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Guides
Commonly used guides include:
- The OIA for Ministers and agencies
- The LGOIMA for local government agencies
- Making official information requests: a guide for requesters
Detailed guidance on the official information legislation and aspects of good administrative practice.
We also have guidance on disability rights and protected disclosures.
Case notes and opinions
Case notes are a short case summary, often demonstrating an aspect of a case.
An Ombudsman's Opinion is published where there is public interest in showing the full details of a case.
Reports
Reports include OPCAT, disability rights, official information practice and systemic investigation.
Outreach
Contains our media releases, newsletters, pamphlets, speeches and fact sheets. Fact sheets are published in multiple language and accessible formats.
Corporate documents
This includes our annual reports and strategic intentions.
Projects, reference and data
This includes our official information complaints data, updates on investigations and other projects, and submissions by the Ombudsman.
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Template letters and work sheets
These template letters and work sheets can be used by agencies to help respond to official information requests.
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Ombudsman Quarterly Review Spring 2017
Ombudsman Quarterly Reviews (OQR)In this OQR: engagement in the Pacific, the Ombudsman's Annual Report 2016/17, a Disability Rights update, Experts by Experience on our OPCAT visits, agency progress on the OIA, PrivacyLive on Right to Know DayThe critical factors of excellence
SpeechesChief Ombudsman Peter Boshier's address to the 2017 Sir Paul Callaghan Eureka! Award finalists' dinner.Ombudsman Quarterly Review Winter 2017
Ombudsman Quarterly Reviews (OQR)The latest Ombudsman Quarterly Review updates you on the work of our Office, from investigating alleged ministerial interference in an OIA response to leading a pilot prison inspection in Melbourne.Update from the Office of the Ombudsman
SpeechesRead the Chief Ombudsman's address to the Mental Health Nurses Section of the NZ Nurses Organisation.Ombudsman Quarterly Review Autumn 2017
Ombudsman Quarterly Reviews (OQR)Autumn 2017 edition of the Ombudsman Quarterly Review covers whistleblowing, budget funding, taser footage, OIA improvements, and more.Inside the Office of the Ombudsman
SpeechesAn update on what's going on in the Office of the Ombudsman to increase openness, accountability, and good administration. Speech by Chief Ombudsman Judge Peter Boshier.Ombudsman Quarterly Review Summer 2017
Ombudsman Quarterly Reviews (OQR)The Summer edition of the Ombudsman Quarterly Review is now available. This issue includes: