
IR-01-25-43487
19 December 2025
Tom Cranney
[FYI request #32837 email]
Tēnā koe Tom
Request for information
I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request, transferred to Police on 28
November 2025, for the fol owing:
Commissioner's Whats App messages obtained by NZ Outdoors and Freedom
Party
I understand your request to be in reference to a post made by Sue Grey on the Outdoors
and Freedom party website on 13 November 2025.
Based on the single text image that was posted it appears the correspondence she refers
to was published by the Department of Internal Affairs and is publicly available here:
OIA-
2223-0833.pdf. The ful response is 60 pages, 57 pages of which are text messages.
Your request is therefore refused under section 18(d) of the OIA as the information is
already publicly available.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Lee Hodgson
Manager – Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police