Peter Boshier

The government watchdog has has criticised Immigration New Zealand for an unofficial policy of cherry-picking highly-paid residence applications.

Staff were told informally in 2018 to queue all… Audio

In August, the Office of the Ombudsman published a report into an unannounced inspection of Waikeria prison. It said that while the low security areas were well maintained, the high security areas… Audio

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

Two mental health units have been named and shamed by the Chief Ombudsman for what he describes as degrading, cruel or inhuman treatment.

Te Whare O Matairangi mental heath unit at Wellington… Video, Audio

The Chief Ombudsman, Peter Boshier, has announced all Covid-19 isolation and quarantine facilities will be independently inspected.

Mr Boshier announced the inspection programme at a select committee… Audio

The Chief Ombudsman has not been able to get into prisons to check on conditions during the pandemic despite grave concerns about extended lockdown hours - and the fact that he has a statutory… Audio

Of New Zealand's nine deaths linked to Covid-19, seven have been of residents in aged care facilities. There are now five outbreak clusters linked to aged care facilities. The Chief Ombudsman Peter… Audio

The Chief Ombudsman has told Parliament Waikato Hospital's mental health facility is seriously overcrowded and patient safety cannot be guaranteed.

Peter Boshier filed his reports into the Henry… Audio

The Christchurch City Council executives will be undergoing intensive retraining on how to manage Official Information requests after an extremely critical report.

The Chief Ombudsman has uncovered a… Audio

The Chief Ombudsman has found that restrictions on access to toilets and drinking water at Northland's Ngawha prison is unacceptable and amounts to degrading treatment.

He's just tabled his latest… Video, 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

The Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the steps Oranga Tamariki takes when removing newborn babies under a court order.

It's the third inquiry announced this week following backlash after… Audio

Ombudsman Peter Boshier has announced he will be investigating Oranga Tamariki's practice of removing new born babies deemed at risk - the third inquiry into uplifts announced in the last four days… Video, Audio

The Ombudsman is warning government departments not to use the Official Information Act as a way of dragging their feet in response to media enquiries. The National Party says there is an increasing… Audio

The Ombudsman is upping his scrutiny of vulnerable people in secure care, following recent shocking cases of people with intellectual disabilities in confinement. Late last year, in what was a major… Audio

An Ombudsman investigation has found no grounds for Horowhenua District Council blocking emails which it claimed were abusive to its staff. Unacceptable correspondence had been one of the reasons the… Audio

The Ombudsman says employees who want to blow the whistle on wrong doing in an organisation need far better protection under the law. The government is to change the law covering people who want to… Audio