OIA

An RNZ investigation lifted the lid this week on lobbyists and how they communicate with politicians outside the public gaze or official oversight. But it also raised questions for the media about how… Audio

Despite the Prime Minister promising New Zealand's most transparent government ever, gripes about getting access to official information have sky rocketed.

Figures from the Ombudsman show complaints… Video, Audio

Dominion Post editor Anna Fifield says after 20 years reporting offshore - she’s shocked at the “communications industrial complex” she says shields our government and public service from media… Audio

Stuff senior political reporter Thomas Coughlan says he has revealed what he says are some of the most interesting OIA's he's ever read. He explains what the latest ones are that he says stand out… Audio

Emile Donovan sits down with the man charged with keeping the country's civil servants in check.  Audio

The Official Information Act is under the microscope. The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier joins the Panel to discuss exactly what's going wrong, and whether the Act can be fixed - or whether an entirely… Audio

Stuff has launched a series looking at shortcomings in the official information act. Our panellists - both of whom have worked as journalists - weigh in with their thoughts and experiences. Audio

Brent Edwards examines whether the country's public servants are being politicised Audio