Media releases
Joint media statement: International Right to Know Day
Office of the Ombudsman | September 21, 2018
Australia and New Zealand’s Information Access Commissioners join together in support of International Right to Know Day, 28 September 2018.
Ombudsman releases latest OIA data
Office of the Ombudsman | September 5, 2018
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier today released his latest Official Information Act data, which shows there has been a rise in the number of complaints received.
Chief Ombudsman calls for Whanganui Prison to urgently address inmate violence and intimidation
Office of the Ombudsman | September 4, 2018
The Chief Ombudsman's report has been tabled in Parliament this afternoon after his inspectors made a full, unannounced inspection of Whanganui Prison in February.
Chief Ombudsman releases opinion on Auckland Council complaint
Office of the Ombudsman | July 25, 2018
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has asked Auckland Council to apologise to Radio New Zealand over the way the Council dealt with a request for official information.
Chief Ombudsman welcomes Christchurch City Council information release
Office of the Ombudsman | July 5, 2018
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has welcomed today’s decision by the Christchurch City Council to release the information regarding the cost of the digital touch-wall in its new library.
Chief Ombudsman’s investigation begins into Auckland Councillors’ stadium complaints
Office of the Ombudsman | June 14, 2018
The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is to conduct a formal investigation into two complaints from Auckland Councillors about the release of the central city stadium reports.
Ombudsman’s Office to take role in monitoring private aged care facilities / court cells
Office of the Ombudsman | June 6, 2018
The Office of the Ombudsman will soon be monitoring the treatment of patients in privately run aged care facilities and detainees in court cells, which amounts to a major expansion of the Office's work and mandate.
Free and frank advice and the Official Information Act
Office of the Ombudsman | May 11, 2018
How do we strike the right balance between enabling confidential consideration of free and frank advice, and enabling the public to access official information to support open government? Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier discusses in a new Victoria University Policy Quarterly article.
Aircraft landing limits in Fiordland National Park
April 24, 2018
Ombudsman Leo Donnelly today released his Final Opinion concerning aircraft landing limits for Ngapunatoru Plateau in Fiordland National Park.
Operation Burnham: Final Opinion released
Office of the Ombudsman | April 9, 2018
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier today released his Final Opinion on five complaints concerning the New Zealand Defence Force’s withholding of information related to Operation Burnham in Afghanistan in 2010.
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