IR-01-24-39583
11 December 2024
Tom Atkinson
[FYI request #29035 email]
Tēnā koe Tom
Request for information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated 3 November 2024.
Please find below a response to each of your questions.
1.
What is the correct domain or URL for Police to access the IRT please?
The URL you have been provided is correct.
2.
Perhaps not using a VPN is outdated and the tool now requires access from within a
firewal ? If this is the case then I would like to know if true. I assume this VPN is
loaded onto al Police mobile phones and computers is that true?
Police are unable to provide details requested because it would expose Police to an
unacceptable level of security risk in doing so. As such, this part of your request is
withheld under the following sections of the OIA:
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6(a): the making available of that information would be likely to prejudice the
security or defence of New Zealand
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6(c): the making available of that information would be likely to prejudice the
maintenance of the law, including the prevention, investigation, and detection of
offences, and the right to a fair trial
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9(2)(a): to protect the privacy of natural persons
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9(2)(ba)(i): where the making available of the information would be likely to
prejudice the supply of similar information, or information from the same source,
and it is in the public interest that such information should continue to be
supplied.
In respect of your comment that you could perform “a long-running brute-force
discovery attack”, such an action may contravene the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
Police would take any such action seriously and strongly advise you not to do this.
3.
Final y, is there any API for public access to unit level rea-time or frequently updated
data regarding Missing Children?
There is no publicly accessible portal or API which Police publish with details of missing
children.
Police considers the interests requiring protection by withholding the information are not
outweighed by any public interest in release of the information.
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
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision if you are not satisfied with the
response to your request. Information about how to make a complaint is available at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Yours sincerely
Matt Winter
Executive Director – Chief Information Officer
New Zealand Police
