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:
- Police' Publications & Statistics pages have many Police documents: policies, manual chapters, reports, data &l statistics.
- NZ Police Policy Directory is a volunteer effort to collect all Police policies, including old versions, in one place from OIA requests and other sources.
- Police advice to the Minister is listed by title. To request a copy of this advice, make your request to the Minister of Police.
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If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional.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.
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Internal Process Leading to Withdrawal from Auckland Pride Parade
Response by New Zealand Police to Joel A Walsham on .
Successful.
Good afternoon
Please find attached a response to your Official Information request of 22
November 2018.
Yours sincerely
Ministerial Services
Poli...
Community Constable and Dog Officers
Response by New Zealand Police to Harwood Wilson on .
Successful.
Kia ora Mr Wilson
In reply to your email of 28 April 2023, enquiries were made with the
workgroup and it was established that two of the Sou...
Tēnā koe Grant
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand...
Number of firearms and type of firearms seized during Operation Tauwhiro
Response by New Zealand Police to B Carmichael on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe B
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Polic...
Police Rank of a policeman
Response by New Zealand Police to Cybergranny (Account suspended) on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe
Your request has been considered in accordance with the Official
Information Act 1982.
Your requested:
I would like to know...
Tēnā koe J
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Pol...
Dear James,
Please kindly refer to the response letter attached for your OIA request of 29 March 2023.
Thank you.
Kind regards
Elsa Wu (she/her)...
Policy on members of the public photographing police in public.
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by M. Gilmour on .
Successful.
Thank you Dylan.
Yours sincerely,
M. Gilmour
Can I make public the name of a police officer who lied & refused to peruse my evidence when I lodged a complain
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Cybergranny (Account suspended) on .
Partially successful.
Why is this classified as partially successful.
I had already lodged a complaint with IPCA. I am still waiting for their reply.
Yours sincerely,...
(Refined Request) ANPR alert's lawfulness? - Operation HIKING Documents (Northland COVID Women)
Response by New Zealand Police to M B on .
Successful.
FAYLONA, Charina (Chi) would like to recall the message, "IR-01-23-10510 Information request response".
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Kia ora Hayden
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 7 May 2021.
Kind rega...
Complaints made to Independent Police Complaints Authority
Response by New Zealand Police to Amanda Murtagh on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Amanda
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zeal...
Tēnā koe,
Please see the attached response to your Official Information Act 1982
(OIA) request.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Michael McLaughlin...
Tēnā koe
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand P...
Tēnā koe Smith
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand...
Guidelines for medicinal cannabis
Partially successful.
I remain unsatisfied with this response. It's clear Police either a) are deliberately being obtuse in their misunderstanding of the question; or b) sim...
Kia ora
Please find attached the Brand Use Guidelines in a searchable format.
Kind regards, Michelle
Ministerial Services - Police National Headqu...
Tēnā koe
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand P...
Requesting Redflex speed camera van count and operation status by region in New Zealand
Response by New Zealand Police to Douglas on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand P...
Nelson Police Station Vehicle Inventory
Response by New Zealand Police to Johnathen William on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand P...
Taser X2 Safety Precautions Poster
Response by New Zealand Police to Thomas A. on .
Partially successful.
Tēnā koe
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zeala...
ANPR alert's lawfulness? - Operation HIKING Documents (Northland COVID Women)
Response by New Zealand Police to M B on .
Partially successful.
Tēnā koe Mason
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
requests, received by New Zealan...
Kia ora
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 14 March 2023.
Kind regards,...
Who is in charge of the Wanganui Central Police Station Bell Street
Response by New Zealand Police to Cybergranny (Account suspended) on .
Successful.
Good Morning Mary,
Please find attached our response to your request.
Your request is now closed.
Kind Regards
Tess Keene...
Kia ora Connor
Further to your email yesterday, the workgroup that responded to your request advise that the signs in operational vehicle boots may va...
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