Authorised Property Rules

Date Published: 
September 2013

Pursuant to Section 45A of the Corrections Act 2004, the Commissioner of Police has declared the items contained herein to be authorised items of property that prisoners may be issued with or allowed to keep in Police jails  subject to the conditions imposed in these rules.

At Wellington this 19th day of September 2013

Family violence statistics for Christchurch for the period September 2010 - May 2011

Date Published: 
May 2011

Currently, Official Statistics on Recorded and Resolved offences are published every six months and police activities are published annually in the annual report. Police also publish a more current statistics of Monthly Statistical Indicators. The recent earthquakes in Canterbury have created a demand for more current statistics other than what is being published in the Monthly Statistical Indicators, particularly, Family Violence statistics.

To address this demand, New Zealand Police is publishing the following statistics on Family Violence for the three areas in Canterbury District; Christchurch Central, Northern Canterbury and Southern Canterbury. 

Please note these data are provisional and drawn from a dynamic operational database. They are subject to change as new information is continually recorded. Also, these statistics do not undergo the full quality assurance processes that are applied to official statistics. Therefore, these provisional data cannot reliably be compared with the official statistics

Review of pursuits, April 2004 - May 2007

Date Published: 
May 2007

New Zealand Police have recently undertaken a review of pursuits in order to scrutinise existing practices and identify areas for further attention and improvement. The review is based on information recorded through the NZ Police Lotus Notes system. The Lotus Notes pursuit database was introduced in March/April 2004, prior to which time a more limited amount of information was collected through the older LES/Wanganui system.

The current analysis is based on a census of all recorded pursuits between 1 April 2004-30 April 2007 (inclusive). Therefore, all findings relates to the period April 2004-May 2007. April 2004 represents the first full month of Lotus Notes pursuit data, while April 2007 was the last full month of statistics available at the time of data collection.

Recent Changes in the Methamphetamine Scene in New Zealand

Date Published: 
January 2004

This document presents preliminary findings from key informant surveys of drug enforcement and drug treatment workers about how the methamphetamine scene in New Zealand has changed in the last six months.

It is the first component of a larger study of the socio-economic impact of Amphetamine type Stimulants (ATS) commissioned by the New Zealand Police. The ATS project is funded by the New Zealand Police from money received from the Cross Departmental Research Funding Pool administered by the Ministry of Research Science and Technology (MoRST).

Drawing on the Rapid Assessment and Response (RAR) methodology key informant surveys were conducted nationwide with drug treatment workers and drug enforcement officers from Police and Customs in November and December of 2003. Drug enforcement key informants were selected by the National Drug Intelligence Bureau (NDIB) from officers with good knowledge of drug offending from all areas of the country.

Christchurch statistics

Date Published: 
June 2011

Family violence statistics for Christchurch Central, Northern and Southern Canterbury for the period September 2010 - May 2011 and the same period the previous year.

The recent earthquakes in Canterbury have created a demand for more current statistics other than what is being published in the Monthly Statistical Indicators, particularly, family violence statistics.

To address this demand, New Zealand Police is publishing the following statistics on family violence for the three areas in Canterbury District; Christchurch Central, Northern Canterbury and Southern Canterbury.

Location map of earthquake fatalities

Date Published: 
May 2011

As at 9 February 2012, the official earthquake toll was 185 victims.

  • 115 people died in the Canterbury Television (CTV) building
  • 18 people died in the Pyne Gould Corporation (PGC) building
  • 8 people died on buses in the central city
  • 28 people died in other areas of the central city
  • 12 people died in suburban locations

The map shows the confirmed locations of these fatalities as a result of the Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011.

Pike River Operation Costs report

Date Published: 
July 2012

Documents relating to expenses incurred by Police from the search, rescue and recovery operation at the Pike River Coal Mine.