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If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional.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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I refer to your email of 24 June 2024 at 3.01 pm.
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OIA request for speed camera calibration and photographic evidence
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Long overdue.
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I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 request below, received by Police on 17 September 2024.
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Body Armour System (BAS) Policy Document
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Successful.
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Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information
Act request, received by Police on 27/02/2025.
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Personal information shared with Research NZ
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Successful.
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request, received by New Zeala...
Do the NZ Police Lease or Buy their service vehicles outright?
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request, received by New Zeal...
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The workgroup have asked that I pass on the following with regards your OIA response query:
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Act request, received by Police on 26 September 2023.
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Speed camera location of Hobsonville road SRN AW0061
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Successful.
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request, received by New Zealand Police on 9 September 2023.
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Reason for collecting information about VJM Publishing and connected NZ citizens
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Partially successful.
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Act request, received by Police on 13 March 2024.
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GPS coordinates of Speed Camera at location AN0061
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Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Polic...
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Tickets issued for using a mobile phone while stationary at traffic lights
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Refused.
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request, received by New Zealand Police on 31 August 2022.
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Act request, received by Police on 31 January 2024.
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Statistics on Fatal shooting by Police 1975-2025
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I was sent this information via email for 51 cases from 1975-2024.
Protests and disorderly behavior of Pro-Palestinian activists
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Awaiting classification.
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Building being used by Police. Namely; 87 Main South Road, Sockburn, Christchurch 8042
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Successful.
Dear R Anthony,
o Your request received by New Zealand Police on 20 July 2022 refers.
o I enclose the Police response for your information.
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Vetted teenagers are more likely to commit crimes than their unvetted peers
Response by New Zealand Police to Malcolm Lock on .
Information not held.
Kia ora Malcolm
In your request dated 19 January 2025 (reference IR-01-25-2910) you asked: "Police have provided data which shows that people who obta...
Dear Malcolm
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Nāku noa, nā
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Successful.
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...
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Please be advised that as your communication asks Police to provide statements or opinions it does not constitute an information req...
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I have heard back from the workgroup that responded to your request and they reiterate their position stated in the letter, that you are...
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