The Council has written to the Speaker of the House of Representatives today, about the issues with the appointment of the next Ombudsman, and made an Official Information Act request to the Ministry of Justice. This blog post is to explain why, and the letter is reproduced at the end. Keep reading “What’s going on with the appointment of a new Ombudsman?”
On August 26, 2022, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) apologized for their mismanagement of our 10 September 2021 request under the Official Information Act (OIA) about contact tracing. Keep reading “Apology from DPMC for OIA mismanagement”
Yesterday, the Council wrote to the Ombudsman, Peter Boshier, to complain about the decision made in his name to close our complaint against the former Minister for Covid-19 Response.
The Ombudsman has replied to the Council, apologising for the management of our complaint, re-opening the matter, and undertaking to conduct an investigation.
The text of the Ombudsman’s reply is below. Keep reading “The Ombudsman’s reply”
The Ombudsman sat on our OIA complaint for 7 months before dropping it because Chris Hipkins wasn't the Covid-19 Minister any more. Our response to the Ombudsman, asking him to reconsider and finally investigate the refusal. Keep reading “Failure to investigate an OIA complaint. Can complaints survive a reshuffle?”