28 July 2023
IR-01-23-21182
Frank
[email address]
Dear Frank
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 7 July 2023 requesting
the following information:
Clause A3 of the New Zealand Building Code you refer me to specifically identifies
‘Police stations’ as importance level 4 structures ‘Buildings that are essential to post-
disaster recovery’.
Also I note that I asked for the rating of each of the stations in NZ, though accept the
inclusion of IL4 in the question given your answer regards importance levels might
have limited the information you provided.
I think the best course here might be for me to clarify my request, with a clearer
scope so that I obtain information relative to al 308 stations (your term which
reinforces that they are indeed police stations and are therefore IL4) as was my
intention.
Please provide a list of al police stations in NZ. On that list please identify whether
the building has had a seismic assessment, the current seismic rating (%nbs), the IL
used in the assessment, the type of assessment used to gain that rating, the date of
the assessment.
The Police portfolio throughout New Zealand comprises of buildings with varying size and
function. Some properties are single-story remote buildings and others are multi-level
urban buildings. Not all Police properties require a seismic assessment.
Attached is a list of building locations including a response to the questions above.
Police engage engineers on an ongoing basis to carry out seismic assessments on
buildings we occupy, whenever we have identified an issue or if required, as part of a
building refurbishment project.
I trust that this information is of assistance to you.
Yours sincerely,
Wayne Goodfel ow
Director Property
Police National Headquarters
Building Location
Has had a Seismic Assesment
If yes current seismic rating
IL used
Type of assesment
Date of assessment
Akaroa
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Alexandra
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Amberley
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Arrowtown
Yes
106%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Arthurs Pass
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Ashburton
Yes
62%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Ashhurst
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Avondale
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Balclutha
Yes
110%
IL2
IEP
Jan-14
Balmoral
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Bay View
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Beachlands Junction
Not owned by Police
Bell Block
Yes
71%
IEP
IEP
Sep-13
Benneydale
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Blenheim
Yes
Building 1: 40% Building 2: 100% Building 3: 30% Building 4: 100%
IL3
DSA
Jul-19
Bluff
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Browns Bay
yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Bulls
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Cambridge
Not owned by Police
Carterton
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Chatham Islands
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Cheviot
Not owned by Police
Christchurch Central
Not owned by Police
Christchurch South
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Clinton
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
College Hill
Not owned by Police
Coromandel
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Counties Manukau
Yes
100%
IL4
mid level DSA
Aug-21
Counties Manukau East
new build
Cromwell
Yes
114%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Culverden
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Dannevirke
Yes
85%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Darfield
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Dargaville
yes
67%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Dunedin Central
Not owned by Police
Dunedin North
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Dunedin South
yes
110%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Edgecumbe
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Eketahuna
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Eltham
Not owned by Police
Fairlie
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Featherston
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Feilding
yes
100%
IL4
DSA
Sep-14
Fitzroy
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Flaxmere
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Foxton
yes
90%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Foxton Beach
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Franz Josef
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Geraldine
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Gisborne
yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Glen Innes
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Glenfield
yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Gonville/Castlecliff
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Gore
Currently structural strenghtening underway
Granity
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Great Barrier Island
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Building Location
Has had a Seismic Assesment
If yes current seismic rating
IL used
Type of assesment
Date of assessment
Green Island
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Greymouth
Yes
70%
IL4
mid level DSA
Aug-21
Greytown
Not owned by Police
Haast
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Hamilton Central
Yes
70%
IL4
mid level DSA
Aug-21
Hamilton East
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Hamilton North
Not owned by Police
Hamilton West
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Hampden
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Hanmer Springs
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Hastings Central
new build
Havelock
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Havelock North
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Hawera
currently undergoing a seismic assessment
Helensville
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Henderson
Yes
50%
IL4
mid level DSA
Aug-21
Highbury
yes
60%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Hikurangi
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Hokitika
Yes
95%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Hornby
Yes
70%
IL4
ISA
Aug-17
Houhora
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Howick
Not owned by Police
Hunterville
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Huntly
yes
72%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Inglewood
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Invercargill Central
Yes
Main building 75% Cell block 100%
IL4
DSA
Aug-21
Invercargill North
Yes
71%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Invercargill South
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Johnsonville
Yes
70%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Kaeo
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Kaiapoi
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Jun-18
Kaikohe
yes
98%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Kaikorai Valley
Yes
186%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Kaikoura
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Kaitaia
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Kamo
Not owned by Police
Kapiti
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Karamea
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Katikati
Not owned by Police
Kawakawa
yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Kawerau
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Kawhia
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Kerikeri
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Kilbirnie
yes
70%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Kimbolton
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Kohukohu
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Kotemaori
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Kumeu/Huapai
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Kurow
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Lake Tekapo
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Lawrence
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Leeston
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Levin
yes
92%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Lincoln
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Linton
Not owned by Police
Lower Hutt
yes
55%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Building Location
Has had a Seismic Assesment
If yes current seismic rating
IL used
Type of assesment
Date of assessment
Lumsden
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Lyttelton
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Mahia
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Mahurangi
Not owned by Police
Mangakino
Yes
146%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Mangawhai
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Mangere
Yes
260%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Mangonui
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Manurewa
Yes
59%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Manutuke
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Maraenui
Not owned by Police
Marewa
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Martinborough
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Marton
Yes
67%
IL2
IEP
Jan-14
Massey
Yes
62%
IL2
IEP
Jul-11
Masterton
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Matamata
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Mataura
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Matawai
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Maungaturoto
Not owned by Police
Methven
Yes
70%
IL4
ISA
Jul-19
Middlemarch
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Milton
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Mission Bay
Not owned by Police
Mokau
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Morrinsville
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Mosgiel
Yes
100%
IL2
DSA
Jun-15
Motueka
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Mt Maunganui
Not owned by Police
Mt Roskill
Not owned by Police
Mt Wellington
Not owned by Police
Murchison
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Murupara
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Naenae
Yes
67%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Napier
new build
National Park
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Nelson Central
Yes
60%
IL4
mid level DSA
Aug-21
Nelson DHQ
Not owned by Police
New Brighton
Yes
75%
IL4
ISA
Aug-17
New Lynn
Yes
63%
IL2
IEP
Jul-11
New Plymouth
Yes
80%
IL4
mid level DSA
Aug-21
Newmarket
Not owned by Police
Ngaruawahia
Yes
120%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Ngatea
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Ngongotaha
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Norsewood
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
North Shore
Not owned by Police
Oamaru
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Ohai
Yes
73%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Ohakea
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Ohakune
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Okato
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Omakau
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Omarama
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Onehunga
Yes
72%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Building Location
Has had a Seismic Assesment
If yes current seismic rating
IL used
Type of assesment
Date of assessment
Onerahi
Not owned by Police
Opotiki
Yes
64%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Opunake
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Orewa
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Otahuhu
new build
Otaki
Yes
89%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Otangarei
Not owned by Police
Otautau
currently undergoing a seismic assessment
Otorohanga
yes
75%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Owaka
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Oxford
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Paeroa
Yes
116%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Pahiatua
Yes
64%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Paihia
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Palmerston
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Palmerston North
Currently structural strenghtening underway
Palmerston North DHQ
Not owned by Police
Papakura Central
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Papamoa
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Papanui
Yes
50%
IL4
ISA
Aug-17
Patea
Yes
67%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Petone
Yes
119%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Picton
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Oct-13
Piopio
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Pleasant Point
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Pongaroa
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Porangahau
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Porirua
Not owned by Police
Port Chalmers
yes
63%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Portobello
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Pukekohe
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Putaruru
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Queenstown
Not owned by Police
Raetihi
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Raglan
Yes
72%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Rakaia
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Ranfurly
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Rangiora
Not owned by Police
Rawene
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Reefton
Yes
79%
IL2
IEP
Oct-13
Reporoa
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Richmond
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Riversdale
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Riverton
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Rolleston
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Ross
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Rotorua
Pending DSA
Roxburgh
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Ruakaka
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Ruatoria
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Ruawai
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Russell
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Shannon
Yes
67%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
St Andrews
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Building Location
Has had a Seismic Assesment
If yes current seismic rating
IL used
Type of assesment
Date of assessment
Stewart Island
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Stoke
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Stratford
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Taihape
Yes
87%
IL2
IEP
Jan-14
Tairua
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Takaka
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Takapuna
Not owned by Police
Tamatea
Not owned by Police
Taneatua
new build
Tapanui
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Taradale
Yes
47%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Taumarunui
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Taupo
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Tauranga
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Tauranga South
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Te Anau
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Te Araroa
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Te Aroha
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Te Awamutu
Yes
85%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Te Kaha
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Te Karaka
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Te Kauwhata
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Te Kuiti
Yes
117%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Te Puke
Yes
75%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Te Teko
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Temuka
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Thames
Yes
88%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Timaru
Yes
73%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Tokomaru
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Tokoroa
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Tolaga Bay
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Tuai
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Tuakau
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Tuatapere
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Turangi
Yes
83%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Twizel
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Upper Hutt
Yes
40%
IL4
mid level DSA
Aug-21
Waiheke Island
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Waihi
yes
70%
IL2
IEP
Nov-13
Waihi Beach
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Waikari
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Waikouaiti
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Waimate
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Wainuiomata
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Waiouru
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Waipu
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Waipukurau
Yes
75%
IL3
ISA
Oct-18
Wairoa
Yes
Office area and Cell Block 100% , Facility building 40%
IL2
DSA
Mar-23
Waitangirua
Yes
88%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Waitara
Yes
71%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Waiuku
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Wakefield
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Wanaka
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Warkworth
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Waverley
Yes
85%
IL2
IEP
Jan-14
Wellington
Yes
70%
IL4
mid level DSA
Aug-21
Building Location
Has had a Seismic Assesment
If yes current seismic rating
IL used
Type of assesment
Date of assessment
Wellington Airport
Not owned by Police
Wellsford
yes
94%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Westown
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Westport
Yes
53%
IL2
IEP
Sep-13
Whakatane
Yes
100%
IL2
DSA
Jun-14
Whangamata
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Whanganui
Yes - Whanganui project for a new site currently underway
Building 1: 51% Building 2: 102% Building 3: 29%
IL2
IEP
Jan-14
Whanganui East
Yes
91%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Whangaparaoa
Yes
100%
IL2
IEP
Feb-14
Whangarei
Yes
100%
IL4
mid level DSA
Aug-21
Whitianga
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Winton
Yes
136%
IL2
IEP
Dec-13
Woodville
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.
Wyndham
Assessment not required. Built post 1992 or single story timber framed building.