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If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional.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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Specifications of CCTV being used
Response by New Zealand Police to Amy Ferguson on .
Refused.
Good afternoon   Please find attached the response to your request for information.   Nga mihi   Ministerial Services =========================...
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 ===...
Location of red light cameras
Request to New Zealand Police by Victoria Volkova. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
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...
Stolen vehicles dataset from the 2017 till now
Request to New Zealand Police by Amantay Abdurakhmanov. Annotated by Mark Hanna on .
Refused.
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...
Detailed Firearm Buy Back Statistics
Response by New Zealand Police to J du Preez on .
Refused.
Good afternoon   Please find attached the response to your request for information about the firearms amnesty and buyback.   Nga mihi   Minister...
Firearms incidents last 6 months
Response by New Zealand Police to Win Walker on .
Refused.
Kia ora Win Please find attached the NZ Police response to your request.  Kind regards Ministerial Services  PNHQ ===============================...
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...
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...
Dear Stuart Yeates,   Please see attached letter in response to request 07/08/2019.   Regards,   Counties Manukau Police         ==========...
Pursuit kilometres travelled
Response by New Zealand Police to Mike Button on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Button,   Please find attached the NZ Police response to your Official information Act request.  Kind regards, Ministerial Services PNHQ...
Cost of Operation Nortiate
Response by New Zealand Police to Sara Stokes on .
Information not held.
Hi Sara Please refer to attached letter in response to your request.       Regards Sarah Support Officer Northland File Management Centr...
Hello Ingar   I have been asked to send the attached response.   Regards,   Ministerial Services Police NationalHeadquarters   ======...
Dear Peter   Please find attached the NZ Police response to your Official Information Act request.   Ngā mihi   Hannah Wright-McCarthy M...
    [1]New Zealand Raewyn Thomson Police Logo Ministerial Services Advisor | Ministerial Services | New Zealand Police E: [2][email address]  P...
Wrongful Convictions
Response by New Zealand Police to Ross Francis on .
Refused.
Morning Ross,   Please find a letter in relation to your request attached.   Kind regards,   Rachel   Canterbury OIA Team Leader | File Managem...
Donut Runs
Response by New Zealand Police to Jo on .
Refused.
Good afternoon   I can confirm that this information is not held for any period.   Nga mihi   Ministerial Services -----Jo <[FOI #10660 email]>...
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                             ...
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
Request to New Zealand Police by J Devere. Annotated by J Devere on .
Refused.
Ombudsman complaint made - it is really unlikely that the information requested is not contained in the database.
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...
More information about traffic stop
Response by New Zealand Police to Andrew Crow on .
Refused.
  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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