Every day of the year, around the clock, the activities of Police are on show to the public. In recent months that's been taken to a new level with an Open Day at the Royal New Zealand Police College and two Police pipe bands performing at the national champs in Papakura.

Policing 'The Palms' reveals how a Police presence in a Christchurch mall provides a successful way in to addressing other individual, family and community issues.

Another story details how a national survey of up to 10,000 New Zealanders is underway. The survey will help gauge the public's trust and confidence in Police, and levels of satisfaction with policing services.

Modern-day policing is all about representing the diverse communities which make up New Zealand. A recruit who recently topped his graduating wing arrived into NZ as a Chinese migrant just six years ago. His achievements are outlined in this issue.

On the theme of diversity, Police are sponsoring the national race unity speech award for the next five years; and staff on the ground in East Timor have helped make an orphanage safer by building a security fence.

Rob Lee
Acting Editor Ten-One

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Precision on show to public

Scores of people made the most of possibly the best day of summer to attend the Open Day at the Royal New Zealand Police College on 23 February.

Described as a “magnificent day”, the sun shone brightly and the temperature soared. Conservative estimates indicate around 7000 people took the chance to see and be entertained by the stalls and displays from many different areas of policing.

Sharp young eye wins MP3

Nine-year-old Simone Ryan, from the Wellington suburb of Whitby, used her eagle eye to win a community policing ‘spot the difference’ competition at the recent Royal New Zealand Police College Open Day.

Police pipers win crowd support

Both the New Zealand Police Pipe Band and Auckland Police Pipe Band were in frontline action at the recent national pipe band championships in Papakura.

Policing ‘The Palms’

The Palms shopping mall in northern Christchurch feels safe. It’s well-lit, clean and has a confident bustle. There’s no graffiti, no gang colours or patches, no hoodies over heads, and no aimless loiterers.

This is Constable Keith Payne’s ‘patch’.

Survey to determine trust, confidence and satisfaction

New Zealanders are currently being surveyed as part of the Police Service First project, to establish levels of trust and confidence in Police, and levels of satisfaction with policing services.

From Shanghai to Mt. Wellington

A Chinese migrant who arrived in New Zealand from Shanghai just six years ago has topped a recent graduating recruit wing.

Yang Cao was among 36 new Police officers who graduated on 6 March, topping the wing and taking the prize for practical assessments, file preparation and fingerprinting.

Speech competition promotes race unity

NZ Police is helping promote more harmonious race relations in New Zealand by sponsoring the national race unity speech award for the next five years.

The speech competition has been organised since 1999 by the Baha’i community in association with the Human Rights Commission.

Fence builders build relations

Staff on deployment in East Timor are making a tangible difference in their local community, most recently with a ‘number eight wire’ approach.