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Investigation into reduction of funding for care of adult disabled children
OpinionsMr Cliff Robinson was a plaintiff in the Atkinson v Ministry of Health case which won the right for parents of intellectually disabled adult children to be paid for the care of their children.Request for information relating to request for inquiry into convictions of Peter Ellis
OpinionsDr Lynley Hood and Dr Don Brash, the complainants, requested information held by the Ministry of Justice relating to their request to the Minister of Justice, Hon Amy Adams (the Minister), for a Commission of Inquiry into the Peter Ellis case.Investigation into SSC conduct of MFAT leaks inquiry
OpinionsThis investigation was triggered by a complaint about an inquiry by the State Services Commission (SSC), which culminated in the publication of the Report to the State Services Commissioner on the Investigation into the Possible Unauthorised DRequest for health practitioner’s complaint history with HDC
OpinionsThe requester, a reporter at the Otago Daily Times (ODT), sought details of complaints made to the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) against a midwife.Request for information relating to the business case for Wiri Prison
OpinionsMax Rashbrooke asked the Department of Corrections (the Department) for copies of reports to Government entitled ‘Business Case Prison Capacity Supply & Procurement 2010 – 2019’ (First Business Case) and ‘Detailed (Stage Two) Business CRequest for surgical complications data
OpinionsThe New Zealand Herald made a request to five District Health Boards (DHBs) for information about the nature and outcomes of public hospital work by cardiothoracic surgeons and neurosurgeons.Investigation into availability of FairWay Reviewers’ Benchbook under the Official Information Act
OpinionsA requester asked FairWay Resolution Ltd (FairWay) for a copy of a FairWay document known as the Reviewers’ Benchbook.Investigation into prisoner's right to exercise at Auckland Prison
OpinionsThe complainant, Mr Arthur Taylor, was held in Auckland Prison’s D Block. In August 2014, he made a complaint that the Department of Corrections (the Department) was denying D Block prisoners the opportunity to exercise in the open air.Investigation of limited access to Ministry of Health influenza vaccine adverse reaction reports
OpinionsThe complainant, Mr Ron Law, requested information held by the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe), a Ministry of Health business unit, concerning adverse reactions to influenza vaccines in 2010 and 2011.Legal professional privilege outweighed by significant public interest in release of information
OpinionsHealth researcher Professor Cindy Farquhar complained about a decision made by the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) to refuse her request for a copy of two legal opinions, one from Health Legal, the other from Crown Law (the legal opinions).Request for the identities of members of the public making submissions and PHARMAC staff involved in decision making on funding of drug
OpinionsTony Wall made a request to PHARMAC for information about the decision to fund the blood thinning drug dabigatran.Requests for information regarding ministerial conflicts of interest
OpinionsIn late 2009 and early 2010 a number of requesters sought a range of information regarding ministerial conflicts of interest.Request for taser camera footage (subjects gave consent to release)
OpinionsIn this opinion, the subjects of the footage gave written confirmation that they were happy for the footage to be released.Request for list of titles and dates of reports and briefings received by the Minister from specified government agencies
OpinionsOn 22 January 2009 the Office of the Leader of the Opposition (the complainant) requested from the Minister of Finance a list of all reports and briefings, by title and date, received from any government departments since 9 November 2008, in relat