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IR-01-22-10325
24 May 2022
P Taylor
[FYI request #19097 email]
Dear P Taylor
Request for information
Thank you for your request of 10 April 2022, in which you requested the fol owing:
I would like to request all communications between any representative of the New
Zealand Police and any member of any Canadian law enforcement service over the
period 06/02/2022 and 03/03/2022. To avoid clarification, and to further narrow this
request, I am interested in any information in reference to the "CONVOY 2022 NZ"
protest and the Canadian Truckers protest
Your request has been considered in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA),
and I can now provide the following response.
As you may be aware, the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) has commenced an
independent investigation and review (Review) of the policing of the occupation on and around
Parliament grounds in Wellington during February and March 2022 (Protest).
Details of the scope of the Review are available on the IPCA’s website
1 and you wil note this
scope includes Police planning and preparation, operational execution, and management of
intel igence.
Whilst this Review is underway, information relating to the issues under investigation and review
is expected to be the subject of examination by the IPCA under its powers of investigation under
the IPCA Act 1988. With this Review commenced, there is a strong public interest in al owing
these matters to be considered in the round by the IPCA.
We consider that the information requested tends to go to the heart of the matters that are
under investigation and review by the IPCA. Where such information is available, it is withheld
in reliance upon section 9(2)(ba)(i ) of the OIA. It is in the public interest for the Review to be
completed without earlier predetermination of the matters it is considering.
We envisage relevant information wil be released fol owing the conclusion of the IPCA’s
Review.
The IPCA anticipates the Review wil be completed and reported on by 31 March 2023. Police
recognises the importance of transparency in these matters and looks forward to the release of
the IPCA’s report, at which time more detailed information regarding the Police response to the
Protest wil likely be publicly available.
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https://www.ipca.govt.nz/Site/publications-and-media/2022-media-releases/2022-mar-24-
investigation-review-occupation-parliament.aspx
Police National Headquarters
180 Molesworth Street. PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Telephone: 04 474 9499. www.police.govt.nz
Please note that as part of its commitment to openness and transparency, Police proactively
releases some information and documents that may be of interest to the public. An anonymised
version of this response may be publicly released on the New Zealand Police website.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision if you are not satisfied with the
response to your request. Information about how to make a complaint is available at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Nāku noa, nā
David Greig
Superintendent
New Zealand Police
