#fixtheoia
Jan 14: OIA filed
Feb 13: Dept extends to Mar 27
Mar 27: extends to Apr 21
April 21: extends to May 1
#FixTheOIA
April 21, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Closely related in terms of #FixTheOIA is today's piece from @samsachdeva.bsky.social

Deeply flawed research by Tregaskis Brown for the Ministry of Justice over-inflates the likely cost of operating the #OIA.

See also: norightturn.blogspot.com/2026/06/usin...

newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/05/g...
Govt agencies spend over $180m on official information requests, report claims
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith reviews OIA compliance costs after a report estimates spending hit $183m, drawing criticism from sceptics
newsroom.co.nz
June 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Huzzah to @avancenz @CorinDann and @katieabradford for their digression on #fixtheoia in their always excellent podcast this week https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/inside-parliament/id1269988619?mt=2&i=1000395477386
Inside Parliament
News Podcast · 5 Episodes
itunes.apple.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Wait, what? This shouldn’t even have been a suggestion. We need to #FixTheOIA, not suspend it! https://newsroom.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9cf8330209dae95121b0d58a6&id=cf90e234d7&e=b5c71bd90e
Officials pitched OIA suspension during lockdown
Government policy advisers suggested suspending official ...
newsroom.us7.list-manage.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:20 PM
I just remembered that this was part of the Labour - Greens confidence and supply agreement and now I don't know whether to laugh or cry or both. #FixTheOIA
December 1, 2024 at 1:28 PM