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Ngā mihi
Jonelle |Advisor: Ministerial Services |(she/her)
Policy & Partnerships |Police National Headquarters |

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From: James <[FOI #31573 email]>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2025 4:25 PM
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Arrests or charges laid

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Dear New Zealand Police,

I would like to request the following under the OIA.

How many, if any, threats against the Jewish community in NZ have police received since January 2023?

Have any charges been laid or arrests made regarding any of the below incidents?
Have any of the incidents been designated a "hate crime"?

Graffiti in Wellington's Aro Valley reading "I hated Jews before it was cool" - May 2025

Graffiti in Auckland reading "Genocide High School" - February 2025 Greys Ave in Auckland CBD

Desecration of Jewish headstones at Grafton cemetery in Auckland - October 2012 Nazi emblems spray painted on graves including "fuck Israel"

Swastika spray painted on the statue of Sir Dove- Myer Robinson in Auckland - November 2023

Pro-Palestinian graffiti sprayed on the fence of the Ben Shalom center and an attempt was made to set it on fire in Epsom, Auckland November 2023

Anti-Semitic graffiti reading "Majurey lies" with two Star of David symbols beneath his name atop Mt Albert - Auckland, April 2020

Swastikas spray painted outside Sinai Temple in Wellington and on different parts of the footpath on the terrace and outside the Wellington Jewish Progressive Congregation on Ghuznee street. January 2020

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

James

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