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  • Request for data on tooth decay in Taranaki children

    Case notes
    … Section 9(2)(a) OIA applied to identifying details (NHI number, addresses, … The DHB refused the request on privacy grounds (section 9(2)(a) Official Information Act (OIA)), saying that although …

  • Request for handwritten comments on draft walking and cycling strategy

    Case notes
    Release would inhibit willingness of Council staff to provide free and frank opinions on drafts circulated by colleagues, or to test the content and recommendations of such documents, which would undermine the accuracy and value of the material that eventuates—s 7(2)(f)(i) applies

  • Request for serious incident review

    Case notes
    Section 9(2)(a) OIA applied—although significant information was already in the public domain withholding was necessary to protect the family’s right to be left alone in circumstances where highly distressing events had resulted in significant media and

  • Request for whether company vehicles issued infringement notices

    Case notes
    Section 7(2)(a) LGOIMA did not apply—information about company not natural person—information released

  • Request for information about appointment of public service chief executive

    Case notes
    … Section 9(2)(a) applied to names of unsuccessful candidates—no public interest … 9(2)(a) and 9(2)(ba)(ii) did not apply to the names of external panellists—section 9(2)(a) did not apply to … … 376377 … Name … names … privacy … Privacy … officials … staff … Chief Executives … damage the public interest … …

  • Request for names of submitters who opposed an application by the Ban1080 party to register its name and logo

    Case notes
    … Section 9(2)(a) OIA applied—withholding necessary to protect the privacy … of the reasons for withholding. Privacy Section 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act (OIA) applies where …

  • Request for reports into prisoner deaths in custody

    Case notes
    Request for reports into deaths of two prisoners in custody—s 9(2)(a) applied to parts of reports—strong public interest in release—disclosure to the Howard League subject to conditions

  • Adequacy of ex gratia payment to remedy mistake by Customs

    Case notes
    NZ Customs officer rejected passenger on flight because water damage on passport—Ombudsman found officers failed to process the passport adequately and caused considerable cost to passenger because of this failure—complainant upheld and complainant received full payment to cover financial losses

  • Charge for the creation of statistics

    Case notes
    OIA and Charging Guidelines did not apply to request for statistics that were not held but could be created for a fee—fee for the creation of statistics was calculated in accordance with the agency’s Sales and Pricing Policy and was not unreasonable

  • Request for Pre-Cabinet précis briefings

    Case notes
    Disclosure of short and incisive pre-Cabinet briefings and risk assessments would inhibit future expression of free and frank opinions

  • Department of Internal Affairs provides reasonable service and advice to traveller on temporary passport

    Case notes
    Whether the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) reasonably handled revalidation of a passport for New Zealand citizen travelling on temporary passport—Ombudsman concluded DIA had made every effort to inform the complainant of the steps needed to have his passport validated

  • Request for deceased relative’s medical file

    Case notes
    Section 9(2)(a) OIA did not apply—no meaningful privacy interest in information about an individual deceased for nearly 90 years—information released

  • Charge for supply of animal usage statistics

    Case notes
    Cannot charge for decision making time—charge reduced

  • Request for documentation about ‘Ageing in Place’ contract

    Case notes
    Release of detailed proposals and component prices would have an adverse effect on tenderers’ responses to future tenders issued by the DHB, which would damage the public interest—s 9(2)(ba)(ii) OIA applies—release would have an inhibiting effect in future on the quality of the documentation associated with the DHB’s contract negotiations and tender evaluation, which would be prejudicial to the future conduct of such tenders—s 9(2)(g)(i) applies

  • Request for identities of contractors

    Case notes
    Privacy interest outweighed by overriding public interest in promoting accountability, transparency and public confidence and trust in the integrity of the public sector

  • Request for vehicle registration information available for purchase

    Case notes
    Request for information available for purchase could be refused on the basis that it was publicly available under s 18(d)

  • Request for information about severance payment

    Case notes
    … of confidence—release would be likely to damage the public interest by making it more difficult to settle complex … information. Otherwise, it would be open to a public sector employer to impose on itself an obligation of … information about severance packages: the seniority of the employee’s position within the organisation; whether the …

  • Request for discussions between Ministers on business before Cabinet

    Case notes
    Discussions between Ministers on business before Cabinet imbued with a presumption of confidentiality—s 9(2)(g)(i) provides good reason to withhold undocumented discussions

  • Charge for supply of official information—staff rates in excess of Charging Guidelines

    Case notes
    Staff rates in excess of those in the Charging Guidelines unreasonable

  • Request for draft public discussion document regarding auditor regulation

    Case notes
    Close-to-final draft containing limited evidence of opinion material—risk of public misunderstanding of the status of this draft document did not justify withholding and could be addressed by disclosure of contextual information—strong public interest in transparency of the policy development process given full-scale public consultation no longer intended

  • Request for names of teaching staff at Massey University

    Case notes
    … Section 9(2)(a) OIA did not apply—names already in the public domain and … The University refused the requests under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA, and AUS complained to the Ombudsman. The …