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Staffing allocations and Entitlements for All Roopu at Richmond Road School
Request to Richmond Road School by Mameroa David. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
I have removed the notice saying the school is not clearing emails, now we are emailing the principal directly.
Oliver
FYI.org.nz volunteer
Active Client Border Alerts
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by John Harpley. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
John, thanks for marking this request as successful, and I'm glad you received your information. I assume they must have sent it to you outside of FYI....
Kaiwharawhara station closure
Request to Wellington Regional Council by Rutger Keijser. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Luke, I have managed to download the engineering report ok (in Chrome on Windows). Can you try again? Make sure choose to download the PDF, not view as...
New Zealand's intended contribution to the new global climate change agreement
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Simon Johnson. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
IANAL but if the comment was communicated to MfE but not recorded - or has since been destroyed - then that sounds like a breach of the Public Records...
Adoption of children in NZ by gay and lesbian people
Request to Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children by Briar Babington. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Information not held.
The email addresses hidden above are:
1. courtstats@justice.govt.nz
2. info@dia.govt.nz
Oliver
FYI.org.nz volunteer
Rail Cost Benefit
Successful.
The Ministerial Services address your follow-up went to is a treasury.govt.nz address.
I'll move your request anyway as it improves our metadata.
Saudi farm sheep export - export decision and subsequent animal health
Request to Ministry for Primary Industries by Alan Shaw. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Handled by post.
From MFAT:
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Hi Oliver,
The response is close to 1000 pages long. On the advice of our IT division, we have not attempted to scan it. We have spok...
Compensating a Saudi Business man, Hamood Al Ali Al Khalaf,
Request to Minister of Trade by Caroline Evans. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Handled by post.
From MFAT:
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Hi Oliver,
The response is close to 1000 pages long. On the advice of our IT division, we have not attempted to scan it. We have spok...
Saudi farm sheep export - export decision and subsequent animal health
Request to Ministry for Primary Industries by Alan Shaw. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Handled by post.
Response from MFAT:
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Hi Oliver,
Thank you for your email. Unfortunately the documents requested are too big to upload to the website, and are pa...
Compensating a Saudi Business man, Hamood Al Ali Al Khalaf,
Request to Minister of Trade by Caroline Evans. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Handled by post.
Response from MFAT:
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Hi Oliver,
Thank you for your email. Unfortunately the documents requested are too big to upload to the website, and are pa...
Saudi farm sheep export - export decision and subsequent animal health
Request to Ministry for Primary Industries by Alan Shaw. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Handled by post.
I have sent MFAT an upload URL for this request.
Compensating a Saudi Business man, Hamood Al Ali Al Khalaf,
Request to Minister of Trade by Caroline Evans. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Handled by post.
I have sent MFAT an upload URL for this request.
Background around decision on "vexacious" OIA requests
Request to Taranaki Regional Council by Gavin Millar. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Part of the response is still at the blog post linked above.
However, if the original requester would like to send the original response files to r...
Paper Certificate costs
Request to New Zealand Qualifications Authority by Cody C. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Hi Cody, thanks for pasting the response you got.
Can you say how the authority contacted you outside FYI, how they found your contact details (if yo...
I've redacted your address for privacy. I note Treasury said they would use your private address for any "clarifications".
However, should they co...
Amount spent on cellphones by Prime Minister
Request to Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services by Alex Harris. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Partially successful.
That's because the agency is the Parliamentary Service, which is not subject to the OIA - so he cannot formally transfer the request.
However, we do...
Request for GWRC "Plan B" and supporting correspondance
Request to Wellington Regional Council by Tony Randle. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Partially successful.
I've moved the above acknowledgement response from request #2674 to which it was sent erroneously by WRC.
Sea level rise statistics
Request to Ministry for the Environment by Warwick Schaffer. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Information not held.
Anyone can post a response to a request if they know its unique email address (from which the site emailed the authority). When an authority transfers...
All Catch Data for NZ Inshore Fishing Vessels
Request to Ministry for Primary Industries by Graham Carter. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Refused.
A response from the authority has been removed at their request as it mistakenly included a response to a non-FYI request. I have asked the authority t...
Alleged fishing quota anomalies
Request to Ministry for Primary Industries by Graham Carter. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Refused.
A response from the authority has been removed at their request as it mistakenly included a response to a non-FYI request. I have asked the authority t...
Further statistics on digital searches in 2013
Request to New Zealand Customs Service by Alex Harris. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Refused.
Alex, this decision is very interesting and will have implications for many requests. Are you able to publish the decision somewhere?
Request for information on the $6M Subsidy needed for the Capital Connection
Partially successful.
This is a pretty poor response. There's almost nothing of use unredacted in the letter, not even the $6m already public. I wonder what they redacted f...
Advice on regional research institutes
Request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment by Alex Harris. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
An examination of our mail logs showed an unusual error message from MORST's mail server when this request was sent. I have resent it now.
I'm very...
Distribution of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) document to other agencies
Request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Nigel Jones. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Successful.
Resent (successfully) as MFAT blocked the first attempt as spam.
Note this adds two working days to the response due date above.
Traffic signal violation statistics
Request to New Zealand Transport Agency by Greg Bodnar. Annotated by Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) on .
Partially successful.
Good response, but I can't see anywhere they identify the timeframe of the crash & injury statistics. It must be 4 or more years given the comment abou...