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Chief Ombudsman Calls For Council Workshops To Be Open By Default
Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 2:06 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is calling for councils to open workshops by default to reduce the perception that decisions are being made behind closed doors. The call follows Mr Boshier’s decision last year to test concerns that councils were using ... More >>
Chief Ombudsman Calls For Immediate Halt To Use Of Spit Hoods On Vulnerable Prisoners
Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 11:10 am | Office of the Ombudsmen
The Chief Ombudsman is calling on the Department of Corrections to never again use spit hoods on vulnerable prisoners including young people and disabled people. Peter Boshier has made the recommendation in one of two reports published today following ... More >>
Ombudsman Cautions Against Complacency
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 8:42 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
New Zealand’s reputation as a country mostly free from corruption in its public service and judiciary has been reaffirmed in the 2022 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says. But Mr Boshier ... More >>
MIQ complaints to the Ombudsman surge
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 2:09 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
Complaints about managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities have surged in the past six weeks, says the Chief Ombudsman, Peter Boshier. MIQ complaints to the Ombudsman surge"I have received unprecedented numbers of complaints about the ... More >>
Repeat Recommendations And Desolate Conditions Among Concerns In Christchurch Men’s And Whanganui Prison Inspections
Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 11:39 am | Office of the Ombudsmen
Inspections of two prisons by the Ombudsman have highlighted repeat recommendations not being met and the undignified and barren conditions of prisons. Other concerns include the continuing use of force in one prison unit, and a transgender prisoner ... More >>
Latest OIA, LGOIMA Data Released
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 11:45 am | Office of the Ombudsmen
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier today released his latest Official Information Act (OIA) and Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) data[1]. In the six months from 1 July to 30 December 2020, the Ombudsman received 667 OIA ... More >>
Mental Health Units Breach UN Convention
Tuesday, 25 August 2020, 2:31 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
The Chief Ombudsman is calling for action to address serious and persistent issues at some of the country’s mental health units. Peter Boshier has the role under an international human rights convention to inspect places of detention, where people ... More >>
Ombudsman Report Offers Valuable Lessons To Secure Aged Care Facilities During Lockdown
Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 2:55 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
The Chief Ombudsman says his independent inspections of privately run aged care facilities offer some valuable lessons as the sector enters another ‘lockdown’. Peter Boshier has released a report today into his inspection of six facilities providing ... More >>
Chief Ombudsman To Begin Inspections Of COVID-19 Isolation Facilities
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 10:05 am | Office of the Ombudsmen
The Chief Ombudsman is to begin inspections of COVID-19 isolation and quarantine facilities set up for people arriving from overseas. Peter Boshier announced his new inspection programme while appearing before Parliament’s Governance and Administration ... More >>
Chief Ombudsman announces advisory group of rangatira
Thursday, 12 December 2019, 12:05 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
Chief Ombudsman, Peter Boshier, announced today the establishment of a panel of Māori advisers made up of prominent experts and rangatahi leaders. More >>
Chief Ombudsman: new report wakeup call for council leaders
Thursday, 14 November 2019, 2:27 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
The Chief Ombudsman says his latest report into official information practice at local authorities is a wakeup call for all council leaders about the importance of an open and transparent workplace culture-and their accountability for achieving ... More >>
Living conditions for most Invercargill prisoners improved
Thursday, 25 July 2019, 2:58 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
Invercargill Prison is now cleaner, tidier and in better repair than it was three years ago, and general living conditions for most prisoners have improved. More >>
Investigation completed into Callaghan Innovation
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 2:48 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has completed his investigation into the way Callaghan Innovation handles Official Information Act requests. More >>
Ombudsman to take role in monitoring private aged care...
Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 12:41 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
The Office of the Ombudsman will soon be monitoring the treatment of patients in privately run aged care facilities and detainees in court cells. More >>
Ombudsman Releases OIA Data
Tuesday, 27 February 2018, 11:44 am | Office of the Ombudsmen
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier today released the Office’s latest data on Official Information Act complaints and outcomes. More >>
Ombudsman releases follow-up prison inspection reports
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 2:47 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier today released follow-up inspection reports of Arohata, Manawatu and Rolleston Prisons, noting that more than half the original recommendations had been fully or partly achieved. More >>
PrivacyLive: your right to know
Monday, 25 September 2017, 10:35 am | Office of the Ombudsmen
A lively panel discussion on Right to Know Day – this Thursday 28 September -- will highlight New Zealanders’ legal rights to access government information and personal information about themselves. More >>
Joint work to improve OIA responsiveness
Thursday, 20 October 2016, 3:38 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
The State Services Commission and the Office of the Ombudsman will work together to help State sector agencies improve how they are responding to Official Information Act requests, State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes and Chief Ombudsman Judge ... More >>
Ombudsman investigation into school closure closures
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 12:26 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
The Chief Ombudsman, Dame Beverley Wakem, has today commenced an investigation into the way in which the Ministry of Education conducts consultation on school closures and mergers. More >>
Ombudsman concerned partnership school transparency
Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 1:04 pm | Office of the Ombudsmen
The Chief Ombudsman’s submission to the Science and Education Select Committee on proposal in the Education Amendment Bill that " The Ombudsmen Act 1975 and Official Information Act 1982 do not apply to a sponsor of a partnership school kura hourua" ... More >>
