Tēnā koe Sam,

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 request below, received by Police on 6 February 2025.

Your reference number is IR-01-25-4452.

You can expect a response to your request on or before 6 March 2025 unless an extension is needed.

Ngā mihi

Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters

-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Ballantine <[FOI #29980 email]>
Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2025 9:38 AM
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Licenced Firearms Owner Information

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Dear New Zealand Police,

Could you please provide me:

1. A breakdown of number of firearms licence holders by postcode 2. A breakdown of number firearms licence endorsements by endorsement type and postcode.

Yours faithfully,

Sam Ballantine

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Kia ora Sam

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, section 15A(1)(a), the request is for a large quantity of official information or necessitates a search through a large quantity of information and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably interfere with the operations of the organisation, and 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 3 April 2025 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 www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

Ngā mihi

Michelle
Advisor - Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters

-----Original Message-----
From: Ministerial Services
Sent: Friday, February 7, 2025 1:13 PM
To: Sam Ballantine <[FOI #29980 email]>
Subject: OIA request acknowledgement IR-01-25-4452

Tēnā koe Sam,

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 request below, received by Police on 6 February 2025.

Your reference number is IR-01-25-4452.

You can expect a response to your request on or before 6 March 2025 unless an extension is needed.

Ngā mihi

Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters

-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Ballantine <[FOI #29980 email]>
Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2025 9:38 AM
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Licenced Firearms Owner Information

CAUTION: This email originated from outside the New Zealand Police Network. DO NOT click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and are assured that the content is safe.

Dear New Zealand Police,

Could you please provide me:

1. A breakdown of number of firearms licence holders by postcode 2. A breakdown of number firearms licence endorsements by endorsement type and postcode.

Yours faithfully,

Sam Ballantine

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

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #29980 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.

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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

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Tēnā koe Sam                              

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 06/02/2025.

 

Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with this
response.

 

Ngā mihi

Jonelle|Advisor: Ministerial Services |([1]she/her)

Policy & Partnerships |Police National Headquarters |

 

 

 

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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
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Tēnā koe Sam,

Thank you for your email.

The workgroup that prepared the response IR-01-25-4452 was consulted with regarding your below response query; however, the response provided to you on 18 March 2025 is correct.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this response to your request. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

Ngā mihi

Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters

-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Ballantine <[FOI #29980 email]>
Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2025 10:44 AM
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: OIA Response IR-01-25-4452

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Dear Ministerial Services,

I feel that your refusal to provide the information I have requested on the grounds that "To provide the number of firearms licence holders per postcode could potentially identify where concentrations of licence holders are" is unreasonable and not grounded in fact.

My reasoning is thus: There are 1856 postcodes in New Zealand, each of which can contain up to 10,000 individual delivery locations. That is an average of 130 LFOs per postcode which is around 1% which is not significantly different to the approximately 0.5% of the population who are LFOs. As such little information of firearms "clusters" can be gained. Even allowing for rural postcodes with far fewer delivery locations there is no significant added risk as it is a well known fact that most rural properties will have a LFO and firearms present.

Please reconsider this refusal and provide the information as requested.

Yours sincerely,

Sam Ballantine

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Tēnā koe Sam

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 06/02/2025.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with this response.

Ngā mihi

Jonelle|Advisor: Ministerial Services |([1]she/her)

Policy & Partnerships |Police National Headquarters |

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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

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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

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