The OIA allows people to request official information held by Ministers and specified government agencies.  It contains rules for how such requests should be handled and provides a right to complain to the Ombudsman in certain situations.

NZNO seeks your feedback on how the OIA is working in practice to inform a decision by MoJ as to whether to progress a review of this legislation. Your feedback will help to inform a decision on whether to review the OIA or whether instead to keep the focus on practice improvements.

Please find links to more information at https://consultations.justice.govt.nz/policy/access-to-official-information/ and

MoJ’s privacy policy at https://consultations.justice.govt.nz/privacy_policy/

Please send feedback to leanne.manson@nzno.org.nz by 11 April 2019.