Tēnā koe Lisa

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request below, received by NZ Police on 17 March 2022.

Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Act.

You can expect a response to your request on or before 14 April 2022.

Ngā mihi
Catherine
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters

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Kia ora Lisa,

 

I refer to your request of 17 March 2022 under the Official Information
Act 1982 (OIA), for:

 

all internal communications via email, meeting minutes, etc that relate to
the Wellington Freedom protest between 22 February 2022 and 11 March 2022.

 

An initial email search indicates the volume of email correspondence that
is within scope of your request as it currently stands runs into the
thousands of items.

 

I therefore invite you to refine your request. You may wish, for example,
to narrow the time frame further, restrict the search to formal documents,
and/or identify specific correspondents.

 

If you do not refine your request it is likely Police will have to refuse
it under s 18(f) of the OIA, as the information requested cannot be made
available without substantial collation or research.

 

If you could respond on the above points by end of day Thursday 31 March
that would be greatly appreciated.

 

Kind regards,

 

Tobias Vandenberg

Senior Advisor | Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters

 

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Kia ora Lisa,

Thanks for clarifying.

Unfortunately, unless the topic and/or list of correspondents is also narrowed it is likely Police would still need to refuse the request as it currently stands. The operation in response to the protests at Parliament involved substantial numbers of Police staff, both directly and in support roles. The volume of correspondence relating to the protest as a whole across that period would still require substantial research to locate.

You may wish to indicate particular individuals with Police whose correspondence you are interested in. Alternatively, I would be happy to discuss this matter with you if you provide a contact phone number. You can provide the number to this address from a personal email, so it won't be published.

Kind regards,

Tobias Vandenberg
Senior Advisor | Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters                    

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Tēnā koe Lisa

I refer to your request of 17 March 2022 for the following information:

"As a resident of New Zealand I request all internal communications via email, meeting minutes, etc that relate to the Wellington Freedom protest between 22 February 2022 and 11 March 2022.

This should include, but not be limited to, all communications regarding
- ‘recruiting’ police to be in Wellington
- behaviour of protesters or police at the event
- opinions of protesters
- expectations of police behaviour while at protest
- concerns raised"

Unfortunately we were not be able to meet the due date of 14 April 2022.

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

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.

Many thanks, Brittany
Ministerial Services, PNHQ

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Tēnā koe Lisa,                                  

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 17 March 2022.

 

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

Ngā mihi,

 

 

Jeremy
Ministerial Services |

Strategy & Partnerships |PNHQ

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