Hi Liam
 
Thanks for your email. I've forwarded it on to the team that manages our
OIA requests.
 
Regards
 
JW
NZ Police

-----Liam Stoneley <[FOI #2853 email]> wrote:
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To: OIA requests at New Zealand Police <[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: Liam Stoneley <[FOI #2853 email]>
Date: 16/06/2015 08:11PM
Subject: Official Information Act request - Policy documents: not ticket
Maori unlicensed drivers

Dear New Zealand Police,
This is a request for information, made under ss 4 and 5 of the Official
Information Act 1982 (“the Act”). I therefore would like the following
information;

1. The policy/guideline documents seen in the below clip relating to South
Auckland Police not to ticket unlicensed Maori drivers. Please provide all
documents with this policy/guideline, including for other districts, if
appropriate.
[1]http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/exclusiv...
 

Please CONFIRM receipt of this email to prevent unnecessary follow-up
emails and extensions being requested.
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As required by s12(1) of the Act, I am a New Zealand citizen. I will
provide confirmation of this, if required. However, since all of our
correspondence will be published on the FYI.org.nz site, I will only do so
over the phone or email, with which you provide. This would only be for
the purpose of citizenship confirmation, and nothing further related to
this request.

As required by s12(3) of the Act, I shall provide reason(s) why this
request should be treated as URGENT. The questions above raise important
issues of accountability of the Government, its departments and agents.
Any and all information provided as a result of this request could and may
be published either by the writer online to a wide audience or passed onto
media outlets for publication so that the public can be kept informed on
important issues of transparency.

As required by s13(c) of the Act, if this request “has not been made … to
the appropriate department or Minister of the Crown or organisation or
local authority”, it is your duty to give reasonable assistance to me to
direct my request to the appropriate department or Minister of the Crown
or organisation or local authority.

Further to the above statutory requirement, under s14 of the Act, if the
information I seek is either not held or you believe it is more closely
connected with another department or Minister of the Crown or
organisation, or of a local authority you shall promptly, and in any case
not later than 10 working days after the day on which the request is
received, transfer the request to the other department or Minister of the
Crown or organisation, or to that local authority, AND inform me
 accordingly.

As required under s15A of the Act, if you believe that a time extension is
warranted for this request, you must under ss15A(2),(3) and (4) give
notice to me of this extension within 20 working days after the day on
which my request was received. In that notice, you should state; the
period of the extension, give reasons for the extension and remind me of
my right to complain to the Ombudsman  under s28(3). Finally, the
extension must be for a reasonable time, having regards to the
circumstances.

As required by s18B of the Act, you must consider consulting me before
refusing my request under the provisions of ss18(e) and (f) which relate
to a document not being able to be found or existing or where substantial
collation and research would be required for my current request.

As required by s19(a)(i), you must provide reasons if you refuse any parts
of this request.

I will, if required, complain to the Ombudsman, as is my right under
s28(3) of the Act, if any of the above statutory requirements on you are
not complied with. Further to this, if your reply is not “as soon as
reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days
after the day on which the request is received” as required under s15(1)
of the Act, I will also complain to the Ombudsman.

This request is made through the site FYI.org.nz. All correspondence will
be automatically forwarded to me through the site and published online
immediately. I require, where appropriate, all electronic copies of all
documents in your response. For more information on how the site works,
please visit www.fyi.org.nz/help/about.

Yours faithfully,

Liam Stoneley

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Dear Mr Stoneley

 

Your request of 16 June 2015 for the following information has been
received by Police and is being processed under the Official Information
Act 1982.

 

Dear New Zealand Police,
This is a request for information, made under ss 4 and 5 of the Official
Information Act 1982 (“the Act”). I therefore would like the following
information;

1. The policy/guideline documents seen in the below clip relating to South
Auckland Police not to ticket unlicensed Maori drivers. Please provide all
documents with this policy/guideline, including for other districts, if
appropriate.
[1]http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/exclusiv...
 

Please CONFIRM receipt of this email to prevent unnecessary follow-up
emails and extensions being requested.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As required by s12(1) of the Act, I am a New Zealand citizen. I will
provide confirmation of this, if required. However, since all of our
correspondence will be published on the FYI.org.nz site, I will only do so
over the phone or email, with which you provide. This would only be for
the purpose of citizenship confirmation, and nothing further related to
this request.

As required by s12(3) of the Act, I shall provide reason(s) why this
request should be treated as URGENT. The questions above raise important
issues of accountability of the Government, its departments and agents.
Any and all information provided as a result of this request could and may
be published either by the writer online to a wide audience or passed onto
media outlets for publication so that the public can be kept informed on
important issues of transparency.

As required by s13(c) of the Act, if this request “has not been made … to
the appropriate department or Minister of the Crown or organisation or
local authority”, it is your duty to give reasonable assistance to me to
direct my request to the appropriate department or Minister of the Crown
or organisation or local authority.

Further to the above statutory requirement, under s14 of the Act, if the
information I seek is either not held or you believe it is more closely
connected with another department or Minister of the Crown or
organisation, or of a local authority you shall promptly, and in any case
not later than 10 working days after the day on which the request is
received, transfer the request to the other department or Minister of the
Crown or organisation, or to that local authority, AND inform me
 accordingly.

As required under s15A of the Act, if you believe that a time extension is
warranted for this request, you must under ss15A(2),(3) and (4) give
notice to me of this extension within 20 working days after the day on
which my request was received. In that notice, you should state; the
period of the extension, give reasons for the extension and remind me of
my right to complain to the Ombudsman  under s28(3). Finally, the
extension must be for a reasonable time, having regards to the
circumstances.

As required by s18B of the Act, you must consider consulting me before
refusing my request under the provisions of ss18(e) and (f) which relate
to a document not being able to be found or existing or where substantial
collation and research would be required for my current request.

As required by s19(a)(i), you must provide reasons if you refuse any parts
of this request.

I will, if required, complain to the Ombudsman, as is my right under
s28(3) of the Act, if any of the above statutory requirements on you are
not complied with. Further to this, if your reply is not “as soon as
reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days
after the day on which the request is received” as required under s15(1)
of the Act, I will also complain to the Ombudsman.

This request is made through the site FYI.org.nz. All correspondence will
be automatically forwarded to me through the site and published online
immediately. I require, where appropriate, all electronic copies of all
documents in your response. For more information on how the site works,
please visit [2]www.fyi.org.nz/help/about.

Yours faithfully,

Liam Stoneley

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Dear Liam

 

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

 

Yours sincerely

 

Jason Smith
Road Policing Support | New Zealand Police - Nga Pirihimana O Aotearoa

P   +64 4 470 7107 | Ext: 44407 

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

[2]www.police.govt.nz

 

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Dear Liam

The information was published on the Police website on 22 July 2015. The attached link should take you to the release: http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/d....

Yours sincerely

Jason Smith

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