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If you have received your response outside the FYI.org.nz system (such as by direct email or post), the response will not be published - which may be intentional.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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Car data recorder
Partially successful.
The response does not really answer my first question i.e. "Do NZ Police retrieve data from these when investigating a vehicle crash?"
They have indi...
Freemasons New Zealand Membership and Firearms Licensing Process
Response by New Zealand Police to Amy F Taylor on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe Amy
Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information
Act request, received by Police on 13 November 2023.
...
Police Staffing - Hamilton City
Long overdue.
This response is now two months overdue - a complaint needs to be made to the Ombudsman.
Hi Lisa,
Ask them for any documentations and/or meeting minuets they have discussing policy and/or appropriateness of recording members of the publi...
Breakdown of advertising/marketing costs
Response by New Zealand Police to DriveLife Limited on .
Successful.
Kia ora Fred
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 16 May 2021.
Kind regar...
Take it to the ombudsman. There is a clear public interest in this topic and it is likely that this response is over-redacted.
Tēnā koe John
Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information
Act request, received by Police on 30 November 2023.
...
Clarke Gayford
Response by New Zealand Police to Craig Innes on .
Reported for administrator attention.
Tēnā koe Craig
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zeala...
Good morning ASE,
Please see Police response attached.
Kind regards
Kind regards
P Cross
Information Request...
Dear John,
We have noticed that the PDF file attachment included in our response to
you yesterday may not be downloaded properly from the FYI we...
Theft ex Shop - Hamilton Police
Response by New Zealand Police to Joshua Rogers on .
Information not held.
Good Afternoon Joshua Rogers,
I refer to your request for information made under the Official
Information Act 1982 (Information Request IR-01-23-3423...
NZ Police Workgroups
Partially successful.
Sent 18.12.23 by Email
Respond to my OIA's via FYI.org.nz.
Tēnā koe Angela
On 30th June and 3rd July we emailed you requesting identity/authorisation information to authenticate your Privacy Act request entitl...
Total expected procedures undertaken by police to ensure an aggravated robbery actually happened.
Response by New Zealand Police to Matthew’s stolen car on .
Waiting clarification.
Kia ora Matthew
I refer to your correspondence of 5 November below, which you submitted via the fyi website as a request under the Official Informatio...
Police Chapter Manuals - Alcohol and Drugs
Response by New Zealand Police to F Cook on .
Successful.
Tēnā koe F Cook
Please find attached the response and documentation relating to your
Official Information Act request, received by Police on 26...
Part 102 Unmanned Aircraft Documents
Response by New Zealand Police to N Job on .
Partially successful.
Tēnā koe N Job
Please find attached the response and documentation relating to your
Official Information Act request, received by Police on 2 No...
Report of Police Officer Made 3 Years After Deceased Passed Away
Response by New Zealand Police to C A Mattheiss on .
Awaiting classification.
Tēnā koe Cara,
Thank you for your email.
In my previous emails to you on 26/10/2023, 22/11/2023 and 27/11/2023 the
below information was p...
Good morning James,
I refer to your request for information made under the Official
Information Act 1982
Please see the attached letter in...
Kia ora Adam
Further to your OIA response query re IR-01—23-22175 of 4 August 2023, the
workgroups that responded to your request advise:...
Tēnā koe F Cook
Please accept my apologies for the previous email, which contained an
unsigned version of this response.
Please find attached...
Why do the NZ Police do not have a formal policy relating to severe domestic abuse.
Response by New Zealand Police to Cybergranny (Account suspended) on .
Awaiting classification.
Tēnā koe Cybergranny,
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request, received by Police on 20 November 2023. You requested:
"Why do t...
Who is in charge of the Motueka Police Station
Response by New Zealand Police to Cybergranny (Account suspended) on .
Long overdue.
Tēnā koe,
I acknowledge receipt of your information request below, received by
Police on 12/11/2023.
Your request reference number is IR-0...
Status of empty Police houses located in Julyan Street, Shannon
Response by New Zealand Police to Kieran Gunn on .
Awaiting classification.
Tēnā koe Jayne
Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information
Act request, received by Police on 7 November 2023.
...
Communication between private contractors, or subcontractors, and Police regarding He Aranga Ake and Know the Signs
Long overdue.
While the refusal on grounds of an overly broad request appears reasonable, you could probably appeal part of this response to the ombudsman, as there...
Total number of individuals currently looked at under the He Aranga Ake framework
Partially successful.
You should appeal to the ombudsman about point three, as the answer would appear to be eminently in the public interest.
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