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If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional.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

1875 requests

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Tēnā koe, Thank you for your response following my complaint to the Ombudsman. I understand that the reason you have provided explains, in part, th...
Police Manual chapters relating to sponge rounds
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Hanna on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora Mr Hanna   Please find attached a revised OIA response to IR-01-22-22024.   Kind regards, Michelle Ministerial Services Advisor - Pol...
  Tēnā koe Scott                                    Further to your recent Ombudsman complaint, please find attached a letter of apology for the...
Wellington Protest - Key events
Response by New Zealand Police to James on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe James                            Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police...
Unknown Male in Whangarei Incident
Response by New Zealand Police to Thomas Holmes on .
Successful.
Good afternoon Thomas Please find attached our response to your online request Regards File Management Centre, Northland, SERVICE DELIVERY Plea...
Tēnā koe Scott                                 Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand P...
nominated for honours by Police
Response by New Zealand Police to john luke on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe John                             Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police...
Tēnā koe Connor                                  Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand...
Medal policy and mounting
Request to New Zealand Police by john luke. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
Successful.
The "Honours awards and commendations" document released to you on 15 December, 37 working days after the legal deadline for your request of 25 October...
Clarke Gayford
Response by New Zealand Police to Craig Innes on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Craig                                    Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealan...
Cost for policing the Wellington Protests
Response by New Zealand Police to john homer on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe John Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 1 March 2022. Ngā mihi...
Privacy Act Requests and Police procedure relating to
Request to New Zealand Police by J A Harris. Annotated by T. Barn on .
Partially successful.
Your case interests me. I think there is grounds to question their need to store the identification documents provided to them. The manual linked in an...
Police Eagle Helicopter
Response by New Zealand Police to Chris on .
Successful.
Dear Chris, Please find the attached final response for your information request of 13 November 2022. Thank you. Elsa Wu (she/her) CMSU Supervisor...
Kia ora Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 19 November 2022. Please acc...
Kia ora Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 22 November 2022. Please acc...
NZ Police PPS prosecutor numbers
Response by New Zealand Police to I Brown on .
Successful.
Kia ora Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 26 November 2022. Kind regar...
Kia ora Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 15 November 2022. Please acc...
Single-vehicle motor vehicle crashes
Response by New Zealand Police to ASE on .
Successful.
Kia ora   Please find attached the response to your request of 3^rd October 2022 for information under the Official Information Act 1982.   Ng...
Police policy documents
Request to New Zealand Police by Mark Hanna. Annotated by Tangata Whenua on .
Successful.
Police are corrupt as! Just enter new contracts with Sarah or Brittany or God or Satan. Never know who you're dealing with and they bounce you around t...
All Documents and Correspondence Relating to Ex-Police Vehicle
Response by New Zealand Police to Josh Cross on .
Partially successful.
Tēnā koe Josh                                   Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand...
Amount of employees.
Response by New Zealand Police to Connor Johnson on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Connor                                 Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand...
Christchurch vehicle fleet
Response by New Zealand Police to Connor Johnson on .
Partially successful.
Tēnā koe Connor                                Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand P...
Rights
Response by New Zealand Police to Hemant on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Hemant                             Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Poli...
Increases in Police marketing spend over the last five years
Response by New Zealand Police to TONY on .
Partially successful.
Tēnā koe Tony Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information Act request, received by Police on 14 September. Please accept...
Tēnā koe Scott                                Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Po...

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