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Good morning A. Mosley

 

Please find attached the Customs response to your request under the
Official Information Act 1982, received on 9 February 2026.

 

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From: A. Mosley <[1][FOI #33667 email]>
Sent: Monday, February 9, 2026 10:44 PM
To: OIA <[2][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Vehicle Branding & Lighting

 

Dear New Zealand Customs Service,

I would like to request for the branding guidelines for NZ customs
vehicles, both (I believe to be) older branding as displayed on the NZ
Customs website and newer branding on Wade Group website.

Older Style:
[3]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...
Newer Style:
[4]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

Similar requests through FYI for FENZ and NZ Police for this have been
made in the past and have been released. I would believe there should be
no reason for this to be withheld.

[5]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...
[6]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

Finally I would like to request for the the emergency light patterns used
on NZ customs vehicles, as I'm quite curious as the lightbar shown in the
'Running Man Challenge' on the NZ Customs Youtube channel shows blue LED's
being on. However it appears there are also Orange LED's, it would be
great if some sort of diagram or video could be provided to display all of
the different stages and or modes.
[7]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

Yours faithfully,

A. Mosley

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