Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer)
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Request for details of search warrant executed at NZ address
Request to New Zealand Police by Christian Larsen. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Partially successful.
This response from Police is curious and a bit disingenuous.
Releasable information is either official (releasable publicly under OIA) or private (re...
Length of time to provide information to requesters
Request to Ministry of Justice by Ross Francis. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Partially successful.
Justice have contacted me about the delivery of this request. We log all failed deliveries (blocks or bounces). There are no such failed deliveries to...
OIA: Greenpeace
Request to Government Communications Security Bureau by W SHIH. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Refused.
Our logs don't show any bounce or block of the original email. Resent.
Resend log reference:
REASON: 250 OK > 5822EE08-68C02302@mta1105
SMTP-ID: <o...
Delivering better broadband for Marlborough
Request to Marlborough District Council by Jonathan Brewer. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Partially successful.
Note that the authority has miscalculated the due date by one day; ours is correct: 8 November.
This can be confirmed using the due date calculator o...
What proportion of revenue and investment into RadioNZ is from foreign interests?
Request to Radio New Zealand Limited by G. Reed. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Radio NZ is a Crown entity, which means it is owned entirely by the NZ government. http://www.radionz.co.nz/about
Their last annual report also seems...
Election STV Iteration Report
Request to Wairarapa District Health Board by David Friggens. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
The email address given in the autoreply is the same as the one we already use. It is possible the email was automatically forwarded at the DHB.
Bill,
Annotations such as this one (and yours above) do not get sent to the authority - they are only visible on the FYI website. To send a reply em...
Testing in Taukau for RCD
Request to Minister for Primary Industries by Gary Stephenson. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Information not held.
Hi Gary,
I see you marked this "not held", but there was no substantive response from Nathan Guy. Did his office contact you outside of FYI.org.nz?...
Use of IMSI Catcher(s) in the interception of Metadata
Request to New Zealand Police by Ben Gordon. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Refused.
Authorities cannot dictate the form or method of receiving OIA requests. As Police have already received your request, they must now respond to it by...
OIA request re Talleys group of companies
Request to Bay of Plenty Regional Council by Helen kelly. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Correction - we have server logs showing their server received the email on 17 September, not the 19 September they claim to have received it.
OIA request re Talleys group of companies
Request to Bay of Plenty Regional Council by Helen kelly. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Helen,
The council has miscalculated the due date. For the purposes of the LGOIMA, the "date received" is the date the email entered their system, no...
Information on Brain Leslie Everton
Request to Whanganui District Health Board by billie paki. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Your followups yesterday have bounced as FYI.org.nz cannot reach their email server.
I have attempted to find another email address on WDHB's website...
Wellington Birth Hub correspondence received
Request to Ministry of Health by Rob Gourdie. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Awaiting classification.
Rob - I resent the original request at the same time as my comment above (sorry, I should have have been clearer). I've also confirmed in our logs that...
Wellington Birth Hub correspondence received
Request to Ministry of Health by Rob Gourdie. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Awaiting classification.
I have examined our mail logs and found that the initial email was blocked by the ministry's mail server. This was not targeted at FYI.org.nz; rather...
I have examined our mail logs and found that the initial email was blocked by the ministry's mail server. This was not targeted at FYI.org.nz; rather...
I suggest complaining to the Ombudsman.
This appears to be a blanket withholding of the information without actually examining it. The High Court la...
Police Manual - Trespass chapter
Request to New Zealand Police by Laura Drew. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Above response transferred here on July 30th (authority sent it to the wrong address).
Defence Act authorisation for NZDF assistance in the Napier Shootings, which occurred from 7-9 May 2009.
Request to New Zealand Defence Force by Alex Hill. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Partially successful.
There was no authorisation: http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2009/05/defence-act-is-dead-letter.html?m=1
Privacy Commissioner and ACC complaints
Request to Accident Compensation Corporation by Lee M.. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Long overdue.
I apologise for the problem with the PDF on the request referenced above. The problem is entirely on our end, not the Privacy Commissioner.
Our softw...
Privacy Commissioner and ACC complaints
Request to Privacy Commissioner by David Lawson. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
David,
I apologise for the problem with the PDF on the request referenced above. The problem is entirely on our end, not the Privacy Commissioner....
Precise locations of fixed speed cameras
Successful.
I was going to contact Police for clarification on the email address comment above, until I examined the thread. We send new requests to information@ (...
Unfortunately our outgoing mail logs only go back 7 days, but bounces/blocks/failures are logged much longer and I can't see any failures for the schoo...
16 February 2016 Earthquake Aerial Survey Media
Request to Christchurch City Council by Cody C. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Handled by post.
I can send the authority a link to upload their response to the site. If you would like me to do this, please email me through requests@fyi.org.nz or u...
Keeping Motor Vehicle Register Information Private
Request to Ministry of Transport by Mr M Pritchard. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
You may already know this, but one way to opt-out is here: https://transact.nzta.govt.nz/transactions/PersonalInfoAccess/entry
The conflict of interest register of Blair Devlin, Resource Consenting Manager.
Request to Queenstown-Lakes District Council by Annie Weston. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Refused.
Our system doesn't let you email arbitrary addresses; if you choose to write a followup before Barbara is back from leave, then on the reply page you s...