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If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional.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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Response by New Zealand Police to Kate McIntyre on .
Refused.
Dear Kate
Please find the attached response.
Ngā mihi
Holly Foxwell
Ministerial Services Advisor
Police National Headquarters
...
Information regarding actions taken after call to Police about threatening behaviour
Response by New Zealand Police to Hugh Davenport on .
Information not held.
Good afternoon
We would need a waiver or a request from a person involved in the complaint. I understand that at least one person involved has chosen...
Good afternoon
We have received your request and are processing it under the Privacy Act.
The file you have requested contains your personal infor...
Hello
I have been asked to send the attached response.
Ngā mihi
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
[1]wordmark...
Updated request to mark as refused. I won't contact ombudsman, but I will try to see if the Coroner report will be available once it's completed.
Tactical Options Reporting Data January-June 2018
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Mark Hanna on .
Refused.
Tēnā koe,
I have now been waiting over eleven weeks for a response to my email on the 19th of February. I also sent a follow-up message asking for a...
Information about an officer who witnessed a driving offence
Response by New Zealand Police to Hugh Davenport on .
Information not held.
Dear Hugh
Request for Information
I refer to your correspondence dated 20/02/2019 in which you requested
"OIA Request for information conc...
Information about a vehicle pursuit and firearms discharged by Police officers
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Hugh Davenport on .
Refused.
Cool thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Hugh Davenport
Requesting case file about a bus red light runner
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Hugh Davenport on .
Refused.
Thanks Barry
Yours faithfully,
Hugh Davenport
Requesting case file about a bus red light runner
Response by New Zealand Police to Hugh Davenport on .
Refused.
Dear Hugh
Request for Information
I refer to your correspondence dated 13/03/2019 in which you requested "I
would like to request case fil...
Dear Hugh
Request for Information
I refer to your correspondence dated 25/02/2019 in which you requested "I
would like to receive any case...
Requesting case file about a bus red light runner
Response by New Zealand Police to Hugh Davenport on .
Refused.
Dear Hugh
Request for Information
I refer to your correspondence dated 21/02/2019 in which you requested "I
would like to request case fil...
Requesting case file
Refused.
Cool. I find it a bit unusual it was closed then reopened as the footage was available when I first reported it, so there is nothing "new" that should...
Information regarding the number of traffic complaints involving cyclists in Wellington
Response by New Zealand Police to Hugh Davenport on .
Information not held.
Hello Hugh
I have been asked to send the attached response.
Ngā mihi
MinisterialServices
Police NationalHeadquarters
[1]wordm...
Information about dashcams installed in police cars
Response by New Zealand Police to Hugh Davenport on .
Information not held.
'Do not reply to this message, this email message has been sent from an
un-monitored email address'
Thank you for your email.
Your email has b...
Information about dashcams installed in police cars
Response by New Zealand Police to Hugh Davenport on .
Information not held.
Good afternoon
I can confirm that the initial response you received is the correct one.
The extension was mistakenly sent to you by the team...
Information regarding the number of traffic complaints made against bus drivers in Wellington
Response by New Zealand Police to Hugh Davenport on .
Refused.
Dear Hugh,
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Thanks for your Official Information Act (OIA) requests dated 12 and 13
February 2019 requesting for the follow...
Information about whether Police were informed about a crash
Follow up sent to New Zealand Police by Hugh Davenport on .
Information not held.
Thanks Barry for that.
Yours faithfully,
Hugh Davenport
Communication re Christchurch Civic Creche/Peter Ellis case
Response by New Zealand Police to Ross Francis on .
Refused.
Ross
Good afternoon
Please see attached letter with respect to your Official Information Act
request with respect to the Christchurch Civic Cr...
Copies of all communications CRN:18096001618
Response by New Zealand Police to Nathan Sanders on .
Refused.
Dear Nathan,
Request for Information
I refer to your correspondence dated 08/08/2018 which you requested "copes
of all correspondence (interna...
Dear Aaron
I refer to your Official Information Request of 5 August 2018 for the
following information, received by Police:
What's being d...
Resolution Rates for Specific Offences
Response by New Zealand Police to Lance O'Riley on .
Information not held.
Dear Lance,
Please find attached the New Zealand Police response to your Official
Information Act request of 31 July 2018.
Kind Regards,...
Infringements for failing to stop at stop sign - Matakana & Omaha area
Response by New Zealand Police to Ian Docking on .
Information not held.
Dear Ian,
Please find attached the New Zealand Police response to your Official
Information Act request.
Kind Regards,
Hannah Wright...
Afternoon Ross,
Please see the attached letter in relation to your latest request.
Kind regards,
Rachel
Canterbury OIA Team Leader | F...
Good afternoon
Thank you for your letter dated 27 September 2018 requesting information.
Please see our response attached.
Thank you
Regar...
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