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If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional.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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Good afternoon
Please find attached the response to your request for information.
Nga mihi
Ministerial Services
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Number of community watch complaints
Response by New Zealand Police to Kurien Thomas on .
Information not held.
Kia ora Kurien
Please find attached the NZ Police response to your Official Information
Act request.
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
PNHQ
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Location of red light cameras
Information not held.
Section 14 of the Official Information Act requires agencies to transfer requests in cases like this, where they do not hold the information that has b...
I'm not certain what guideline Police are quoting from here. However, this is not the first time I've seen Police claim that information is not held be...
Kaikoura Earthquake Helicopter Services
Response by New Zealand Police to CNMacDonald on .
Information not held.
Dear C N MacDonald
Attached is the response to your information request of 4 January 2017 to
NZ Police.
Ministerial Services , Police National...
Good afternoon
Please find attached the response to your request for information about
the firearms amnesty and buyback.
Nga mihi
Minister...
Kia ora Win
Please find attached the NZ Police response to your request.
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
PNHQ
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Information and evidence discussed on Cold Case
Response by New Zealand Police to Harrison on .
Refused.
Dear Mam or Sir
I understand that you have made a request for information regarding the
Katrina Jefferies investigation.
The matter is an...
Request of Police policies, procedures and protocols related to investigation of deaths in inpatient Psychiatric facilities
Information not held.
The denial of this request was refused on the basis of semantics on what is deemed policy and procedures 'specific' to scene of death investigation of...
Gender of officers involved in pursuits 2011-2018
Response by New Zealand Police to Peter Robinson on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Robinson
Please find attached a response to your request of 5 January 2019.
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters...
Documents relating to Ōtuataua / Ihumātao
Response by New Zealand Police to stuart yeatse on .
Refused.
Dear Stuart Yeates,
Please see attached letter in response to request 07/08/2019.
Regards,
Counties Manukau Police
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Dear Mr Button,
Please find attached the NZ Police response to your Official information
Act request.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
PNHQ...
Hi Sara
Please refer to attached letter in response to your request.
Regards
Sarah
Support Officer
Northland File Management Centr...
Number, calibre, brand of firearms in confiscation buyback at Christchurch
Response by New Zealand Police to ingar dose on .
Refused.
Hello Ingar
I have been asked to send the attached response.
Regards,
Ministerial Services
Police NationalHeadquarters
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Total number of traffic stops nationally
Response by New Zealand Police to Peter Robinson on .
Refused.
Dear Peter
Please find attached the NZ Police response to your Official Information
Act request.
Ngā mihi
Hannah Wright-McCarthy
M...
Firearms crime with fully automatic firearms
Response by New Zealand Police to Kyle Scott on .
Refused.
[1]New Zealand Raewyn Thomson
Police Logo Ministerial Services Advisor | Ministerial Services | New
Zealand Police
E: [2][email address]
P...
Morning Ross,
Please find a letter in relation to your request attached.
Kind regards,
Rachel
Canterbury OIA Team Leader | File Managem...
Good afternoon
I can confirm that this information is not held for any period.
Nga mihi
Ministerial Services
-----Jo <[FOI #10660 email]>...
Information regarding written traffic warnings (WTW's) sent to bus companies
Response by New Zealand Police to Hugh Davenport on .
Refused.
Kia ora Hugh
Please find attached the NZ Police response to your Official Information
Act request.
Ng ā mihi
Ministerial Services...
Information regarding a recent campaign
Response by New Zealand Police to Hugh Davenport on .
Refused.
Mr Hugh Davenport,
Please find attached an additional response to IR-01-19-16905.
Regards,
Perry Dinnan
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Sent to the Ombudsman:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/10241-information-about-a-vehicle-pursuit-and-firearms-discharged-by-police-officers
I had made a...
OIA response time statistics
Refused.
Ombudsman complaint made - it is really unlikely that the information requested is not contained in the database.
Information about case files refused under OIA
Response by New Zealand Police to Hugh Davenport on .
Refused.
Dear Hugh
I refer to your request of 2 May 2019 as below.
Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Official Information Act 1982.
Ngā mihi...
Stolen cars from New Zealand exported overseas
Response by New Zealand Police to Shahil S on .
Information not held.
Dear Shahil
Please find attached the NZ Police response to your Official Information
Act request.
Our sincere apologies for the delay in s...
Good afternoon,
I refer to your request dated 29th April 2019 for:
"Bus Stop
1. Why was the bus originally stopped?
2. What was wron...
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