
IR-01-22-34554
23 November 2022
Craig Innes
[FYI request #21047 email]
Tena koe Craig
Request for information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 5 November 2022, in which
you requested:
Please supply all information relating to Clarke Gayford, relating to any form of criminal
investigation or prosecution, for any date after 2017.
I can confirm Mr Gayford is not and has not been the subject of any police inquiry, nor has he
been charged in relation to any matter.
Police released the following statement to Newshub in early March:
"While in general we do not respond to enquiries which seek to confirm if
individuals are under police investigation, on this occasion we can say that Mr
Gayford is not and has not been the subject of any police inquiry, nor has he
been charged in relation to any matter."
If you are interested, you can view the associated Newshub article here:
https:/ /www.newshub.co. nz/home/new-zealand/2022/03/clarke-gayford-pokes-fun-at-courtÂ
appearance-ru mours-as-pol ice-deny-he-s-faci ng-charges. htm I
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.
Yours sincerely
Ive Superintendent Greg Williams
i ctor Organised Crime
Te Ohu Whakamana Taihara o Aotearoa
Police National Headquarters
180 Molesworth Street. PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
Telephone: 04 474 9499. Fax: 04 498 7400. www.police.govt.nz