Grab your popcorn. We have media doing their damnedest to protect the Government and their propaganda, aaand we have media doing their job.
Yesterday, RNZ published this article on police withholding OIA information and misleading parliament on police spending on contractors and consultants.
Police withheld the 2020 report from RNZ for a year on the grounds that “the integrity and effectiveness of the internal audit and assurance process” was at stake.
They knocked back RNZ’s requests twice, saying they needed to ensure staff gave frank feedback, and that releasing the report would hinder that.
RNZ appealed to the ombudsman, arguing it was in the public interest to know what police spending processes were like.
Police then reconsidered and “with the passage of time” have now released the report.
RNZ
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