Today is the 40th anniversary of the Official information Act 1982 receiving assent and becoming law in New Zealand.
The OIA has withstood four decades of dramatic changes in technology and how we all create, manage and share information.
The OIA remains one of the most broad and easy to use Freedom of Information laws in the world.
There are numerous ways we could improve the OIA and incentivise better practice, but for now let's celebrate it and be thankful for the foresight and courage of its creators.
This is a fabulous resource for all New Zealanders. We exist to enable work like this.
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Apropos of nothing, Boards of Trustees who need a primer on this whole OIA thing (and don't want to break the law) should read this easy, four page guide from the Ombudsman: ombudsman.parliament.nz/reso…
That will probably lead to lots of questions. If so, the big guide for all agencies (including schools) is here: ombudsman.parliament.nz/reso…
There are also specific guides on each withholding ground. Get this right to avoid causing even more work later dealing with complaints.
Schools hold lots of personal information! Here's the guide on when you can withhold information to protect privacy. ombudsman.parliament.nz/reso…
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Just a reminder to join us for this webinar tonight at 7.30pm!
💻Online OIA workshop with investigative journalist Nicky Hager
Link for Zoom can be found here⬇️ us02web.zoom.us/j/8913526142…
We are investigating a problem processing incoming mail, such as OIA responses. (Mail is still being received and saved.)
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For everyone who has looked at police OIA response stats with incredulity @norightturnnz has found the answer: Police national headquarters fails to answer more than half of OIA requests on time. #FixtheOIA
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Congratulations to all the Ministers and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries sworn in last Friday.
Today the new email addresses were revealed, so now all can be sent Official Information Act requests:
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Access to official information should not depend on who you are, who you work for, whether you're a journalist, or even why you want the information and what you intend to do with it.
Access to information should not depend on who you are, and how you ask the question. Let alone whether a bureaucrat happens to think your project is worthy. #FixtheOIA stuff.co.nz/national/politic…
Deaf Aotearoa and @Ombudsman_NZ would like to receive stories from deaf people of their experiences using the OIA to anonymously include as examples in a new NZSL guide. Thread with details below. ⤵
Thank you for your meme received 25 July. 20 working days later, we are writing to advise you we have decided to withhold in full our joke about the Official Information Act.
We are temporarily unable to accept new requests or send emails such as notifications. Responses are still being received and published. We hope to have this resolved soon.
Our advice for using your right to official information responsibly during the COVID-19 pandemic can be summed up as: be kind.
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Exemplary OIA performance by @nzta_news. The next best thing to open data.
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