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Alan Danks, chair of the Committee on Official Information

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Alan Danks, chair of the Committee on Official Information

Alan Danks, seen here in a portrait by Leo Bensemann, was a professor of economics at the University of Canterbury. In 1978 he headed a committee on official information, which released two reports in 1981. Their recommendations were incorporated in the Official Information Act 1982.

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University of Canterbury, Art Collection

Reference: UC/MBL/1985

by Leo Bensemann

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Nicola White, Freedom of official information – From secrets to availability, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/34783/alan-danks-chair-of-the-committee-on-official-information (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nicola White, published 18 May 2012.