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IPCA report on Policing of Public Protests

New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police

The request was partially successful.

From: New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties

Dear New Zealand Police,

On 18 February 2025, the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) published a report ‘The Policing of Public Protests in New Zealand’.

In paragraph 5 of the report the IPCA stated, “However, the need to undertake this review was discussed and agreed with Police from an early stage, and some components of the review have been conducted jointly with Police.”

The Council requests the following information under the Official Information Act:

1. All communications to and from the IPCA relating to this report, excluding anything relating to any specific complaint. Given that the IPCA has indicated it discussed and agreed the review with Police, and that some components of the review have been conducted jointly with the Police, we expect this would include emails, briefings, meeting notes, formal and informal advice, and responses to the positions of the IPCA and its other collaboration partners and stakeholders.

2. All internal analysis, assessment, consideration, formal and informal advice, and recommendations or responses developed or communicated within the Police about the issues raised in the IPCA report and the recommendations made by IPCA.

3. All information recording Police decisions on how to proceed regarding the recommendations made by the IPCA in its report.

4. All communications from the Police about the report, or how to proceed following the publication of the report, to (a) the Minister of Police, (b) the Associate Minister of Police, (c) Ministry of Justice, (d) the Minister of Justice, (e) the Department of Internal Affairs, and (f) the NZ Security Intelligence Service.

Under section 16(2) of the OIA our preferences are (a) to receive a copy of the whole document (b) that the information is disclosed in a text searchable format, either Word or PDF, and (c) that it is sent to the email address from which the Police received this request.

If the Police decides that there is 'good reason' under the OIA to withhold any of the information we are requesting, then under section 19(a)(ii) of the OIA, we further request that the Police provide us with the grounds in support of each withholding reason cited for refusal. Guidance for agencies on how to meet their section 19(a)(ii) obligations is available from the Ombudsman at this location: https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/reso...

If any part of our request is unclear, please don't hesitate to contact us. A response to this request is due as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case no later than 25 March 2025. If a large volume of information is in scope, then we are willing to discuss an extension, or to amend our request to a list of material.

Yours faithfully,

New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties

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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police

Tēnā koe

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below.

Your reference number is IR-01-25-7229.

You can expect a response to your request on or before 25 March 2025 unless an extension is needed.

Ngā mihi

Siena (she/her)
Advisor - Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters

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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police

Tēnā koe 

 

Police is enquiring with you in relation to refining question two of your
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 25 February 2025, police
reference IR-01-25-7229. You requested:

 

2.      All internal analysis, assessment, consideration, formal and
informal advice, and recommendations or responses developed or
communicated within the Police about the issues raised in the IPCA report
and the recommendations made by IPCA.

 

While scoping and collating the material in scope of this part of your
request, Police has identified that responding to this part of your
request would require a search through a substantial amount of
information. This would be likely to have a significant and unreasonable
impact on Police’s ability to carry out its other operations.

 

Police would like to enquire with you on narrowing the scope of
information requested in question two to formal advice only, to enable
Police to respond to your request without substantial collation and
research.

 

Please confirm by 4pm 6 March 2025 if you would like to refine your
request. Please note that if the request is not refined, Police may
consider refusing that part of your request under section 18(f) OIA.

 

Please note, under section 15 of the OIA, any clarification or amendments
made to a request within seven working days, that request may be treated
as a new request and the time limit for the response restarts. 

 

Ngā mihi

 

Leo

Ministerial Services

Police National Headquarters

 

 

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From: New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties

Dear Ministerial Services,

The Council is willing to narrow the scope of part 2 of our request to the following: (i) all formal advice, and (ii) the names of any teams, working groups, or similar that are doing work to respond to the IPCA report on policing protest.

Yours sincerely,

New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties

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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police

Tēnā koe

 

I refer to your below request of 25 February 2025.

 

I have been asked to advise you that Police requires an extension of time
in which to respond to your request, pursuant to section 15A(1) of the
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). Specifically, section 15A(1)(b), due
to the consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such
that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the
original time limit.

 

Police requires until 17 April 2025 to provide a substantive response to
your request. We are endeavouring to provide this to you as soon as
possible.

You have the right, under section 28(3) of the OIA, to make a complaint to
an Ombudsman about this extension.

 

Ngā mihi

Leo

Ministerial Services

Police National Headquarters

 

 

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New Zealand Police

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Tēnā koe                                  

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 06/03/2025.

 

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

 

Ngā mihi

Jonelle |Advisor: Ministerial Services |([1]she/her)

Policy & Partnerships |Police National Headquarters |

 

 

 

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