Kia ora Scott

 

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request
below, received by New Zealand Police on 1 June 2021.

 

Your request is being actioned pursuant to the OIA.

 

You can expect a response to your request on or before 30 June 2021.

 

Ngā mihi
Sarah

Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police National Headquarters Wellington

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Tēnā koe Scott

 

I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated 1 June
2021 for information related to counter-terrorism training exercises,
below.

 

Your request has been partially transferred to NZ Security Intelligence
Service. Some of the information to which your request relates, namely:

I request copies of all documents serving as formal debriefings,
after-action reports and/or evaluations of the following three
counter-terrorism training exercises:

1)      The joint NZSIS-Police Response exercise conducted October 2018

is believed to be more closely connected with the functions of NZSIS. In
these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the OIA to transfer
your request.

 

You will hear further from NZSIS concerning your request. They can be
reached at [1][email address]

 

Ngā mihi
Sarah

Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police National Headquarters Wellington

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From: Ministerial Services
Sent: Tuesday, 1 June 2021 12:41 pm
To: 'Scott' <[FYI request #15626 email]>
Subject: OIA request acknowledgement IR-01-21-17353

 

Kia ora Scott

 

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request
below, received by New Zealand Police on 1 June 2021.

 

Your request is being actioned pursuant to the OIA.

 

You can expect a response to your request on or before 30 June 2021.

 

Ngā mihi
Sarah

Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police National Headquarters Wellington

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Kia ora Scott

Thank you for your email and clarification. I have forwarded this to the group responsible for your response. I will let NZSIS know that the action for them is no longer required.

Ngā mihi
Sarah
Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police National Headquarters Wellington
                   

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Kia ora,

 

On 1 June 2021, New Zealand Police partially transferred your Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA) request to the NZSIS. The request was for
copies of all documents serving as formal debriefings, after-action
reports and/or evaluations of the joint NZSIS-Police response exercise
conducted in October 2018.

 

Today the Police advised us that you had responded to the notification of
transfer, with the following: With regards to the joint NZSIS-Police
training exercise, I was seeking only Police documents. NZSIS'  own
evaluation has already been published in response to another OIA request
on this website.

 

As such we will consider this transfer of the request to be withdrawn. If
you have any concerns with this approach, please contact us.

 

Kind regards

NZSIS

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Tēnā koe Scott
 
I refer to your request of 1 June 2021 for the following information:

 

I request copies of all documents serving as formal debriefings,
after-action reports and/or evaluations of the following three
counter-terrorism training exercises:

1)      The joint NZSIS-Police Response exercise conducted October 2018

2)      The Police-led Guardian exercise conducted October 2019

3)      The Police-led Resolution exercise conducted March 2020.

 

I have been asked to advise you that Police requires an extension of time
in which to respond to your request, pursuant to section 15A(1) of the
Official Information Act (OIA). Specifically, 15A(1)(b), consultations
necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a proper
response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original time
limit.

 

Police require until 26 July 2021 to provide a substantive response to
your request.

 

You have the right, under section 28(3) of the OIA, to make a complaint to
an Ombudsman about this extension.

 

If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this
decision, please feel free to contact
[1][email address].
 
Ngā mihi
Fiona
Ministerial Services
PNHQ

 

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Kia ora Scott

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 1 June 2021.

Kind regards, Brittany
Ministerial Services PNHQ

 

 

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Kia ora Scott

I have passed your email on to the work group responsible for answering your initial request and have asked them to respond to your follow up question.

Kind regards, Brittany
Ministerial Services PNHQ

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Kia ora Scott

Thank you for your email yesterday.

As you have advised, the refined question you provided on 1 June 2021 was not addressed in the response sent to you on 7 July 2021. Unfortunately, an error on our part meant the first question was not included in your response as it should have been.

You requested the following:
With regards to the joint NZSIS-Police training exercise, I was seeking only Police documents. NZSIS' own evaluation has already been published in response to another OIA request on this website.
If it helps, I can reframe this part of my request as:
Any documents produced solely by Police relating to the October 2018 counter-terrorism Response exercise, that can be described as formal debriefings, after-action reports and/or evaluations of this exercise. If a set of recommendations resulted from this exercise, I would like a copy of all recommendations that would have been the responsibility of Police to implement and any action plans for implementing these recommendations.

Please accept my apologies for our error. I can confirm that a response to your remaining question is being compiled urgently and will be sent to you as soon as possible.

Ngā mihi
Fiona
Ministerial Services
PNHQ

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Kia ora Scott

I should also have noted the new reference number for the response to the outstanding portion of your request.

The reference is IR-01-21-21194.

Ngā mihi
Fiona
Ministerial Services
PNHQ

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Tēnā koe Scott

 

I refer to your request of 1 June 2021 for the following information:

 

With regards to the joint NZSIS-Police training exercise, I was seeking
only Police documents. NZSIS'  own evaluation has already been published
in response to another OIA request on this website.

If it helps, I can reframe this part of my request as:

Any documents produced solely by Police relating to the October 2018
counter-terrorism Response exercise, that can be described as formal
debriefings, after-action reports and/or evaluations of this exercise. If
a set of recommendations resulted from this exercise, I would like a copy
of all recommendations that would have been the responsibility of Police
to implement and any action plans for implementing these recommendations.

 

Unfortunately we are not going to be able to meet the extended due date of
26 July 2021.

 

I can confirm that your request has been drafted and is currently
progressing through our internal consultation process.

 

Although I am unable to confirm a release date at this stage, in normal
circumstances this process can take up to eight working days.

 

Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with a response
to your query. We are endeavouring to provide this to you as soon as
possible.
 
Ngā mihi
Fiona
Ministerial Services
PNHQ

 

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Kia ora Scott,

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 1 June 2021.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with this
response.

Ngā mihi,

 

Penni

Penni Davenport |Ministerial Services Advisor

Strategy & Partnerships |PNHQ

 

 

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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.

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those of the New Zealand Police. If you have received this message in
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