Koso v Chief Executive Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment [2014] NZHRRT 39 [pdf, 133 KB]
...Privacy Act request can result in an award of damages against the Ministry. [17] Immigration New Zealand generally processes around 16,500 privacy requests a year, of which 1,200 are processed by offshore Branches. Innovation Branch, or iBranch in Auckland processes all privacy requests for Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Wellington. Those requests relate to: [17.1] Electronic files held on the INZ Application Management System (AMS) which is presently being replaced in s...