All documentation of operation and access control pertaining to the National Intelligence Application
Lewis T made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
The request was refused by New Zealand Police.
From: Lewis T
Dear New Zealand Police,
May I please have all documentation of the operation (such as operating manuals,instruction booklets etc ) and access control restrictions e.g: to stop people making a suspiciously high amount of requests to the application
Yours faithfully,
Lewis T
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Lewis
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below, received by Police on 1 November 2022
Your reference number is IR-01-22-34043.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 29 November 2022 unless an extension is needed.
Ngā mihi
Sophie
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Dear Lewis T
I refer to your official information request dated 1 November 2022 where
you requested:
“ all documentation of the operation (such as operating manuals,
instruction booklets etc ) and access control restrictions e.g: to stop
people making a suspiciously high amount of requests to the application.”
Police is endeavouring to respond to your request, however we will require
a clarification as to what “operation” (or system) you are referring to in
order to proceed.
Please email [1][New Zealand Police request email] with your
clarification and we can proceed with your request,
Kind regards
Catherine
Advisor: Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: Lewis T
Dear Ministerial Services,
Sorry for late response in regards to operation I mean booklets like the PNC operators manual in the UK,thanks and hope this helps
Yours sincerely,
Lewis T
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Kia ora
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 15 NOvemebr 2022.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with this
response.
Kind regards, Brittany
Ministerial Services PNHQ
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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
When NZ Police released the July 2018 version of the NIA manual, on 27 September 2022, they also noted that:
"The NIA manual is currently being revised, however the current version dating to 2017/18 is attached."
So I expect there will have been changes made to it in the four months since then. Either that, or it may still be under revision.
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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
"The National Intelligence Application (NIA) Manual describes all NIA functions and how to use the platform. The NIA Manual is some 1400 pages and is withheld pursuant to section 18(f) of the OIA, as the information requested cannot be made available without substantial collation or research. I have considered whether fixing a charge under section 15 or extending the time limit under section 15A would make it possible to respond to your request but ultimately do not believe that either options would serve the purpose of your request."
NZ Police has previously released the National Intelligence Application (NIA) Reference / Procedure Manual verion 9.1 (July 2018) under the Official Information Act. All 1417 pages of it, with redactions.
This seems inconsistent with NZ Police's decision to not release the NIA manual to you. You may wish to lodge a complaint with the Ombudsman regarding this.
I am in the process of making the 2018 NIA manual available via policepolicy.nz. Hopefully (Auckland floods permitting) it will be available there soon.
You may want to consider asking NZ Police what changes, if any, have been made to the NIA manual since this version. That way, once it is available on policepolicy.nz, you should be able to get an understanding of the current version's contents without NZ Police refusing your request again under s18(f).
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