New Zealand Police

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Important notes before making a request to Police

  • You do not have to fill out another form. If Police respond with a link to another form to fill in, do not fill in that form. 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.
  • Do not ask for information about yourself. These are against our policies. Instead, use the Request for Personal Information online form on the Police website. If you ignore this instruction, your request here may be hidden.
  • Police often ask for proof of eligibility to make an OIA request.
    • 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 may have to contact the Police by email or phone to confirm your eligibility.

Contacted directly by Police about your request?

Note that we do not share your contact 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 directly?

If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional.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) you can usually insist on this.
  • Let us know in a comment that you received your response bypassing FYI.org.nz.

1733 requests

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Waitangi Operation
Response by New Zealand Police to Grant Carroll on .
Refused.
Tçnâ koe Mr Carroll                                    Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New...
Police Manual Chapters
Response by New Zealand Police to J. Beddek on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe J                                   Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Pol...
Wanganui Central Police Station
Response by New Zealand Police to Cybergranny (Account suspended) on .
Information not held.
Tēnā koe Cybergranny,   Your request has been considered in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982.   I enclose the following infor...
Posie Parker - Police numbers
Response by New Zealand Police to James on .
Successful.
Dear James, Please kindly refer to the response letter attached for your OIA request of 29 March 2023. Thank you. Kind regards Elsa Wu (she/her)...
Thank you Dylan. Yours sincerely, M. Gilmour
Dear Harry,   Please refer to the final response letter attached for your OIA request of 25 March 2023.   Thank you.   Kind regards  ...
Why is this classified as partially successful. I had already lodged a complaint with IPCA. I am still waiting for their reply. Yours sincerely,...
FAYLONA, Charina (Chi) would like to recall the message, "IR-01-23-10510 Information request response". ===============================================...
The original request was made on March 16 2023. A delay was reported by Ministerial Services on April 12 because a "proper response" could not be de...
Good afternoon In our original response to you the NIA manual was withheld because it is over 1400 pages and has not been updated since 2017. We have...
Warrent to arrest vs wanted to arrest
Response by New Zealand Police to Hayden on .
Successful.
Kia ora Hayden Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 7 May 2021. Kind rega...
Kia ora Mason   Further to my email of 1 May 2023, the workgroup that prepared your response have asked me to forward the following revised explan...
Good evening I refer to your request for information made under the Official Information Act 1982 You have asked for: Can you please supply informa...
Police involvement in Suzuki advertising
Response by New Zealand Police to Asher Wilson-Goldman on .
Awaiting classification.
Tēnā koe                                     Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand P...
Tēnā koe Amanda                                     Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zeal...
VHF frequencies
Response by New Zealand Police to CERT on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe,   Please see the attached response to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request.   Nāku iti noa, nā   Michael McLaughlin...
wing patron OIA
Response by New Zealand Police to john luke on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe                                     Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand P...
Direct energy weapons research and development
Response by New Zealand Police to Neville McFarlane on .
Awaiting classification.
Tēnā koe Neville                                  Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealan...
PITT Manuals
Response by New Zealand Police to [User 34237 name redacted] on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Smith                                   Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand...
Guidelines for medicinal cannabis
Request to New Zealand Police by J A Harris. Annotated by J A Harris on .
Partially successful.
I remain unsatisfied with this response. It's clear Police either a) are deliberately being obtuse in their misunderstanding of the question; or b) sim...
Complaint made. This request would take a matter of minutes given that the Police have just conducted a review of every Auror & vGRID search (https://w...
New Zealand Police Brand Guidelines
Response by New Zealand Police to Thomas A. on .
Successful.
Kia ora Please find attached the Brand Use Guidelines in a searchable format. Kind regards, Michelle Ministerial Services - Police National Headqu...
Complaint made to the ombudsman. The Police's assertions are difficult to reconcile with their public release of the current Auror contract. Why would...
Laser jammers
Response by New Zealand Police to Chris on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe                                     Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand P...
Incident Waikato Expressway Evening 29 March 2023
Response by New Zealand Police to James Murdoch on .
Awaiting classification.
Good Morning James   In relation to your request regarding an incident on Waikato Expressway on the evening of 29 March 2023, please provide more de...

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