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Instead, use the <a href=\"https://forms.police.govt.nz/privacyactrequest\">Request for Personal Information</a> online form on the Police website. If you ignore this instruction, your request here may be hidden.</li>\r\n<li><strong>Check if the information is already online.</strong> Here are some useful resources:\r\n<ul><li>Police' <a href=\"https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publications-statistics\">Publications &amp; Statistics</a> pages have many Police documents: policies, manual chapters, reports, data &ampl statistics.</li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https://policepolicy.nz/\">NZ Police Policy Directory</a> is a volunteer effort to collect all Police policies, including old versions, in one place from OIA requests and other sources.</a></li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publications/corporate/information-advice-to-minister\">Police advice to the Minister</a> is listed by title. To request a copy of this advice, make your request to the <a href=\"/search/%22Minister%20of%20Police%22%20tag:minister:current/bodies/relevant\">Minister of Police</a>.\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h2>Things Police might ask</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n\r\n<li>Police often ask for proof of eligibility to make an OIA request. They are allowed to ask this. Usually they will want some identification.\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>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.</li>\r\n    <li>Please <b>do not send your contact information using FYI.org.nz</b> as it will automatically be published. If you already have, <a href=\"/help/contact\">contact us</a> and we will hide it for you.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n\r\n<li><strong>You do not have to fill out another form.</strong> 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 <a href=\"http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/resources-and-publications/documents/requests-made-online\">requests sent through FYI.org.nz must be accepted</a>.</li>\r\n\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h2>Contact outside of FYI.org.nz</h2>\r\n<p>Note that we do not share your user details with Police. If you are contacted outside FYI.org.nz, please:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>Discuss your request with them if you feel comfortable doing so. If not, you may ask for correspondence to be through FYI.org.nz.</li>\r\n    <li>Note in an annotation that you were contacted. 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Everything you enter in your request is published immediately to the web.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>If you ignore these notices, your request may be deleted.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.msd.govt.nz/form/msd/govt/nz/form.req2?requestType=msd-govt-nz-select-form-v1\">Contact MSD privately</a> and select \"Privacy Act Request\" on their contact form.</p>","publication_scheme":"","tags":[["popular_agency",null],["ministry",null]],"info":{"requests_count":888,"requests_successful_count":504,"requests_not_held_count":34,"requests_overdue_count":50,"requests_visible_classified_count":734}},"user":{"id":414958,"url_name":"james_welsh","name":"James Welsh","ban_text":"","about_me":""}},{"id":271074,"event_type":"sent","created_at":"2026-05-22T11:59:37+12:00","described_state":"waiting_response","calculated_state":"waiting_response","last_described_at":"2026-05-22T11:59:38+12:00","incoming_message_id":null,"outgoing_message_id":55833,"comment_id":null,"display_status":"Clarification","snippet":"I am writing to request information under the Official Information Act 1982.\r\n\nPlease provide all test papers for the course EEEN415 for the years 2...","info_request":{"id":34767,"url_title":"34767-request-for-all-eeen415-test-papers-from-2022-to-2025","title":"Request for All EEEN415 Test Papers from 2022 to 2025","created_at":"2026-05-22T11:59:35+12:00","updated_at":"2026-05-25T10:02:54+12:00","described_state":"waiting_response","display_status":"Awaiting classification.","awaiting_description":true,"prominence":"normal","law_used":"foi","tags":[]},"public_body":{"id":137,"url_name":"vuw","name":"Victoria University of Wellington","short_name":"VUW","created_at":"2010-01-26T23:37:22+13:00","updated_at":"2026-05-22T12:03:32+12:00","home_page":"http://www.vuw.ac.nz/","notes":"","publication_scheme":"","tags":[["university",null]],"info":{"requests_count":299,"requests_successful_count":185,"requests_not_held_count":5,"requests_overdue_count":2,"requests_visible_classified_count":214}},"user":{"id":149657,"url_name":"kitmmy","name":"kitmmy","ban_text":"","about_me":""}},{"id":270969,"event_type":"sent","created_at":"2026-05-22T00:28:05+12:00","described_state":"waiting_response","calculated_state":"waiting_response","last_described_at":"2026-05-22T00:28:05+12:00","incoming_message_id":null,"outgoing_message_id":55831,"comment_id":null,"display_status":"Clarification","snippet":"I would like to request a copy of the following briefing that you received from the Ministry of Transport on 27/02/2026 as Minister of Transport:...","info_request":{"id":34766,"url_title":"34766-nzta-contractors-license-photos","title":"NZTA Contractors License Photos","created_at":"2026-05-22T00:28:03+12:00","updated_at":"2026-05-25T14:32:11+12:00","described_state":"waiting_response","display_status":"Awaiting classification.","awaiting_description":true,"prominence":"normal","law_used":"foi","tags":[]},"public_body":{"id":6040,"url_name":"chris_bishop","name":"Chris Bishop","short_name":"","created_at":"2023-11-28T13:41:49+13:00","updated_at":"2026-05-22T00:39:29+12:00","home_page":"http://www.ministers.govt.nz","notes":"<p>Portfolios and other responsibilities:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Minister of Housing;</li>\r\n<li>Minister for Infrastructure;</li>\r\n<li>Minister Responsible for RMA Reform;</li>\r\n<li>Minister of Transport;</li>\r\n<li>Leader of the House;</li>\r\n<li>Associate Minister of Finance;</li>\r\n<li>Associate Minister for Sport and Recreation.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p>This person has multiple portfolios. 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