Alex Harris
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This person's 467 Official Information requests (page 5)
Information sharing protocol with police
Response by Ministry of Social Development to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Alex Harris
Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Official Information Act request.
Nā mātou noa, nā
Official and Parliamen...
Hi Alex, see the list of potential road names as requested, thanks
Richard
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Hi Alex, please find attached the Waipa DC Road Naming Policy as
requested. This includes road renaming. The policy is currently being
reviewed, bu...
Hi Alex, have you had a reply from the Ombudsman about this?
Dear Alex
Please see our response to your OIA request. Many thanks.
Deborah Rogers | Information Advisor | Ōtākaro Limited
E: [email address]...
Submission to OIA review
Request to Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited by Alex Harris. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Airways has contacted FYI.org.nz to advise this request was not received as we used an incorrect email address. We do not have email logs back to 2012...
Policy for handling OIA requests
Successful.
An updated version of this document has been released: https://fyi.org.nz/request/5237-guidelines-for-processing-information-requests#incoming-17095
On what basis are you informed of prison visits by MPs?
Partially successful.
While this subsequent response addresses the questions to a greater degree than the first response, I am left feeling she does not directly answer the...
I clarified with the Office of the Ombudsman and they responded that AIAL is not subject to the OIA: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3115074-20...
Advice on lost property sales at airports
Partially successful.
I've tried to narrate the story that these documents reveal here: http://www.pundit.co.nz/content/worser-and-worser
Advice on making New Zealand predator-free
Response by Department of Conservation to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
I am away from the office from 11.30am today but will reply to your email
on Monday.
Regards
Sue
Caution - This message and accompanying...
Communications and advice about lost luggage bill
Response by Auckland Council to Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
Hi Alex,
Under the Auckland Airport Act 1987, Auckland International Airport is deemed to be an airport company. Airport authorities are covered by LG...
Note this response only appears to cover 'undercover agents' (undercover Police officers). In at least one well publicised case undercover Police infor...
How many schools were hacked in the past year?
Response by The Network for Learning Limited to Alex Harris on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Harris
Please find enclosed a response to your request for information.
regards,
Sandy Brown
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Sandy Brown
Government and Stakeholder Re...
Reports and briefings received in 2016
Response by Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Education to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Harris,
Please find attached a response to your OIA request of 5^th July 2016
relating to: “A list of all reports, briefings, memos or a...
Hi Alex
A response is attached regarding your Official Information Act Request.
Kind Regards
B Bell
Bronwyn Bell - Ministerial...
Use of social media monitoring tools by Police
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Harris
I am responding to your query about an official information response sent
to you by Police. Your comment reads: “I note that you...
Statistics on seclusion
Response by Capital and Coast District Health Board to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
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This email or attachment(s) may contain confidential or legally privileged information intended for the sole use of the addressee(s). Any use,...
Statistics on seclusion
Response by Canterbury District Health Board to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Kind regards
Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board and West Coast District Health Board
Project Facilitator, Planni...
Use of social media monitoring tools by MBIE
Response by Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Harris
Due to an administrative error, we sincerely apologise that you did not receive your response of 8 June 2016. Please find attached your...
Contract for leak investigation
Response by Public Service Commission to Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora Alex
OUR REF: SSCOIA 06/16/06
Please find attached SSC’s response to your OIA request dated 23 June
2016.
Nga mihi
Alistai...
Dear Alex
Please find attached Auckland DHB’s response to your OIA request dated 8
June 2016.
Regards
Elaine Keenan
PA to Marlene...
Statistics on seclusion
Response by Bay of Plenty District Health Board to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
On behalf of Helen Mason, Chief Executive
Alex,
Please find below answers to your questions as per your Official
Information Act request d...
Statistics on seclusion
Response by Counties Manukau District Health Board to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Dear Alex
Please find attached our response to your OIA request below.
Kind regards
Lyn
Lyn Butler
Board Secretary I EA t...
Fisheries prosecution statistics
Response by Ministry for Primary Industries to Alex Harris on .
Successful.
Dear Alex Harris
On behalf of Stephanie Rowe, Director – Compliance, Ministry for Primary
Industries, please find attached MPI’s response to you...
This person's 183 annotations (page 5)
Cancellation of passports for "national security"
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Partially successful.
Info on pre-2012 cancellation is here:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/how_many_passports_have_been_can
This seems like useful information; anyone want to crowdsource it?
This is what happens if you make lots of requests within a short timeframe, particularly if those requests are broad. I'd suggest scaling back your num...
Discrict court transcipt and judgement
Partially successful.
Court transcripts are not "official information" - see s2(6) OIA. You need to apply to the appropriate District Court Registrar under rule 3.19 of the...
Entertainment by accounting or legal consultancies
Waiting clarification.
You might be able to dig the details out of here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/1332-copy-of-gift-register
KFC Share Holdings
Request to Minister for Social Development by Bryce (Account suspended). Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Technically should have been refused on the basis that its not official information.
Grounds for search of electronic devices at the border
Partially successful.
See the definition of "working day" in the OIA. Any day between December 25 and january 15 doesn't count. Unfortunately, FYI's working day calculator d...
Implementation of Bazley Inquiry recommendations
Successful.
A complaint has now been lodged with the Ombudsman over the effective refusal of this request.
This will be interesting. The "cybersecurity" function (which would presumably be the justification for such a deployment) is only tangentially related...
Evil reptilian?
Information not held.
I predict a s18(f) refusal on the basis that the information cannot be found or does not exist.
GoCard card information
Successful.
I recommend taking it to the Ombudsman on the following grounds:
- the grounds cited do not appear to be relevant to all the information requested. In...
Grounds for search of electronic devices at the border
Partially successful.
Looking at this request, i would expect much of it to be refused or heavily redacted under s6(c) - maintenance of law and order. In that context, talki...
Contracts to members of the committee for auckland and New Zealand Council for infrastructure
Successful.
Their answer to Q 2 is dodgy. Surely they could have asked Spotless to tell them?
Policy on dogs
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I find it useful to include boilerplate statig that I am an NZ citizen in all my requests. Any refusal to accept that statement can then be challenged...
Likewise stolen. Perhaps we should ask all local authorities this question?
Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme
Refused.
This attempt to refuse for lack of "due particularity" is absurd. It is very clear what you want - correspondence within the department and to the Mini...
Air New Zealand Environment Trust
Refused.
This should have gone to the Minister of Ministerial Services
Ombudsman. There's no evidence they considered the very substantial public interest in release.
Email metadata
Refused.
And the request makes the media:
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/nbpol/1252428024-request-for-pm-s-email-data-declined
License plate tracking in NZ
Partially successful.
They haven't answered question 3 around retention policies.
if this is for Chch, why are you asking Wellington?
Parking Meters
Successful.
I think you're crossing the line into being vexatious here. They gave you a response back in May. You obviously don't like that response. But asking re...
Fingerprint manuals
Partially successful.
The s18(e) refusal of the chapter on "fingerprints for other agencies" is odd, given that they said they had such a chapter here: https://fyi.org.nz/re...
Party candidate lists 1996-2008
Long overdue.
You can just get this information from Wikipedia, or from the post-election reports on http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/
Titles of Cabinet Papers Presented to Last Cabinet and Cabinet Committee Meetings
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Joshua Grainger. Annotated by Alex Harris on .
Refused.
Ombudsman. 9(2)(f)(iv) is unlikely to apply to 2009 Cabinet business as it is unlikely to be still requiring a decision after 4 years. 9(2)(f) (ii) and...
