New Zealand Police

A top 10 most requested agency

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If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional.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

1821 requests

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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...
Organisation Structures
Response by New Zealand Police to Grant Carroll on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Grant                                   Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand...
Tēnā koe B                                 Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Polic...
Tēnā koe   Your request has been considered in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982.   Your requested:   I would like to know...
Police Manual Chapters
Response by New Zealand Police to J. Beddek on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe J                                   Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Pol...
Posie Parker - Police numbers
Response by New Zealand Police to James on .
Successful.
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)...
Thank you Dylan. Yours sincerely, M. Gilmour
Why is this classified as partially successful. I had already lodged a complaint with IPCA. I am still waiting for their reply. Yours sincerely,...
FAYLONA, Charina (Chi) would like to recall the message, "IR-01-23-10510 Information request response". ===============================================...
Warrent to arrest vs wanted to arrest
Response by New Zealand Police to Hayden on .
Successful.
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...
Tēnā koe Amanda                                     Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zeal...
VHF frequencies
Response by New Zealand Police to CERT on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe,   Please see the attached response to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request.   Nāku iti noa, nā   Michael McLaughlin...
wing patron OIA
Response by New Zealand Police to john luke on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe                                     Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand P...
PITT Manuals
Response by New Zealand Police to [User 34237 name redacted] on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Smith                                   Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand...
Guidelines for medicinal cannabis
Request to New Zealand Police by J A Harris. Annotated by J A Harris on .
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...
New Zealand Police Brand Guidelines
Response by New Zealand Police to Thomas A. on .
Successful.
Kia ora Please find attached the Brand Use Guidelines in a searchable format. Kind regards, Michelle Ministerial Services - Police National Headqu...
Laser jammers
Response by New Zealand Police to Chris on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe                                     Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand P...
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...
Tēnā koe Mason                                   Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act requests, received by New Zealan...
Police officer numbers
Response by New Zealand Police to James on .
Successful.
Kia ora Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 14 March 2023. Kind regards,...
Good Morning Mary,   Please find attached our response to your request.   Your request is now closed.   Kind Regards     Tess Keene...
Police road signs
Response by New Zealand Police to Connor Johnson on .
Successful.
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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