This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Mou Between NZ Police and IPCA'.



 
 
 
20 June 2017 
 
 
 
“Ms Anthrope” 
By email to: [FYI request #5593 email] 
 
 
 
Dear requester 
 
INFORMATION REQUESTS – OUR REFERENCES: 17/2171/14 AND 17/2171/15 
 
I refer to your 12 June emails, received at 11:22 and 11:25 respectively, sent to the 
personal  email  address  of  a  member  of  the  central  processing  team  for  Official 
Information Act (OIA) requests at Police National Headquarters. 
 
Despite  the  fact  you  have  received  an  acknowledgement  to  your  latest  two  emails 
indicating they will be actioned under the OIA, it is necessary to ‘stop the clock’ and 
establish your eligibility to request the information you have sought under the OIA.  As 
you may know, section 12 of the legislation details who may make OIA requests; and 
in line with guidance issued by the Office of the Ombudsman, an agency such as Police 
“is entitled to ask reasonable questions to check whether you are an eligible requester” 
(Making official information requests: A guide for requesters [2016], accessible at http:// 
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/resources-and-publications/documents/making-
official-information-requests).  
 
While we have no difficulty accepting the use of pseudonyms in email addresses, say, 
which an OIA requester wishes to have replies sent to, when anonymity is apparently 
sought by using an ‘identity’ like “Ms Anthrope”, I trust you will understand that we first 
need to establish your section 12 eligibility. 
 
We will reinitiate the process of responding to your latest two requests under the OIA 
once  you  have  clarified  your  eligibility  to  make  such  requests  under  the  legislation.        
If not, we will treat the requests as withdrawn.  
 
Respectfully 
 
 
 
 
Mike Webb 
National Manager 
Assurance Group
Safer Communities Together 
POLICE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 
180 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, WELLINGTON 
Telephone: 64 4 474 9499 www.police.govt.nz