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If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional.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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Number of methamphetamine related arrests in Nelson Bays area
Response by New Zealand Police to Adele Redmond on .
Refused.
'Do not reply to this message, this email message has been sent from an
un-monitored email address'
Thank you for your email.
Information that...
Last update: Ombudsman advised that the information is definitely commercially sensitive, even though similar countries overseas with similar informati...
Police evaluation of their effectiveness in enforcing cannabis prohibition
Response by New Zealand Police to David Johnston on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Johnston
I have been asked to forward to you Police’s response to your Official
Information Act request. Please find Police’s response a...
Documents relating to police operation in Waikato that retrieved cannabis plants and firearms. March/Febuary 2017.
Response by New Zealand Police to David Johnston on .
Refused.
REQUEST FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION WHERE ALL INFORMATION IS WITHHELD
30^th March 2017
David Johnston.
Request for I...
Dear Cody C
Thank you again for your further enquiry.
I understand you are referring to a police car found burnt out in Meremere and whether it had bee...
Money spent on cellphone surveillance equipment in last 12 months (from December 2016)
Response by New Zealand Police to Cody C on .
Refused.
Good afternoon Cody
I have been advised that Police’s position does not change. The amount
spent indicates the size of investment in capability...
Search warrant and evidence sheets for raid executed on 22nd Febuary 2017 in Timaru.
Response by New Zealand Police to David Johnston on .
Refused.
As attached,
Kind regards
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WARNING
The information contained in this email mes...
Kia ora Ian,
Data has been made available this afternoon on the Corrections website that includes some of the information you had requested. The spre...
Size of cannabis 'tinnys' retrieved with police search warrants.
Response by New Zealand Police to David Johnston on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Johnston
I attach the response to an information request you made to Police.
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Official 2014/5 Holiday Period For Lower Speed Camera Tolerances
Response by New Zealand Police to Arthur Jacobson on .
Refused.
Dear Arthur,
Please find attached the New Zealand Police response to your Official
Information Act request.
Yours sincerely,
[1]New...
Search warrants seeking cannabis, where electricity monitoring is mentioned
Response by New Zealand Police to David Johnston on .
Information not held.
[1]New Zealand Raewyn Thomson
Police Logo Ministerial Services Advisor | Ministerial Services | New
Zealand Police
E: [2][email address]
P...
Location of checkpoints (cop stops) conducted
Response by New Zealand Police to Jeremy Roundill on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Roundhill
Thank you for your follow up request dated 7 November 2016 requesting raw
data for the ‘exact location, purposes, times and dates,...
Social good of cannabis.
Information not held.
I've submitted a request asking where the research mentioned in the latest response from the New Zealand Police is freely available online: https://fyi...
Thefts and scams relating to cannabis.
Response by New Zealand Police to David Johnston on .
Information not held.
Dear David,
Official information request for 2012-2016 information pertaining to
cannabis.
I refer to your official information request da...
[1]New Zealand Raewyn Thomson
Police Logo Ministerial Services Advisor | Executive and Ministerial
Services | New Zealand Police
Ext: 44126...
Police officer who authorised checkpoint to target euthanasia meeting attendees
Response by New Zealand Police to Kyle Sutherland on .
Refused.
Hi Kyle,
Attached is a letter of response in relation to your Official Information
Act request
Kind Regards
Tony Milner
...
Jordan Lucas Bali investigation outcome.
Response by New Zealand Police to Renee M on .
Information not held.
Dear Renee.
New Zealand police do not hold any records relating to the investigation
into the death of Jordan Lucas.
I recommend you conta...
Call statistics to Auckland Central Police number
Response by New Zealand Police to Dan Hawke on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Hawke,
I refer to the request for information you have submitted on 24/10/2016 in relation to the following:
_________________________________...
'Do not reply to this message, this email message has been sent from an
un-monitored email address'
Thank you for your email.
Please refer you...
Requesting Police Speed Camera Validation Guidelines
Response by New Zealand Police to Ian Knightley on .
Refused.
Do not reply to this message, this email message has been sent from an
un-monitored email address'
Thank you for your email.
So that NZ Police can p...
city fitness moorehouse ave CTV footage between 9am and 10 pm
Response by New Zealand Police to charann on .
Refused.
I will retain the footage for you to view if you change your mind. In the opinion of those in the media who have seen the footage, there was no punch....
Unfortunately, these kinds of responses are becoming more common from NZ Police. I would call these rubberstamp responses.
Number of Trespass Orders - Normandale School
Response by New Zealand Police to [User 4230 name redacted] on .
Information not held.
Dear [Name redacted by admin],
I am writing in response to your request dated 6 May 2016.
The issuing of a trespass notice is a matter betw...
Use of IMSI Catcher(s) in the interception of Metadata
Response by New Zealand Police to Ben Gordon on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Gordon
I have been asked to send you the attached response to your request of 6
October 2016.
Kind regards
[1]http://nzpi...
Hawks Bay SAR Sargent communications on the Wills search.
Response by New Zealand Police to Paul Kelly on .
Information not held.
Mr. Kelly, response to your earlier request is attached.
Regards Luke Shadbolt
[1]New Zealand Senior Sergeant Luke Shadbolt
Police Logo
F...
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