OIA 25572 Signed Response.pdf

OIA 25572
New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties
[FYI request #30215 email]

Dear New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties

Thank you for your Of icial Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 25 February 2025 in which
you sought:
1.  Al  communications to and from the IPCA relating to this report, excluding
anything relating to any specific complaint.
2.  Al  analysis, assessment, consideration, formal and informal advice,
recommendations, and responses developed by or communicated to you about
the issues raised in the IPCA report and the recommendations made by IPCA.
3.  Al  information recording your decisions on how to proceed regarding the
recommendations made by the IPCA in its report.
4.  Al  requests and communications by you to the Police to (a) work with the IPCA
on the research and production of the IPCA report and (b) to do work on issues
arising from the report.
5.  Al  communications from you about the report, or how to proceed following the
publication of the report, to (a) the Prime Minister, (b) the Minister of Justice, (c)
the Minister of Internal Affairs, (d) the Associate Minister of Police, (e) either
Associate Minister of Justice, (f) the Attorney General, (g) Crown Law and (h) the
NZ Security Intelligence Service.
You will find information identified in scope of your request enclosed.
Please note that it has been necessary to withhold some information from these documents
under the following sections of the OIA:
•  9(2)(a): to protect the privacy of natural persons
•  9(2)(f)(iv): to maintain the constitutional conventions for the time being which protect
the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials
•  9(2)(g)(i): to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank
expression of opinions.
Please refer to the table below for a list of OIA grounds used within each document.
Title of document
OIA grounds
used within
document
#1 MIN OIA 25572 Correspondence
9(2)(a)
9(2)(g)(i)
#2 BR/25/07 Independent Police Conduct Authority Review  9(2)(a)
of the Policing of Protests in New Zealand
9(2)(f)(iv)
9(2)(g)(i)

Title of document
OIA grounds
used within
document
#3 Excerpts from the Weekly Report to the Minister of
Nil
Police

I consider the interests requiring protection by withholding the information are not
outweighed by any public interest in release of the information.
Please note that in relation to the wording “The IPCA has interviewed a range of interested
parties…” under paragraph 7 of the attached report BR/25/07 Independent Police Conduct
Authority Review of the Policing of Protests in New Zealand, Police advises that the
communications between the IPCA and the Ministry of Justice, and the IPCA and the
Department of Internal Affairs were under consultation, rather than by conducting interviews.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision if you are not satisfied with
my response to your request.

Yours sincerely

Hon Mark Mitchell
Minister of Police

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RE: [EXTERNAL] IPCA
Date:
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Hi team,
Sorry for the delay.
Attached is our response IPCA report coming out tomorrow into thematic review of public protests in NZ.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Sarah Mair
Senior Communications Advisor
Media & Communications, PNHQ
M s.9(2)(a) OIA
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You too
s.9(2)(a) OIA
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ce | Office of Hon Mark Mitchell
Minister of Corrections | Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery
Minister for Ethnic Communities | Minister of Police | Minister for Sport and Recreation
MP for Whangaparaoa
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Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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Have a great weekend if we don’t speak again!
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Awesome. thank you!
s.9(2)(a) OIA
ce | Office of Hon Mark Mitchell
Minister of Corrections | Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery
Minister for Ethnic Communities | Minister of Police | Minister for Sport and Recreation
MP for Whangaparaoa
Email:s.9(2)(a)  @parliament.govt.nz Website: www.beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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Kia ora anō
I spoke to Steph again and she advised we’ll get the media statement to you on Monday, ahead of it going
out Tuesday.
Cheers
Penn
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Kia ora
Are you able to please send along the police statement re: IPCA report on the policing of protests
in NZ?
Thanks so much
s.9(2)(a) OIA
s.9(2)(a) OIA
Private Secretary - Police | Office of Hon Mark Mitchell
Minister of Corrections | Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery
Minister for Ethnic Communities | Minister of Police | Minister for Sport and Recreation
MP for Whangaparaoa
Email:s.9(2)(a) @parliament.govt.nz Website: www.beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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Please attribute to Deputy Commissioner Tania Kura:
Police acknowledges the release of a comprehensive report by the Independent Police Conduct
Authority which looks at the policing of public protests in New Zealand and makes several signiﬁcant
recommendations.
Police have worked closely with the IPCA on this review which has arisen from complaints to the
independent body fol owing high proﬁle protests over recent years.
We have seen a signiﬁcant change in the protest environment, aided by social media, in which they
are becoming more publicised, highly organised and in some instances with complex tactics being
used. We are now often faced with these events involving protesters, counter protesters, and
activists who are present for a variety of diﬀerent causes.
These changes are a global trend and is putting more pressure on police jurisdictions around the
world. In the last two years, New Zealand Police has attended and monitored at least 140 protests
across the country.
Police is always focussed on ensuring the community has the right to protest but balancing this
against upholding the law and ensuring the safety of those attending as well as members of the
public in the vicinity.
The 2022 parliamentary protest, as well as recent ral ies regarding the conﬂict between Israel and
Palestine highlight some of the complex issues Police is dealing with.
Today’s report recommends several changes and Police accepts and agrees with these in principle.
The most signiﬁcant is the recommendation for a new stand-alone legislation which would put New
Zealand in line with comparative jurisdictions such as Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
Any legislative reform would be led by the Minister of Justice.
There are also recommendations regarding police policies, processes, and training in the public order
policing area. Police is considering how best to respond to these noting that our organisation has
already undertaken a raft of changes fol owing the parliamentary protests. Our progress and work in
this area has been acknowledged by the IPCA in the report.
We know our oﬃcers who work in Public Order Policing teams as well as al oﬃcers who attend to
support and police these events do an incredible job at keeping people safe in what can be a
chal enging and highly emotional environment. We know we must continual y improve and adapt to
the changing environment in protests and so we look forward to seeing where this review leads us.
There were three separate investigations into protests in Auckland which are outlined in this review,
and we have responded to each of these as below.
Investigation one:
The Independent Police Conduct Authority investigated a high number of complaints regarding the
police response to the Let Women Speak ral y which was held at Albert Park in March 2023.
This event became volatile very quickly due to behaviour by counter protesters who surrounded the
rotunda when the main speaker arrived.

Police acknowledge the ﬁndings by the IPCA in relation to the protest which found our initial risk
assessment could have been better. We also accept that our response on the day when protestors
surrounded the rotunda was inadequate.
We do note that our staﬀ were also dealing with a separate unrelated protest on the same day, not
far from this location, alongside other operational demands which put signiﬁcant pressure on oﬃcers
at these time sensitive events.
The criticism of the policing of this event was not due to the fault of any individual oﬃcer but rather
learnings around undertaking a better risk assessment for any future protests ensuring we have
adequate resourcing for these unpredictable events. We have debriefed this matter and taken these
learnings onboard.
We also note that Police carried out an investigation fol owing the event and two counter-protesters
were charged with assault.
Investigation two:
The second investigation referenced in the IPCA report relates to the arrest of a counter-protestor
during a ral y in support of Palestine in November 2023 at Aotea Square in Auckland.
A man was standing around 150 metres from where protesters were setting up a speaking area
holding an Israeli ﬂag. Police told the man to leave and stay away from the event to prevent a
potential breach of the peace. They told the man he would be arrested if he returned.
The man left but returned without his ﬂag, his face covered, and stood in Aotea Square while
speeches took place.
He was arrested and charged with intentional y obstructing a police oﬃcer acting in the execution of
his duty.
Police accept this arrest was unlawful and while the intent of the oﬃcers was to ensure the man’s
safety, we accept they had no lawful basis to tell him to leave or to arrest him when he returned.
We have spoken with the oﬃcers involved in this incident and have used this as a learning
opportunity for them.
The charge of obstruction was withdrawn.
Investigation three:
During the same ral y in Auckland’s CBD in November 2023, Police came across a diﬀerent counter-
protester who was holding a sign which they believed had the potential to incite violence.
Police, concerned for the woman’s safety, asked her to move and put down her sign and when she
failed to comply, they had to move her a short distance away and took her sign oﬀ her. When she
continued to try and re-enter the protest they arrested her for a breach of the peace.
The IPCA has found the use of force to move the woman away was unjustiﬁed and the arrest was
unlawful.
While police acknowledge the IPCA’s view on this, we believe our oﬃcers were acting in the woman’s
best interests to keep her safe due to their previous experience at pro-Palestine events which had
turned violent very quickly.

We do accept that she should have been given her sign back when she was released by police.
The primary role of Police at these events is to ensure everyone’s safety while they protest. If there is
a concern that someone may be harmed, Police wil act within the boundaries of the law to protect
all individuals present.
We recognise the delicate balance between a person’s right to peacefully protest and maintaining
public order. Our oﬃcers are entrusted to make these decisions based on their knowledge and
information available to them.
ENDS
Issued by the Police Media Centre

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RE: [EXTERNAL] IPCA
Date:
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Hi s.9(2)(a)
Full talking points and back pockets are attached.
OIA
Does this work? Happy to cut them down to the key points and put it into Minster speak if needed.
Cheers,
Sarah Mair
Senior Communications Advisor
Media & Communications, PNHQ
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Thanks Sarah. Can we please have a few back pocket TPs today for the Minister. Topical given the
weekend’s protest so he will likely be asked.
Cheers
s.9(2)(a) OIA
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Hi team,
Sorry for the delay.
Attached is our response IPCA report coming out tomorrow into thematic review of public protests in NZ.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Sarah Mair
Senior Communications Advisor
Media & Communications, PNHQ
M s.9(2)(a) OIA
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e | Office of Hon Mark Mitchell

Key messaging and Q+As for IPCA thematic review into policing of public protests in New Zealand
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Subject:
Further info on IPCA meeting request
Date:
Monday, 3 March 2025 10:39:51 am
Hi s.9(2)(a)
Here is a wee blurb on the IPCA meeting request, hopefully that helps with the meeting organising
OIA
It would be with Minister of Justice and Minister of Local Government
Cheers
s.9(2)(a) OIA
On 18 February, the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) will publicly release a review on
the policing of public protests in New Zealand (the Review). The Review was undertaken following
complaints to the IPCA about the policing of the “Let Women Speak” event in March 2023, and
recent protests surrounding the war in Gaza. The Review makes a series of findings and
recommendations, including a recommendation for the introduction of a standalone Act.
Police acknowledges the IPCA’s findings and agree with the recommendations in-principle.
9(2)(g)(i)
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Minister of Corrections | Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery
Minister for Ethnic Communities | Minister of Police | Minister for Sport and Recreation
MP for Whangaparaoa
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Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

•  The Ministry of Justice would lead the development of the proposed
legislation. We recommend you meet with the Minister of Justice and the
Minister of Local Government to discuss the legislative recommendations,
and the priority of this work.
•  Police wil  work through the other recommendations relating to Police policies
and training to consider how best to respond to them.
Recommendations
Police recommends that the Minister of Police:
a)  Note that the IPCA has undertaken a review, alongside Police, key
external stakeholders and interested parties, into the policing of
public protests in New Zealand

b)  Note the Review makes a series of findings and recommendations,
including a recommendation for a new standalone Peaceful
Assemblies Act

c)  Note  that Police  acknowledge  the findings and accept the
recommendations in-principle

d)  Note that support from the Minister of Justice and the Minister of
Local Government wil  be required to progress and prioritise any
legislative work

e)  Agree to meet with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Local
Yes/No
Government, to discuss the Review’s legislative recommendations,
and the priority of any legislative change
f)
Note  that  Police  will consider how best to respond to  the
recommendations relating to Police policies and training.
Minister’s comments and signature

…………………………………….      /    / 2025
Hon Mark Mitchel
Minister of Police
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Independent Police Conduct Authority Review of the Policing of Protests in
New Zealand
Background
3.  The IPCA received a significant number of complaints about the policing of
protests following the “Let Women Speak” rally in March 2023,  and recent
protests concerning the conflict in Israel and Gaza. Many of the complaints allege
that Police has failed to uphold rights and freedoms in the New Zealand Bil  of
Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA)1, maintain public order, and prevent breaches of the
peace.
4.  These complaints have highlighted to the IPCA that protests are increasingly
causing tension in communities and are placing significant pressures on Police.
On this basis, last year the IPCA initiated a review of the policing of protests, with
a specific focus on whether:
a.  the existing legislative framework is fit-for-purpose
b.   protest activity should be better regulated
c.  the tools available to Police should be reformed.
5.  This Review therefore builds on, but is broader in scope than, the IPCA’s 2023
Parliamentary Protest Review, which reported on the IPCA’s investigation into
the 2022 occupation at Parliament.
6.  Alongside the Review, the IPCA is also completing their usual investigations to
respond to the individual complaints. The Review includes the findings of
individual complaints, which will be published  as an appendix  to the Review.
These findings wil  also be published on the IPCA’s website.
The Review has drawn insights from across a range of stakeholders
7.  The IPCA has interviewed a range of interested parties, including the Ministry of
Justice (Justice), the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), local councils, and
human rights experts from New Zealand and overseas. They have also drawn
insights from other policing jurisdictions and have spoken to police officers from
Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, as other western democracies are
seeing an  increase in protest activities  causing disruption, violence, and
obstruction of key infrastructure.
Police has been working closely with the IPCA throughout the Review
8.  Police worked closely with the IPCA on the Review last year, including supporting
the stakeholder interviews, and through consultation with various workgroups in
Districts, including frontline staff, and in Police National Headquarters. Police

1 The NZBORA rights that support the right to protest are sections 14, 15 and 17, which state that
everyone has the right to freedom of expression, to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of
association.
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also engaged in collaborative discussions with the IPCA on the Review’s findings
and recommendations.
The Review makes four overarching findings, and a series of recommendations
to respond to the findings
9.  The Review makes four overarching  findings. These  findings and the related
recommendations are outlined below.
10.  Police  acknowledges  the  findings and, in-principle,  agrees  with the
recommendations, including the legislative recommendations.  However, it  is
critical that any new legislative framework is fit-for-purpose, so further work will
be required to fully understand  the  potential impacts of the legislative
recommendations for Police if they are progressed.
11.  There are also a number of recommendations  relating to  Police policies and
training to which Police will need to consider how best to respond.
Finding  1:  The Government should introduce new, standalone legislation, as New
Zealand lacks overarching legislative guidance on the policing of protests
12.  The key finding of the Review is that New Zealand’s regulatory framework for the
management and policing of protests is not fit-for-purpose.
13.  The Review finds that while NZBORA contains the right to protest, New Zealand
lacks overarching legislative guidance on what those rights should look like in
practice,  and what constitutes a reasonable limitation on those rights when
balanced against others, such as public safety.
14.  Unlike other comparable jurisdictions such as Australia, the United Kingdom and
Canada, which have specific protest or public order legislation, New Zealand is
reliant on case law, academic discourse, and international human rights
frameworks.
15.  The Review finds the operational impact of a lack of legislative guidance is that
police officers are often left to make their own decisions as to what they consider
to be a reasonable limitation on rights. While not unusual for Police to exercise
their judgement, the Review finds that police officers often do not get the balance
right.
16.  For this reason, the Review recommends a new standalone Peaceful Assembly
Act (the Act). Greater detail on the Review’s recommendations for the content of
the new Act is provided below. At a high level, the Review suggests it contain:
a.  over-arching statements of principle on the type of impacts arising from
an assembly that might justify limitations on fundamental rights
b.  specific powers for the management and control of assemblies
(including protests).
17.  Standalone legislation would support the Government’s restoring law and order
priority by providing overarching legislative guidance to protestors, Police and
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local councils, and by providing Police with law enforcement powers tailored for
public assemblies.
18.  Police is supportive of the introduction of a new standalone Act. Introducing a
legislative framework is a priority for Police as it would provide clarity to both
Police and protestors, and provide Police with tools to better manage protest
situations. However, ensuring that the Act is fit-for-purpose wil  be critical for our
staff.
Finding 2: New Zealand has insufficient legislative guidance for the notification of, and
planning for protests
19.  The Review finds that Police’s ability to plan and deploy to protests is limited due
to ineffective existing council bylaws governing the notification and approval of
events in public spaces. It recommends that the new Act includes a notification
regime, including requirements for advance notification by protest organisers,
and the ability for Police to set conditions in advance of, and during the course
of, designated types of assemblies.
20.  The Review also finds that traffic management plans are frequently not provided
to councils by protest organisers. There are a number of likely reasons for this,
including the cost and expertise required to develop the plans. It finds that in
instances where traffic management plans are not provided, the burden and cost
of providing a plan tends to fall on Police.
21.  To address this, the Review recommends that a new Act should specify who has
responsibility for traffic management planning - Police or councils (or in the case
of a State Highway, the New Zealand Transport Agency).  Implementation
challenges have been raised, including by DIA, who have advised that if councils
accept responsibility for the cost of plans, there wil  be challenges budgeting for
this activity.  Where the cost falls is also a key issue for Police,  and  careful
consideration, must be taken when progressing this recommendation.
Finding 3: Enforcement powers available to Police are insufficient
22.  The Review finds that existing public order offences are not fit-for-purpose and
create significant challenges for Police. For example,  the offence of criminal
nuisance is restrictive in a protest context, as it requires Police to prove, beyond
reasonable doubt, that  a person had actual knowledge or awareness of the
dangers associated with their unlawful activity. This requirement is a particular
problem in the protest context, where protestors take measures (such as wearing
earmuffs) so that they cannot hear what police officers are telling them.
23.  The Review also notes that other jurisdictions have a specific offence of impeding
access to critical infrastructure, and that such activity is not adequately covered
by the existing public order offences in New Zealand.
24.  To address the weaknesses in the legislative tools, the Review recommends:
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Excerpts from the Weekly Report to the Minister of Police
Week ending 31 March 2024
Part Two – Policy & Strategic Updates
IPCA Thematic Review of the Legislative Framework of Protests
Following several recent protests, the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA)
has received a number of complaints about the way in which these protests were
policed.  IPCA has advised that complainants have identified potential areas of law
which appear either vague or not fit for purpose.
As a result, IPCA is undertaking a thematic review of the policing of protest events
(the Review), with support from Police. The purpose of the Review is to examine
the broader legal and operational framework for policing protest events. IPCA and
Police will jointly:
•
examine the extent to which the current framework and legislation is fit for
purpose; and
•
identify and collect information about a number of issues such as:
o
what the current operating and legislative framework is
o
what Police’s current public order policing operating philosophy is
o
whether the legal framework, including offences and arrest powers,
are fit for purpose.
The Review wil  also obtain the view of other interested parties, such as The Free
Speech Union.
On 26 March the IPCA met with officials from the Ministry of Justice and the
Department of Internal Affairs to advise them of the Review, given their role in
administering much of the relevant legislation that the Review wil  consider. Police
was present at this meeting.
Police has been consulted on, and agreed, to the Review's Terms of Reference
and work has now commenced. At the end of the Review, the IPCA wil  produce
its own independent report. The IPCA has indicated that the Review wil  be
completed and reported on by end of June 2024. We wil  provide you with further
advice once the report is published.
Week ending 13 December 2024
Independent Police Conduct Authority -   Thematic  Review on the policing of
public protests in New Zealand
36. As advised in an earlier Weekly Report entry, the Independent Police Conduct
Authority (IPCA) have this year been undertaking a coordinated review (the
Review) of the policing of protests. The Review was initiated following a significant
number of complaints to the IPCA of the policing of the "Let Women Speak" event
in March 2023 and the recent protests concerning the war in Gaza. The Review
has been developed in close consultation with Police. Other interested parties have
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also been consulted, including the Ministry of Justice, the Department of Internal
Affairs and local councils. The IPCA is currently finalising the Review and have
advised that they wil  likely publish it on the week of 27 January 2025. We
understand the IPCA wil  provide you and the Minister of Justice embargoed copies
of the Review in the days before its public release. We wil  provide you with advice
about Police’s initial response to the recommendations to support your
consideration of the report at that time.

Week ending 31 January 2025
Table 1: Upcoming Briefings
(Key - New brieﬁngs are indicated in blue)
Due Date
Number
Title
w/c 3 Feb
BR/25/07
Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA)
Review of the Policing of Protests in New Zealand
This paper informs you of the findings and
recommendations made by the IPCA in their
thematic review of the policing of public protests in
New Zealand. It recommends you meet with the
Minister of Justice to discuss the Review’s legislative
recommendations, and the priority of further work on
the legislative framework guiding protest activity and
responses. We understand your office wil  receive
an embargoed copy of the Review on 13 February,
ahead of its public release on 18 February.

Week ending 7 February 2025
Table 1: Upcoming Briefings
(Key - New brieﬁngs are indicated in blue)
Due Date
Number
Title
w/c 10 Feb
BR/25/07
Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA)
Review of the Policing of Protests in New Zealand
This paper informs you of the findings and
recommendations made by the IPCA in their thematic
review of the policing of public protests in New
Zealand. It recommends you meet with the Minister
of Justice to discuss the Review’s legislative
recommendations, and the priority of further work on
the legislative framework guiding protest activity and
responses. We understand your office wil  receive an
embargoed copy of the Review on 13 February,
ahead of its public release on 18 February.

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