Kia ora Chuck

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request below, received by New Zealand Police on 22 February 2022.
 
Your request is being actioned pursuant to the OIA. You can expect a response to your request on or before 22 March 2022.
 
Kind regards, Brittany
Ministerial Services PNHQ

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Schooner <[FOI #18631 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 22 February 2022 8:47 am
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Wellington Protests

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Dear New Zealand Police,

Please provide the following

- Total number of police coming into Wellington to assist with the protests weekly - eg Total frontline offices in Wellington at 3 day intervals from February 15 to todays date
- Please provide the total number of different hotels they are staying at
- Please provide the cost of these hotels to the taxpayer and forecast costs going forward
- Please provide total number of agitators if any being paid for by NZ Police to aggravate the protestors - if this is not the case please state if any other agencies are funding agitators ie GCSB
- Alternatively if there aren't paid agitators please provide number of plain clothes officers infiltrating the protest on a daily basis
- Please provide any and all correspondence, emails, texts, phone transcripts, memos to include any and all correspondence between representatives of the Labour government to include Grant Robertson, Jacinder Ardern but not limited to these people and the NZ Police and directives from the government.

Yours faithfully,
Chuck

-------------------------------------------------------------------

This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #18631 email]

Is [New Zealand Police request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to New Zealand Police? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

===============================================================
WARNING
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

hide quoted sections

Kia ora Chuck,

 

I refer to your request of 22 February 2022 under the Official Information
Act 1982 (OIA), which included a request for:

 

o any and all correspondence, emails, texts, phone transcripts, memos to
include any and all correspondence between representatives of the
Labour government to include Grant Robertson, Jacinder Ardern but not
limited to these people and the NZ Police and directives from the
government.

 

Section 12(2) of the OIA requires that the official information requested
must be specified with due particularity. In order for Police to proceed
with this part of your request, please provide clarification on the
following points:

o Who you consider to be a “representative of the Labour government.”
For example, are you referring only to Ministers?
o The subject matter of the correspondence you’re interested in. For
example, are you only requesting correspondence relating to the
protests you reference? Or to some specific aspect of the protests? Or
are you requesting all correspondence between the named parties
regardless of the subject matter?
o The date range of the correspondence you’re requesting.

 

If you could respond on the above points by Wednesday 9 March that would
be greatly appreciated.

 

Kind regards,

 

Tobias Vandenberg

Senior Advisor | Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters

E  [1][email address]

[2]wordmark transparent                   

 

===============================================================

WARNING

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

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[email address]

Kia ora Chuck,

Thank you for clarifying.

With your permission I'll amend that part of your request to the following:

Please provide any and all directives provided to NZ Police by [The Speaker of the House] Trevor Mallard or his representatives relating to directives, strategies and how the protest was to be disbursed prior to the date the NZ Police forcefully went in.

If I've misunderstood please advise, otherwise Police will proceed with the request above.

Regards,

Tobias Vandenberg
Senior Advisor | Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters

E  [email address]
                   

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Schooner <[FOI #18631 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 8 March 2022 2:49 pm
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: OIA IR-01-22-4870 - request for clarification

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Dear Ministerial Services,

I am specifically wanting directives provided to NZ Police by Trevor Mallard or his team who I understand was the point man - specifically relating to directives, strategies and how the protest was to be disbursed prior to the date the NZ Police forcefully went in.

Yours sincerely,

Chuck Schooner

-----Original Message-----

Kia ora Chuck,

I refer to your request of 22 February 2022 under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), which included a request for:

o any and all correspondence, emails, texts, phone transcripts, memos to include any and all correspondence between representatives of the Labour government to include Grant Robertson, Jacinder Ardern but not limited to these people and the NZ Police and directives from the government.

Section 12(2) of the OIA requires that the official information requested must be specified with due particularity. In order for Police to proceed with this part of your request, please provide clarification on the following points:

o Who you consider to be a “representative of the Labour government.”
For example, are you referring only to Ministers?
o The subject matter of the correspondence you’re interested in. For example, are you only requesting correspondence relating to the protests you reference? Or to some specific aspect of the protests? Or are you requesting all correspondence between the named parties regardless of the subject matter?
o The date range of the correspondence you’re requesting.

If you could respond on the above points by Wednesday 9 March that would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Tobias Vandenberg

Senior Advisor | Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters

E [1][email address]

[2]wordmark transparent

===============================================================

WARNING

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

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[email address]

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #18631 email]

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

hide quoted sections

Tēnā koe Chuck

 

I refer to your request of 22 February 2022 for the following information:

- Total number of police coming into Wellington to assist with the
protests weekly - eg Total frontline offices in Wellington at 3 day
intervals from February 15 to todays date

- Please provide the total number of different hotels they are staying at

- Please provide the cost of these hotels to the taxpayer and forecast
costs going forward

- Please provide total number of agitators if any being paid for by NZ
Police to aggravate the protestors - if this is not the case please state
if any other agencies are funding agitators ie GCSB

- Alternatively if there aren't paid agitators please provide number of
plain clothes officers infiltrating the protest on a daily basis

- [Amended] Please provide any and all directives provided to NZ Police by
[The Speaker of the House] Trevor Mallard or his representatives relating
to directives, strategies and how the protest was to be disbursed prior to
the date the NZ Police forcefully went in.

 

I have been asked to advise you that Police requires an extension of time
in which to respond to your request, pursuant to section 15A(1) of the
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). Specifically, section 15A(1)(b),
consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a
proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the
original time limit.

 

Police requires until 11 April to provide a substantive response to your
request. We are endeavouring to provide this to you as soon as possible.

You have the right, under section 28(3) of the OIA, to make a complaint to
an Ombudsman about this extension.

 

If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this
decision, please feel free to contact
[1][email address].

 

Ngā mihi
Sarah

Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police National Headquarters Wellington

[2]wordmark transparent                   

 

===============================================================

WARNING

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

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[email address]

Tēnā koe Chuck                                  

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 22 February 2022.

Ngā mihi,

 

 

Jeremy
Ministerial Services |

Strategy & Partnerships |PNHQ

[1]wordmark transparent

 

[2][IMG][3][IMG][4][IMG][5][IMG]

 

 

===============================================================

WARNING

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

References

Visible links
2. https://www.youtube.com/user/policenz
3. http://www.police.govt.nz/facebook
4. http://www.police.govt.nz/twitter
5. http://www.police.govt.nz/instagram