Good morning newsrooms
The Police Media Centre will be working its normal hours of 6am-11pm throughout the holiday period, including Christmas Day.
We will however have reduced staffing during this time.
This means we will be giving priority to urgent operational issues, public safety matters and any major investigations over the holidays.
We will strive to deal with all of your requests, but if the team are busy then they will give lower priority to routine check calls and event number checks.
We will of course be proactively communicating any significant events as normal.
On behalf of myself and everyone in the media team we wish you a safe and happy holiday break.
Grant Ogilvie
National Manager, Media Relations
New Zealand Police