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If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional.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

1789 requests

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'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...
Costs of phone providers in NZ to release customer data
Request to New Zealand Police by Cody C. Annotated by Cody C on .
Refused.
Last update: Ombudsman advised that the information is definitely commercially sensitive, even though similar countries overseas with similar informati...
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...
REQUEST FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION WHERE ALL INFORMATION IS WITHHELD           30^th March 2017     David Johnston.   Request for I...
Police vehicle tracking
Response by New Zealand Police to Cody C on .
Refused.
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...
Good afternoon Cody   I have been advised that Police’s position does not change. The amount spent indicates the size of investment in capability...
As attached,   Kind regards =============================================================== WARNING The information contained in this email mes...
Number of Unatural Deaths In Custody in Prisons
Request to New Zealand Police by Ian Andrews. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
Refused.
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...
Dear Mr Johnston   I attach the response to an information request you made to Police.       ==============================================...
Dear Arthur,   Please find attached the New Zealand Police response to your Official Information Act request.   Yours sincerely,   [1]New...
    [1]New Zealand Raewyn Thomson Police Logo Ministerial Services Advisor | Ministerial Services | New Zealand Police E: [2][email address]  P...
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.
Request to New Zealand Police by David Johnston. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
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...
Acupuncture Treatment Subsidies
Response by New Zealand Police to Mark Honeychurch on .
Refused.
    [1]New Zealand Raewyn Thomson Police Logo Ministerial Services Advisor | Executive and Ministerial Services | New Zealand Police Ext: 44126...
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...
Dear Mr Hawke, I refer to the request for information you have submitted on 24/10/2016 in relation to the following: _________________________________...
Information on crime in auckland
Response by New Zealand Police to Dexter Cheng 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.   Please refer you...
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...
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....
Maritime Research Group
Request to New Zealand Police by Josh V. Annotated by Cody C on .
Refused.
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...
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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