Tēnā koe Simon

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 request below, received by Police on 25 February 2023.

Your reference number is IR-01-23-5743.

You can expect a response to your request on or before 24 March 2023 unless an extension is needed.

Ngā mihi
 
Julián (He/Him)
Ministerial Services Advisor
NZ Police National Headqurters Wellington

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Dear Simon,

 

I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 25 February
2023, in which you ask for:

 

I would like to receive a list of all items lodged to PNHQ using the "NEW
ZEALAND POLICE REPORT FORM" since 1 AUGUST last year (the POL.258 form)

 

Please include the "subject" and "text" fields too

 

After reviewing the requirements associated with your request, we have
determined that in its current format we would have to decline it under
section 18(f) of the OIA on the basis that the information cannot be made
available without substantial collation or research.

 

In order for us to progress your current request, you would need to refine
the scope of the information you are seeking so that it could be
realistically provided.  The main problem with the current scope is the
volume of the potential source material.

 

The form (Pol.258) you are requesting is, if not the most widely used form
in New Zealand Police with thousands of these forms being generated and
distributed throughout the organisation each year.  These forms can be
distributed electronically or in in hard copy format, and no external
search function was built into these forms to enable identification of the
intended recipient without physically viewing the individual documents.
Furthermore, the term “PNHQ” in your request is ambiguous and could refer
to either the Police National Headquarters physical building situated at
180 Molesworth Street in Wellington where more than 800 Police employees
are situated, or it could refer to the Police National Headquarters
workgroup which is made up of multiple business and operational units
located in different physical locations throughout the country and has
over 6000 individual positions associated to it. 

 

If you are able to refine your criteria with regards to the information I
have provided above, we can then reassess whether or not we will be able
to comply with your OIA request.

 

Thank you

 

Dean Herd

Detective Senior Sergeant

Strategic Project Officer - National Criminal Investigations Group 
Police National Headquarters

 
M  +64 21 190 9864

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Tēnā koe Simon                                

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 25 February 2023.

 

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

 

Ngā mihi

Dylan

 

 

Dylan

Advisor | Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters

 

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