The Ombudsman helps the community in its dealings with government agencies.
We handle complaints against government agencies and undertake investigations and inspections. We also encourage good administration by giving feedback and training to agencies. We will initiate our own investigations where we see the need.
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OIA Response Calculator
This calculates the maximum time limit within which a response must be sent to a requester by an agency.
Please note: Recent statutory changes to LGOIMA response times haven't been built into this calculator.
For more information about the changes to LGOIMA, please see our guide.
From the Newsroom
Media releases | April 30, 2019
Hawke’s Bay prisoners’ conditions and treatment improving
The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison has made significant progress towards improving prisoners’ safety but has been slow to improve conditions for remand and at risk prisoners. Mr Boshier has published his findings after an unannounced inspection of the prison in November last year.
Media releases | April 17, 2019
Awareness of whistle-blowing legislation alarmingly low
Public awareness of the Protected Disclosures Act (PDA) is very low, according to research undertaken on behalf of the Ombudsman.
Media releases | April 11, 2019
New guides—Commercial withholding grounds and consulting third parties
The Chief Ombudsman has published a new tranche of OIA guidance on the commercial withholding grounds and how to consult third parties before making a decision on an OIA request.
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