Tēnā koe James,

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below.
Your reference number is IR-01-25-25788.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 11 August 2025 unless an extension is needed.

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

-----Original Message-----
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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Dear James,

 

I refer to your request of 14 July 2025 as per the above.

 

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)(a), the
request is for a large quantity of official information or necessitates a
search through a large quantity of information and meeting the original
time limit would unreasonably interfere with the operations of the
organisation.

 

Police requires until 06 October 2025 to provide a substantive response to
your request, however 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. .  Information about how to make a
complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800
802 602.

 

If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this
decision, please feel free to contact [email address]

 

Kind regards,

 

Yours sincerely

 

Hagen Kerr

Senior Advisor – Ministerial Services
Policy & Government Relations | Police National Headquarters

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ministerial Services
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 1:54 PM
To: James <[FOI #31573 email]>
Subject: OIA Acknowledgement IR-01-25-25788

 

Tçnâ koe James,

 

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

Your reference number is IR-01-25-25788.

You can expect a response to your request on or before 11 August 2025
unless an extension is needed.

 

Ngâ mihi

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

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: James <[1][FOI #31573 email]>

Sent: Monday, July 14, 2025 4:25 PM

To: Ministerial Services <[2][email address]>

Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Arrests or charges laid

 

CAUTION: This email originated from outside the New Zealand Police
Network. DO NOT click links or open attachments unless you recognise the
sender and are assured that the content is safe.

 

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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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[3][FOI #31573 email]

 

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Information requests to New Zealand Police? If so, please contact us using
this form:

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the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[6]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

 

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ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
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