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Summary In term three, a School Board (the Board) excluded a student for ‘continual disobedience’ under the Education and Training Act 2020 (the Act).[1] The Chief Ombudsman found the Board failed to properly exami
Background Investigation A (ref: 533782) concerned the decision of Bethlehem College School Board (the Board) to exclude[1] a student on the basis of ‘gross misconduct’ following the decision of the principal to suspend the stu
Background The Chief Ombudsman received a complaint about the level of Community Participation Services provided by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD).
Background The requester asked for information about Police’s ‘consent to assume online identity’ process, after the issue had been the subject of media reporting.
Background A requester sought a broad range of clinical information provided to the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe) by the pharmaceutical companies that were developing the COVID-19 vaccine, including safe