IR-01-22-30148
17 October 2022
James Regan
[FYI request #20595 email]
Tēnā koe James
Request for information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 17 September 2022, in
which you asked for information regarding recruitment.
My response to each part of your request can be found below.
1. How many current people are in the process for Canterbury by recruitment step.
The Constabulary Recruitment Pipeline with Canterbury as first district preference as at 3
October 2022 is attached as Appendix A.
2. What is being done to ensure all the current people in the recruitment process
will be selected for a wing.
Applying to be a Police Recruit does not guarantee that your application wil be
successful. We have a rigorous recruitment process that al ows us to select the very best
applicants for a future place on a wing at the Royal New Zealand Police College.
3. What the estimated timeframe is to ensure that al applicants get into a wing.
There is no estimated timeframe for an applicant to be called up to a wing. The timeframe
for an applicant to be called up to a wing depends on the preparedness of the applicant
and how long they take to successfully meet all selection requirements. It also depends
on the need for each district and how that matches the preferences of the applicant.
4. The number of recruits being taken to Police College for Canterbury over the
next 2 years, if possible, broken down in to each wing. Eg 5 out of 60 for
Canterbury in Wing 363 etc
Table 1 below shows the wing al ocations for Canterbury for Wings 363 to 367. Police
does not yet have confirmed wing numbers or dates for wings that graduate in the
2023/2024 financial year or later. As such, this part of your request is refused under
section 18(e) of the OIA, as the requested information does not exist.
Table 1: Wing numbers and dates for Wings 363 – 367 with wing allocation for
Canterbury
Wing
363
364
365
366
367
Start
24-Oct-22 21-Nov-22 16-Jan-23 13-Feb-23 13-Mar-23
Graduate
3-Mar-23
30-Mar-23
4-May-23
1-Jun-23
29-Jun-23
Canterbury
1
2
3
3
3
Total
60
60
80
80
80
Police National Headquarters 180 Molesworth Street. PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
Telephone: 04 474 9499. Fax: 04 498 7400. www.police.govt.nz
5. The upcoming planned wings from this date continuing to the end of 2023.
Table 1 above shows the planned wing for Wings 363 to 367. Information for further
planned wings is yet to be confirmed by Police. As such, this part of your request is
refused under section 18(e) of the OIA, as the requested information does not exist.
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.
Yours sincerely
Paula Hill
Director - Recruitment
New Zealand Police
Appendix A. Page 1 of 1
Pre-Initial Medical
Initial Medical
Assessment
Total
Other
First District
Active Pending To Risk To Phone Phone To Online Online
HQ
Med
Med
Pending RAI Form Booked
To
Reference Final Sign Pending
In
Preference
Applicati
NIA
Assess
Convo
Pass
Testing
Testing
Forms
Assess
POST
Initial PAT SCOPE
TMU
NIC
Candidate
Pass
Pending
Forms Received RAI Form Received
Day
Vetting
Interview
Check
Off & NSP
Other
Pool
ons
Pending
Canterbury
79
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
8
2
0
48
1
2
8
0
6
