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From: James
Dear New Zealand Police,
Under the OIA can I please request the following:
Current number of Police vehicles in rainbow colours.
Cost of each subsequent vehicle (after 2018 which cost $10,000 and came from the recruitment budget ) having the rainbow colours applied and what budgets the costs came from?
All emails, texts, letters etc relating to each subsequent vehicle in rainbow colours since the first, in 2018. This should include who initiated the request for additional vehicles in rainbow colours, sign off/authorisation and budgets.
The name of the districts where the vehicles are stationed.
The company who applied the rainbow colours.
Prices/quotes and specifics for the work and all communications between Police and the supplier regarding this.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
James
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe James
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below.
Your reference number is IR-01-25-26386.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 15 August 2025 unless an extension is needed.
Ngā mihi, Michelle
Advisor - Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe James
Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information
Act request, received by Police on 20 July 2025.
Ngā mihi
Lisa
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: James
Dear Ministerial Services,
Kia ora,
Please address the following:
Your response to question 2, only covers the commercial position of the supplier. You haven't attempted to provided an answer to the 2nd part of the question. What budget the costs came from?
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
James
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Kia ora James,
Apologies for missing the second part of question 2 of your request.
Please find the complete response to question 2:
2. Cost of each subsequent vehicle (after 2018 which cost $10,000 and came
from the recruitment budget) having the rainbow colours applied and what
budget the costs came from?
This information is withheld under section 9(2)(b)(ii) of the OIA, as
withholding of this information is necessary to protect information where
the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to
prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the
subject of the information.
We can however confirm 4 additional requests from district were made after
the first vehicle in 2018 with requests coming from District budgets.
Please note that the final statement in the answer around costs and
communications around livery does also mention that purchase order costs
came from the district budgets.
Ngā mihi
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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