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From the Newsroom
July 27, 2017
Final opinion on KiwiRail OIA issue
The Chief Ombudsman has released his opinion on KiwiRail’s management of an OIA request for the Third Main business case
July 14, 2017
Privacy interests outweighed by public interest
Case note: Ombudsman Leo Donnelly found that Peter Thiel's privacy interest was outweighed by the strong public interest in accountability and transparency of decision making.
July 14, 2017
Available vs accessible: a prisoner's request for information
Case note: Although information requested from Police by a prisoner was publicly available, refusing the request was not reasonable as the prisoner could not access the internet.
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