There has been a big jump in the number of Access to Information requests made to Government in recent years.

That’s according to the Harris Centre’s latest Vital Signs Report .

In 2013-2014 the majority of requests, 153, came from political parties, followed by individuals at 133. The media in comparison, only made 82 requests.

That changed significantly by 2017-2018 when individuals led the number of Access to Information requests at 1208. 339 requests were made by media, while 160 were made by business. 155 were made by political parties.

67 per cent of Access to Information requests were either partially, or fully disclosed in 2017-2018.