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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 15/06/2026

We're up and running smoothly again. Thank you for your patience. New user sign-ups remain disabled until we have strengthened measures against bots sending spam in requests.

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 13/06/2026

FYI.org.nz will be down until further notice due to a major systems failure. (Note: This is not a security issue. No data has been lost, and inbound mail continues to be received and stored.)

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 20/06/2025

Hi Christina. I've checked our email server logs closely and can't find any attempt to deliver that message. I have contacted the minister's office asking them to try again. Sometimes if a message contains classification keywords, a government system called SEEMail will block sending. ^OL

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mySociety @mysociety.org · 12/09/2024

A one-click follow: this starter pack contains people and organisations involved in running #FOI projects around the world. We'll add more as we find' em! go.bsky.app/13PeXfX #ATI #accesstoinformation #freedomofinformation #alaveteli

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 03/07/2024

Charter School Agency was established on 1 July. You can make public OIA requests to them through our service.

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Charter School Agency - view and make Official Information requests

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 01/07/2024

Sports Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui (legally, Integrity Sport and Recreation Commission) launched today, replacing Drug Free Sport New Zealand. You can make a public OIA request to Te Kahu Raunui through our service.

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Integrity Sport and Recreation Commission - view and make Official Information requests

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 01/07/2024

31 years later, 79 years since the scheme began, Toka Tū Ake – Natural Hazards Commission says their new name "better reflects the range of natural hazards we provide cover for, including tsunami, landslides, volcanic activity, earthquakes and geothermal activity."

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 01/07/2024

The scheme continued with minor changes for 48 years until reforms in the 80s and in 1993 the Earthquake and War Damage Commission was renamed Earthquake Commission.

Still from an EQC TV ad showing cracking ground in front of the letters EQC.

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 01/07/2024

Toka Tū Ake's natural hazards history starts in 1945 when the War Damage Commission became the Earthquake and War Damage Commission. This was after some big earthquakes - Napier in 1931 and Wairarapa in 1942. [Photo: St Matthew's Church, Masterton 25 June 1942. National Library Ref: 1/2-123919-G]

A black and white photo of people looking at a damaged brick church. Walls have collapsed and the roof hangs unsupported.

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 01/07/2024

Toka Tū Ake – Natural Hazards Commission is the new name for Earthquake Commission (EQC) today, with the Natural Hazards Insurance Act 2023 coming into force. Toka Tū Ake administers the Natural Hazard Fund (formerly Natural Disaster Fund) and their insurance product NHCover (formerly EQCover).

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Toka Tū Ake – Natural Hazards Commission - view and make Official Information requests

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 09/06/2024

PSC has advised us of the preferred address. You can make OIA requests to Ministry for Regulation at fyi.org.nz/body/ministr...

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 05/06/2024

Ministry for Regulation was established on 1 March but still has no website. If you know an email address for this agency, or any person in this agency, please let us know. In the interim, we will send OIA requests for Ministry of Regulation to the Public Service Commission to pass on.

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Ministry for Regulation - view and make Official Information requests

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 05/06/2024

After six months of inactivity they will receive a bounce message explaining what to do. This is purely an anti-spam measure. We will always reopen an address when asked.

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 05/06/2024

For several reasons we don't usually publish responses we didn't receive direct from the agency. But please email help@fyi.org.nz and we'll try to help.

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 11/04/2024

The Ombudsman has launched Te Puna Mātauranga, a new online learning tool for people in the public sector who deal with official information or want to know more about it. Unfortunately you need to belong to a public sector agency to use it. Have you given it a go? What did you think?

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Chief Ombudsman launches online learning tool Te Puna Mātauranga

The Chief Ombudsman has launched a new online learning platform for people in the public sector who deal with official information or want to know more about it.

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 19/12/2023

There are thousands of agencies required to respond to requests for official information and there is no complete official list of all of them. Using legal names allows us to keep track of many of them. You could say we have a real names policy .. but only for agencies!

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 19/12/2023

This approach makes it easier to maintain our database. It's impossible to keep track of every rebrand or restructure across thousands of organisations. But it is possible to monitor legislation and keep track of changes to registers like the Companies Register.

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 19/12/2023

Other agencies have business units or services with their own brand identity. Again, to help you find the right agency we put those in the notes if we know about them. A common example is Immigration NZ, part of MBIE. fyi.org.nz/body/mbie

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 19/12/2023

Many agencies use a very different name day-to-day. We put those names in notes to help you find the right agency. The Real Estate Agents Authority have rebranded themselves the "Real Estate Authority." We continue to use their statutory name, with a note. fyi.org.nz/body/rea

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 19/12/2023

For example, Kāinga Ora's statutory name is "Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities" from the Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities Act 2019. So that's what we use, and will continue to use until the legislation changes. fyi.org.nz/body/kainga_...

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 19/12/2023

Since the names of public agencies is a hot topic, it's a good time to explain our approach to agency names on FYI.org.nz. We always use the official legal name of the agency as the main name from whatever law or register establishes the agency.

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 05/12/2023

We're non-partisan, so better not exclude team blue!

A screenshot of executive.govt.nz from 1998. It's a lot less metal.

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 05/12/2023

While we wait for the Beehive website to return (down for 8 days now!) who remembers its predecessor executive.govt.nz?

Screenshot of executive.govt.nz from March 2001. It's very red, of course. Headlines include STATE RENTS SLASHED, TEAC - SHAPING THE SYSTEM IN TE REO, and GOVERNMENT EXTENDS SUCCESSFUL NUMERACY PROGRAMME.

It's not clear why they're shouting.

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 04/12/2023

Remarkably, the Beehive website is still down after more than a week. But the predicted email addresses now appear to be working, and we'll keep a close eye out for delivery problems.

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Site under maintenance | Beehive.govt.nz

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 04/12/2023

You can now use FYI.org.nz to send requests to any of the 30 ministers and parliamentary under-secretaries of the new government.

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Public authorities - Found 30 public authorities in the category ‘Ministers’

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 03/12/2023

Introducing @feed.fyi.org.nz, an automated feed of our users' official information requests and responses. Thank you to @wombleton.bsky.social for porting the bot from the old bird site!

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 01/12/2023

Sorry, not at this time. There are extra considerations to do with provenance. You could re-request a copy of the same response, though.

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FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz · 01/12/2023

Kia ora kikorangi! We help you request official information from public agencies in Aotearoa New Zealand, and publish it online. Search past requests or send one yourself at FYI.org.nz.

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Make and browse Official Information requests

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