Paid Police informants nelson
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From: Kathy Hurst
Dear New Zealand Police,
Under the O.I.A I am wanting to get ___ questions answered.
I am a New Zealand citizen, and am writing today to request;
-1) The number of paid police informant's in New Zealand?
-2) The number of paid police informants living/lived in Nelson and Tasman districts ?
-3) How much has been spent on police informants;
A. From Nelson in the last 10 years?
B. From Tasman in the last 10 years?
C. From New Zealand in last 10 years.?
4) How is cost calculated and approached/discussed? Eg how do you determine how much to pay informant? How does information get provided to you? Does arrest or conviction have to occur in order for payment? Is payment taxed?
Yours faithfully,
Kathy Hurst
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Kathy,
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 request below,
received by Police on 13 September 2024.
Your reference number is IR-01-24-32529.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 11 October 2024
unless an extension is needed.
Ngā mihi
Keenia
Advisor - Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Kia ora Kathy
I refer to your request below.
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, 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 1 Nov ember 2024 to provide a substantive response
to your request, however 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. Information about how to make a
complaint is available at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800
802 602.
Kind regards, Michelle
Advisor - Ministerial Services Police National Headquarters
From: Ministerial Services
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2024 2:51 PM
To: Kathy Hurst <[FOI #28382 email]>
Subject: OIA request acknowledgement IR-01-24-32529
Tēnā koe Kathy,
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 request below,
received by Police on 13 September 2024.
Your reference number is IR-01-24-32529.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 11 October 2024
unless an extension is needed.
Ngā mihi
Keenia
Advisor - Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Kathy
Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information
Act request, received by Police on 13 September 2024.
Ngā mihi
McCoy
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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