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Police official search for Mrs wills in the hawks bay

Paul Kelly made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police

The request was refused by New Zealand Police.

From: Paul Kelly

Dear New Zealand Police,

Could you please send me all communications that talk about the case of Mrs Wills who went missing in the Hawks Bay around 12 months ago between the commissioner and any police staff, the minister of police, the SAR secretariat and anyone else the commissioner may have been contacted by or spoken to on this matter?
Yours faithfully,

Paul Kelly

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New Zealand Police

Hello Mr Kelly, thank you for your information request.
 
I wish to take the opportunity to clarify a few points in relation to how
Police would prefer to receive requests for information. Police ask
requesters to provide their name, date of birth, address &/or
email with two forms of identification.  Under the Privacy Act Police are
required to take reasonable steps to satisfy itself of the identity of a
requester before releasing any personal information.
 
It would assist Police to process your request and satisfy our
requirements as to identification of a requester if you could provide
these details with your request.
 
It would also greatly assist Police to process your request if you could
provide some information or context for the request as when the request
relates to information about people other than yourself, Police are
required to consider the privacy interests of the other parties.  

Kind regards

Deb Collins

Hawkes Bay Official Information Requests  |  New Zealand Police
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Hastings Police Station  |  205 Railway Road  |  DX MX 10043  |  PO Box
49  |  Hastings 4156 

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To: OIA requests at New Zealand Police <[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: Paul Kelly <[FOI #3834 email]>  
Date: 03/04/2016 10:38AM 
Subject: Official Information Act request - Police official search for Mrs
wills in the hawks bay  

Dear New Zealand Police, 

Could you please send me all communications that talk about the case of
Mrs Wills who went missing in the Hawks Bay around 12 months ago between
the commissioner and any police staff, the minister of police, the SAR
secretariat and anyone else the commissioner may have been contacted by or
spoken to on this matter?  
Yours faithfully,

Paul Kelly

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From: Paul Kelly

Dear New Zealand Police,

Thank you for the reply. How do you want me to send you the
information you require as I am aware of the need to protect my
private information on the net and Im sure you would advise me to
be careful in this respect. The reason I am interested in all
aspects of this case is because I have been gathering information
to help me write a book about how things impinge on perforemance in
SAR and what we can learn from this.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Kelly

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New Zealand Police

Your request has been received and will be actioned as soon as possible.

 

Timeframe for Official Information Act & Privacy Act requests is up to 20
working days from the day after the request was received.  

 

OF NOTE: A working day means any day of the week other than Saturday,
Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Labour Day, Queen's
birthday, Waitangi Day, the appropriate provincial anniversary holiday,
and days between 25 December and 15 January (both inclusive).

  Hawkes Bay Official Information Requests  |  New Zealand Police
P +64 6 831 0700  |  E   [1][email address]
Hastings Police Station  |  205 Railway Road  |  DX MX 10043  |  PO Box
49  |  Hastings 4156 

[2]www.police.govt.nz Safer Communities Together

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From: Paul Kelly

Dear New Zealand Police,

I look forward to your reply

Yours faithfully,

Paul Kelly

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From: THOMSON, Raewyn
New Zealand Police

Dear Mr Kelly

 

 

I refer to your Official Information Act request of 3 April 2016 for all
communications that talk about the case of Mrs Wills who went missing in
the Hawkes Bay around 12 months ago between the Commissioner and any
police staff, the Minister of Police, the SAR secretariat and anyone else
the Commissioner may have been contacted by or spoken to on this matter.

 

Police wish to assure you that they are actioning your request and you
will receive a reply as soon as any information has been collated and
consulted on.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Raewyn Thomson

Executive and Ministerial Services

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The information contained in this email message is intended for the
addressee only and may contain privileged information. It may also be
subject to the provisions of section 50 of the Policing Act 2008, which
creates an offence to have unlawful possession of Police property. If you
are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
message in error, you must not peruse, use, distribute or copy this
message or any of its contents.

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From: Paul Kelly

Dear THOMSON, Raewyn,
Thank you for the assurance.

Yours sincerely,

Paul Kelly

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From: SMITH, Jason
New Zealand Police

Attachment kelly paul 16 3376 all correspondence related to missing person sent reply.pdf
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Dear Mr Kelly

 

Please find attached the New Zealand Police response to your Official
Information Act request.

 

Yours sincerely

Jason Smith
Ministerial Services | New Zealand Police - Nga Pirihimana O Aotearoa

E   [1][email address]
Police National Headquarters, 180 Molesworth Street, PO Box 3017,
Wellington, 6140, New Zealand

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The information contained in this email message is intended for the
addressee only and may contain privileged information. It may also be
subject to the provisions of section 50 of the Policing Act 2008, which
creates an offence to have unlawful possession of Police property. If you
are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
message in error, you must not peruse, use, distribute or copy this
message or any of its contents.

Also note, the views expressed in this message may not necessarily reflect
those of the New Zealand Police. If you have received this message in
error, please email or telephone the sender immediately

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From: Paul Kelly

Dear SMITH, Jason,
Thank you for letting me know why my request has been refused. I know that the commissioner must be a very buzzy person but it saddens me when it seems he is unaware of a case that has had some national exposure in the media and the coriners inquest at which his officers were questioned on there perforemance and capabilities and that there are on going issues around this case.

Yours sincerely,

Paul Kelly

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