from (it's not on their site or domain records now anyway). The mailbox seems to be a black ho...
Staff bonus and reward system
Request to Ministry of Social Development by James Russell. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
They actually have until Jan 19. The OIA counts 25 Dec through 15 Jan as non-working days. An oversight on FYI means we didn't have those dates set u...
Release reasoning behind selecting new travel card
Information not held.
Hi Owen,
1. I believe the authority responsible for public transport including ticketing systems is the Wellington Regional Council, not the Wellingt...
Benefit fraud - recover of money obtained by fraud
Request to Ministry of Justice by Katherine Raue. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Long overdue.
Katherine, I have hidden your annotation. Please read our moderation policy: https://fyi.org.nz/request/1289-benefit-fraud-recover-of-money-obtained-b...
Subsidiaries of Kordia
Request to Kordia Group Limited by Alex Harris. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
I've asked Kordia for an updated email address and will let you know how I get on.
Number of deaths of beneficiaries transitioning from sickness benefit to jobseeker allowance
Request to Ministry of Social Development by A. Wood. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Refused.
I'm not sure why the PDF download is getting mangled, but you can still see the response in the View as HTML link - so I will mark this request as succ...
Advice on anti-gang programme
Request to Minister of Police by Alex Harris. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Partially successful.
Following the recent appointment of ministers, I've changed the Minister of Police address to go to Hon Michael Woodhouse. Send a reply, make sure to c...
Representatives for the NSA
Request to Minister Responsible for the GCSB by B M. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Refused.
Note that as of the appointments announced 6 Oct (to be appointed at ceremony 8 Oct) the minister responsible for GCSB has changed from John Key to Chr...
2011 Unenrolled voters prosecuted
Successful.
I don't think EC are responsible for prosecution, so they will probably only tell you how many they referred to Police (probably zero). I recommend you...
Dr Vic Du Plessis
Request to Accident Compensation Corporation by David Nicholas. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Refused.
In my view they are being a bit unreasonable insisting on an "original" of a short list of types of document. Merely providing a New Zealand postal add...
Does ACC purchase high value information?
Request to Accident Compensation Corporation by David Nicholas. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Regarding some of the annotations above..
Please keep things polite and treat other users with respect. Annotations are to help people get the inform...
Here is the previous request (also refused) referred to in the response: https://www.fyi.org.nz/request/undercover_procedures_manual
Also in response...
Fire safety check documentation
Request to Dunedin City Council by Nicolas Bosma. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Nicolas, did you receive the material from DCC?
Properties owned by WCC
Request to Wellington City Council by Nic Lane. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Nic, there was an issue with the FYI email server on about 31 Jul - 1 Aug, so WCC's response might have been affected by that.
You might want to ask...
Vulnerable Children's Bill overview (cabinet paper)
Request to Ministry of Social Development by Phoebe Harrop. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Long overdue.
Phoebe, did you ever receive a response (perhaps outside of FYI)?
