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9 March 2022 
  IR-01-21-37217 
Donna McMillian 
[FYI request #17949 email] 
Dear Donna 
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 16 December 
2021 and subsequent clarifications from that initial request, in which you sought 
information, around the St Heliers Police Station and other premises. My 
response to your questions can be found below. 
1. How many stations (like St Heliers Community Police Station) are
being sold off around the country?
New Zealand Police (Police) are currently in the process of disposing of the 
following former stations which have been relocated into the premises: 
• 309 High St, former Rangiora station (relocated to new station at corner of
Southern Cross Road and Kingsford Smith Drive Rangiora)
• 1213 Dominion Rd, former Mt Roskil  station (relocated to new station at
150 Stoddard Road)
• 2 Hagley Street, former Porirua Station (Treaty Settlement, relocated to
new Porirua Station at Heriot Drive)
• 58 Remuera Rd, former Newmarket station (relocated to new station at 14
Teed Street)
• 56 St Heliers Bay Road, St Heliers station (this station has been
unmanned for many years because this area is serviced from the Glenn
Innes Police Station which is less that 4km from the St Heliers Station)
2. Does the sale include the land? What happens to the money from
these sales?
Land is included with all property disposals. Divestment funds are reinvested 
back into the Police property portfolio for further investment. 
3. How often are the ones that remain, manned?
The manning of Police station varies from site to site depending on the 
requirements of each community. 
4. How many have been closed down since 2019?
Police National Headquarters 
180 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington SX11149 
Telephone: (04) 474 9499. www.police.govt.nz 

 
 
Please refer to Table 1 below for a list of sites that have been relocated, since 
2019. No sites have been closed since 2019 without relocation. 
 Table 1: Relocated Police sites by year since 2019/20 
Year 
Property 
Where did the people go? 
Porirua 
New Porirua Station 
Rangiora 
Moved to new premises in 
Rangiora 
2020/21 
Newmarket 
New station located at 14 Teed 
Street 
Mt Roskill 
150 Stoddard Road  
Auckland Central 
New Central Auckland Station at 
College Hill 
2019/20 
Ponsonby Police Station 
New Central Auckland Station at 
College Hill 
 
5.  What are the statistics for 105 calls versus apprehension of 
perpetrators? 
During the 2020/2021 fiscal year, 118,030 occurrences with offences were 
recorded by 105 call takers. Of these, 15,011 occurrences list at least one 
‘cleared offender’. A ‘cleared offender’ is recorded when there is evidential 
sufficiency linking the offender to the offence, a supervisor has approved the 
action being taken, and the victim has been notified of the outcome of their case. 
Please note, a cleared of ender is not necessarily arrested as alternative 
resolutions are available.  
 
This indicates that during the 2020/2021 year 12.7% of the occurrences featuring 
an offence had an offender linked to an offence and action taken to resolve the 
offence (as at 12/1/2022 when this data was extracted). 
 
Please note that the 105 line receives a range of calls, many of which are not 
offence-related, such as advice calls; requests to be transferred to specific 
stations; reports of lost or damaged property.  These are not included in the 
above figures. 
 


 
 
6.  I would also like to see any correspondence in all forms (texts, 
emails etc) between the NZ Police Commissioner  and any one or 
more of the following: Office of the Prime Minister, Police Minister, 
or the Minister of Justice with regards to the selling off of the St 
Heliers Police Station, from 31 December 2020 to 31st December 
2021. 
There was no correspondence between the Police Commissioner and the Prime 
Minister, Police Minister or Minister of Justice, with regards to selling the St 
Heliers Police Station in the period 31 December 2020 to 31 December 2021. 
 
 
7.  I understand the police station house at St Heliers is being sold. 
What wil  the land be used for? 
This station is going through the disposal process and Police have no knowledge 
of who might purchase the station or what its future use may be. 
I trust you wil  find this information of use. 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
 
 
Michelle Diston 
Director - Property 
National Property Of ice, Police National Headquarters 
 
 
 

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