NZ Police Air Support Unit Expansion project
Thomas Holmes made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
The request was refused by New Zealand Police.
From: Thomas Holmes
Dear New Zealand Police,
I am requesting any documents relating to the "NZ Police Air Support Unit Expansion project". This includes, project briefs, reports, processes, flowcharts, etc.
I am a New Zealand citizen currently residing in New Zealand.
Yours faithfully,
Thomas Holmes
New Zealand Police
Dear Mr Holmes
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request
attached. Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Act.
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
PNHQ
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From: "Thomas Holmes" <[FYI request #12533 email]>
Date: 22/03/2020 11:52PM
Subject: Official Information request - NZ Police Air Support Unit
Expansion project
Dear New Zealand Police,
I am requesting any documents relating to the "NZ Police Air Support Unit
Expansion project". This includes, project briefs, reports, processes,
flowcharts, etc.
I am a New Zealand citizen currently residing in New Zealand.
Yours faithfully,
Thomas Holmes
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New Zealand Police
Dear Thomas Holmes,
Request for Information – IR-01-20-8783
Thank you for your request dated 22/03/2020 requesting any documents
relating to the "NZ Police Air Support Unit Expansion project" and "This
includes, project briefs, reports, processes, flowcharts, etc."
You may be aware that, under the Official Information Act 1982, we are
required to respond to your information request within 20 working days.
This letter is to let you know that the consultation we need to do on your
request means that we need to extend the time limit for responding to you
(in accordance with section 15A(1) of the Official Information Act 1982).
You can expect a response by 13/06/2020. If you have any questions, you
can contact us by replying to this email.
Yours sincerely
Case Management Support
Auckland City Police
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New Zealand Police
Dear Mr Holmes,
Please refer to the attached letter in responding to your Official
Information Act Request made on 22/03/2020.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Elsa WU
Auckland City Police
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New Zealand Police
Dear Mr Holmes,
Further to our last correspondence sent to you on the 12th June, we wish
to advise you that a final response to your Official Information Act
Request is being finalised, which can be anticipated in a week or two.
Thank you again for your understanding and your patience.
Kind regards,
Elsa WU
Case Management Support
Auckland City Police District
To: [FYI request #12533 email]
From: Case Management Support/POLICE/NZ
Sent by: Wenfang Wu/POLICE/NZ
Date: 06/12/2020 10:02AM
Subject: IR-01-20-8783
Dear Mr Holmes,
Please refer to the attached letter in responding to your Official
Information Act Request made on 22/03/2020.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Elsa WU
Auckland City Police
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WARNING
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addressee only and may contain privileged information. It may also be
subject to the provisions of section 50 of the Policing Act 2008, which
creates an offence to have unlawful possession of Police property. If you
are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
message in error, you must not peruse, use, distribute or copy this
message or any of its contents.
Also note, the views expressed in this message may not necessarily reflect
those of the New Zealand Police. If you have received this message in
error, please email or telephone the sender immediately
New Zealand Police
Dear Thomas Holmes,
Please find the document attached in responding to your information
request made.
Thank you.
Case Management Support
Auckland City Police District
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WARNING
The information contained in this email message is intended for the
addressee only and may contain privileged information. It may also be
subject to the provisions of section 50 of the Policing Act 2008, which
creates an offence to have unlawful possession of Police property. If you
are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
This is unacceptable, you should complain to the Ombudsman.
Police refused your request in June, saying it would be publicly available "soon". Clearly the delay since then has been unacceptable, but Police cannot have made that decision without having already decided to release the information. The Official Information Act contains no provision that lets them change their mind, and later decide that the information will be withheld.
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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
This lengthy delay is clearly not reasonable, I recommend that you complain to the Ombudsman.
The guideline on refusing requests under section 18(d) because the requested information will be publicly available soon gives a guide that:
"As a general rule of thumb, release more than 8 weeks after the refusal is unlikely to be considered ‘soon’."
In this case, despite a 36 working day extension, tomorrow Police will have taken 19 weeks to release the information they said would be publicly available "soon". And they say it will still not be ready for release for another week or two.
https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/site...
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