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Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ office has been ordered to apologise by the Chief Ombudsman for breaching the Official Information Act. 
In a formal finding

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has upheld a complaint about a weeks-long delay in the release of government documents relating to the extreme flooding in Auckland earlier this year.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ office has been ordered to apologise by the Chief Ombudsman for breaching the Official Information Act. In a formal...

Chief Ombudsman rebukes PM's office for delayed release of Auckland flooding documents.

“The Prime Minister has tied himself up in knots over whether he will support changes to the Official Information Act,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today I wrote to Chris Hipkins and other party leaders seeking a cross-party commitment ...

Dominion Post editor Anna Fifield says after 20 years reporting offshore - she’s shocked at the “communications industrial complex” she says shields our government and public service from media scrutiny. It’s not a new complaint - but is it really worse here than in any other modern democracy?

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No personal data will be stored when vaccine certificates are used, but questions remain over their application.

No personal data will be stored when vaccine certificates are used, but questions remain over their application.

Government departments are reporting 100 per cent on-time OIA responses at the same time as extending half of requests. What gives?