OIA Request statistics
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From: Daniel Just
Dear New Zealand Police,
Please supply for the last 5 years.
The total number of OIA requests received by NZ police, for each full year for the previous five years.
Total number of complaints rejected or refused each year, for the last five years.
The average time for a OIA to be responded to, for each year, for the last five years.
The number, or percentage, or other clear metric of OIA requests that exceeded the 20 working day allowance per year, for the last five years.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Just
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Kia ora
Police Ministerial Services are now on leave, with staff returning to the
office on 12 January 2026.
If it is an emergency please call 111. Otherwise we will respond on our
return.
Have a relaxing and safe Christmas break.
Mā te wā
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Kia ora Daniel
With regards to your OIA request below, this information as you describe it, is publicly available on the Public Service Commission (PSC) website.
Here is a link to the information: https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/guidan...
Ngā mihi, Michelle
Michelle Block
Advisor - Ministerial Services
NZ Police National Headquarters Wellington
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Just <[FOI #33456 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 7 January 2026 2:27 PM
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - OIA Request statistics
Dear New Zealand Police,
Please supply for the last 5 years.
The total number of OIA requests received by NZ police, for each full year for the previous five years.
Total number of complaints rejected or refused each year, for the last five years.
The average time for a OIA to be responded to, for each year, for the last five years.
The number, or percentage, or other clear metric of OIA requests that exceeded the 20 working day allowance per year, for the last five years.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Just
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Some of this information is publicly available.
Overall request numbers since 2015 are available from the Public Service Commission's OIA statistics page:
https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/guidan...
Average response times are included since 2022. While they don't track the number which take longer than 20 working days, they do track the number which are unlawfully late, and (since 2022) the percentage which are extended.
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