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  • Request for official information about scholarship criteria framed as question

    Case notes
    Failure by the Ministry of Education to respond to a request for official information within the statutory timeframe – Ministry did not process the request as an OIA request as Ministry considered that it required the generation of comment – Ombudsm
  • Delay in responding to a request for information about cannabis-related medicines

    Case notes
    Failure by the Ministry of Health to make and communicate a decision on a request for official information within extended time limit— contrary to law— decision to extend the time limit also unreasonable
  • Unreasonable extension of time limit for internal consultations

    Case notes
    Request for information about OIA statistics—extension to time limit for responding to request – notified on basis of need to undertake consultations—internal review and sign-out process is part of making a decision and not consultation for the purpose of s15A – decision to extend unreasonable
  • Delay in responding to request for certain briefings

    Case notes
    Failure by the Minister for Courts to make and communicate his decision on a request for official information within extended time limit— contrary to law
  • Information released to others before requester

    Case notes
    Release of information to others before the requester constituted undue delay
  • Delays by Te Puni Kōkiri in responding to requests from opposition researcher

    Case notes
    Blanket policy to consult Minister on all OIA requests unlawful—Ministerial ‘clearance’ or ‘approval’ of agency OIA requests not permitted
  • Request for file from Department of Child, Youth and Family Services

    Case notes
    A caregiver requested information relating to a child from the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services and was told it could be expected by a certain date. Relying on that advice and believing the relevant information would be available, the requester scheduled a meeting with another organisation in relation to the child.
  • Requests to Board of Trustees for various information

    Case notes
    Requests to School Board of Trustees for various information—some refused on grounds it either did not exist or could not be found—failure to respond to request for some information—difficulties in progressing investigation—meeting with parties to resolve outstanding issues—Board justified in refusing some information—some information subject to Privacy Act—some information not official information ‘held’ by Board