New Zealand Police

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Before you make a request to Police

  • Do not ask for information about yourself. We do not allow users to make requests about themselves. Instead, use the Request for Personal Information online form on the Police website. If you ignore this instruction, your request here may be hidden.
  • Check if the information is already online. Here are some useful resources:

Things Police might ask

  • Police often ask for proof of eligibility to make an OIA request. They are allowed to ask this. Usually they will want some identification.
    • Please state that you reside in New Zealand, if that is true. It is our hope that in time making this statement will be considered sufficient.
    • Please do not send your contact information using FYI.org.nz as it will automatically be published. If you already have, contact us and we will hide it for you.
  • You do not have to fill out another form. If Police respond with a link to another form to fill in, you do not need to do so. Politely remind them that by law they must accept requests in any form. If necessary, point them to the Ombudsman guidance which specifically confirms that requests sent through FYI.org.nz must be accepted.

Contact outside of FYI.org.nz

Note that we do not share your user details with Police. If you are contacted outside FYI.org.nz, please:

  • Discuss your request with them if you feel comfortable doing so. If not, you may ask for correspondence to be through FYI.org.nz.
  • Note in an annotation that you were contacted. Summarise the discussion if possible.
  • Regardless, insist that the formal OIA response be sent to you through FYI.org.nz, to the fyi.org.nz email address from which the original request was sent (see below).

Response received outside of FYI.org.nz

If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional. You may:

  • Reply to them asking that they re-send the response to the fyi.org.nz email address of the original request. We can provide this if they have lost it. Under OIA s16(2) they must usually provide the response in the way you prefer.
  • Let us know in a comment that you received your response bypassing FYI.org.nz.

1878 requests
Body Armour System (BAS) Policy Document
Response by New Zealand Police to N. Dunbier on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe   Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information Act request, received by Police on 27/02/2025.   Ngā mihi...
Personal information shared with Research NZ
Response by New Zealand Police to Alex on .
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Tēnā koe Alex                                    Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zeala...
Tēnā koe Joshua                                   Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zeal...
Details around Police fleet
Response by New Zealand Police to James on .
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Tēnā koe James                                    Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zeal...
Kia ora Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 9 September 2023. Kind regar...
Tēnā koe Vince   Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information Act request, received by Police on 13 March 2024.   P...
Kia ora Phillip Please find attached the response and documentation relating to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Polic...
NZ Police Social Media Strategy
Response by New Zealand Police to Ali McLae on .
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Tēnā koe Ali   Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information Act request, received by Police on 31 January 2024.   N...
Salary information
Response by New Zealand Police to James on .
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Tēnā koe James                                 Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand...
Statistics on Fatal shooting by Police 1975-2025
Request to New Zealand Police by Sophia Lawler. Annotated by Sophia Lawler on .
Successful.
I was sent this information via email for 51 cases from 1975-2024.
Costs incurred
Response by New Zealand Police to James on .
Awaiting classification.
Kia ora James   Please see attached for the response to your Official Information Act request of 13 February 2025.   Kind regards | Ngā mihi n...
Dear R Anthony,   o Your request received by New Zealand Police on 20 July 2022 refers. o I enclose the Police response for your information.  ...
Good evening I refer to your request for information made under the Official Information Act 1982 You have asked for: Can you please supply informa...
Information
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Partially successful.
Tçnâ koe Justin Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 17 October 2021. Ple...
Paid Police informants nelson
Response by New Zealand Police to Kathy Hurst on .
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Tēnā koe Kathy   Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information Act request, received by Police on 13 September 2024.  ...
Financial Intelligence Unit and ACAMS
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Tēnā koe Robert                                    Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zea...
Police use of vehicles with expired registration
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Tēnā koe Michael                                   Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zeala...
Firearms incidence
Response by New Zealand Police to Emmy Rākete on .
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Tēnā koe Emmy,                                    Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zeal...
2023 Apple Global Police Summit
Response by New Zealand Police to Cooper O'Neil on .
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Tēnā koe Cooper                                    Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zea...
September countdown incident
Response by New Zealand Police to pryce payne on .
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Kia ora Pryce Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 3 September 2021. Kind...
Bank of China reporting suspicious activity to police
Response by New Zealand Police to Helen Hardly on .
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Kia ora Helen Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 1 April 2021. Please a...
Stolen police car events
Response by New Zealand Police to NZ Citizen on .
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Tēnā koe   Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information Act request, received by Police on 28 March 2024.   Ngā mih...
New Zealand Police Road Spike Procedure
Response by New Zealand Police to Sami on .
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Tēnā koe Sam                               Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Pol...
Police deployment to Matapihi 28/11/2024
Response by New Zealand Police to T Smith on .
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Tēnā koe,   Please see the attached information in response to your request.     Ngā Mihi     SSCW04 Senior Analyst Information Requ...
Requesting Police Manuals
Response by New Zealand Police to J.Montgomery on .
Partially successful.
Tēnā koe J Montgomery                                 Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Ze...

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