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Who abuses children?

September 2016

Only occasionally is the abuser someone the child doesn’t know. More often it is someone the child, or the child’s family, knows and trusts. However the myth of ‘stranger danger’ continues.

'Stranger danger' is an outdated, discredited and potentially dangerous concept that the New Zealand Police has steered away from since the late 1980s. 

Children need to know how to identify and tell a trusted person if anyone is behaving towards them in a way that makes them feel unsafe. Normalising the term ‘stranger danger’ goes against this.

Safety camera photograph request form

Date Published: 
January 2025

Complete this form with your details to request the Police Infringement Bureau to send you a copy of the speed camera photograph relating to the infringement notice issued to your name.

Only the person named on the original notice or an authorised representative of a company or incorporated body can request a safety camera photograph.

Please complete a separate form for each notice holder.

Print this form and send to the address provided on the form or you can also complete the Safety camera photograph request form online.

Sample Alcohol and Other Drugs (AoD) school-wide intervention resources

Date Published: 
August 2016

Sample Alcohol and Other Drugs (AoD) school-wide intervention plan
This is a sample mock-up of an AoD intervention plan, which schools and police can use as a guide to develop their own school-wide interventions.
This plan should be read in conjunction with the sample AoD appendices and sample AoD narrative.

Sample Alcohol and Other Drugs (AoD) school-wide intervention appendices
These are mock-up appendices to a sample AoD intervention plan, which schools and police can use as a guide to develop their own school-wide interventions.
These appendices should be read in conjunction with the sample AoD intervention plan and sample AoD narrative.

Sample Alcohol and Other Drugs (AoD) school-wide intervention narrative
This is a mock-up narrative written at the conclusion of an AoD intervention, which schools and police can use as a guide to develop their own narratives.
This narrative should be read in conjunction with the sample AoD intervention plan and sample AoD appendices.

Managing conflicts of interest - Police Manual chapter

Date Published: 
May 2025

This chapter provides guidance to Police employees on actual, perceived and potential conflicts of interest. It sets out principles to help ensure all conflicts of interest which arise in policing are properly managed to maintain the integrity of Police actions and support public trust and confidence.