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If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional.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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Please find attached the response and documentation relating to your
Official Information Act request, received by Police on 22...
Business case and evidence for register to track company ownership benefits
Response by New Zealand Police to Miss W. Forest on .
Refused.
Response to your Official Information Request ref: DOIA-REQ-0005642
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Please find attached the Ministry of Business, Inno...
The police response to this request is entirely unfounded and will be referred to the office of the Ombudsman for formal investigation.
Yours sinc...
Background to manslaughter charge of Mr Longshaw and correspondence with Ms Riddell
Response by New Zealand Police to Percy Doyle on .
Refused.
Good morning Percy,
Thank you for your reply.
Whilst Police recognise that the parties involved in this case have a high
profile, this does no...
Tēnā koe
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand P...
Pay offer arbitrator - conflict of interest
Response by New Zealand Police to Katie Torrington on .
Refused.
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Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zeal...
Superintendent Bruce Bird
Refused.
Good to see Police are a protecting their own. More ineptitude covering up corruption under the shadow of "outweighing of public interest". The public...
Total number of PR24 side handled Batons in Police inventory
Response by New Zealand Police to Jack Gillespie on .
Information not held.
Tēnā koe Jack
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zeala...
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Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zeala...
Tēnā koe Lee
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealan...
111 callouts to 19 Strange Street, Waitara
Response by New Zealand Police to Brendon Mills on .
Refused.
Tēnā koe
On 1^st February we emailed you requesting identity/authorisation
information to authenticate your Privacy Act request entitlement.
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Evaluation into the use of Body Worn Cameras and/or In Car Cameras
Response by New Zealand Police to C Morton on .
Information not held.
Tēnā koe C Morton
Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information
Act request, received by Police on 22 January 2024....
Text below is from Ombudsman letter received 13 June 2024.
Appendix has been left out to avoid being ranty - per moderation policy.
External link...
Dear Di,
Please refer to the final response attached for your OIA request of 13
March 2023.
Thank you.
Kind regards
Elsa
...
Tēnā koe Chris
Your request has been considered in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982.
Please see your response attached.
Your reques...
Auckland Southern Motorway Camera Footage 22nd June 2022
Response by New Zealand Police to Steven on .
Refused.
Kia ora Steven
Please find attached the response to your request of 22 June 2022 for
information under the Official Information Act 1982.
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Hi Connor,
Please see the attachment for Police’s response to your information
request.
Kind regards,
Ashleigh Art
Case Management...
Pike River Audio Phone call records from Ben Rockhouse and SCADA data
Response by New Zealand Police to Nighthawk01 on .
Refused.
Tēnā koe
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Poli...
Failure to address corruption within Police
Response by New Zealand Police to Amanda Murtagh on .
Refused.
Kia ora Amanda
Police has endeavoured to address your concerns contained in your numerous emails but will not reply to further questions that do not c...
Greetings
I refer to your request for information made under the Official
Information Act 1982
You have asked for:
I am requesting...
Christchurch Terror Attack CCTV, Chronology or Audio Transcripts
Response by New Zealand Police to Preston Fairbanks on .
Refused.
Tēnā koe Preston,
Please find attached the response to your information request.
Information Requests | Service Group
Service Deliver...
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On 24^th July we emailed you requesting identity/authorisation information
to authenticate your Privacy Act request entitlement.
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DS D. Read investigation into Heidi Pakkonen and Urban Hoglin
Response by New Zealand Police to k on .
Refused.
Good afternoon
I refer to your request for information made under the Official
Information Act 1982
You have asked for:
I request the full intervi...
Hi Lisa,
Ask them for any documentations and/or meeting minuets they have discussing policy and/or appropriateness of recording members of the publi...
Take it to the ombudsman. There is a clear public interest in this topic and it is likely that this response is over-redacted.
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