This Approved Information Sharing Agreement enables the sharing of registered death, registered name change and non-disclosure direction information between the Registrar-General, Births, Deaths and Marriages and New Zealand Police.

The parties to the Agreement, who can share this information are:

1. New Zealand Police
2. Registrar-General, Births, Deaths, and Marriages

The Agreement will come into force on 24 October 2019.

The Agreement was approved under the Privacy (Information Sharing Agreement between Registrar-General and New Zealand Police) Order 2019.

Regulatory Impact Statement

This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) has been prepared by New Zealand Police.

It provides an analysis of options for Police to improve the accuracy of the identity information held by Police in its national database of identity information, known as the National Intelligence Application (the NIA), relating to registered name changes, registered deaths, and non-disclosure directions. This is balanced against analysis of the need to provide for appropriate protection of individuals’ privacy and ensure a proper level of security and transparency when sharing such information.

The analysis in this RIS focuses on:

• why Police holding inaccurate or incomplete information can impact on Police’s ability to efficiently and effectively provide public services (including the maintenance and enforcement of the law); and
• why an Approved Information Sharing Agreement (AISA) is the preferred mechanism for Police obtaining access to accurate and up-to-date information regarding registered name changes, registered deaths, and non-disclosure directions. 

Related information:

• Improvements to information sharing between Police and the Registrar-General, Births, Deaths and Marriages | 25 Oct 2019 Police news release
• Approved Information Sharing Agreements | Privacy Commissioner website

A data table that allows you to build a disclosure withholding reasons for information that you may want to provide pursuant to the privacy Act 1993 or the Official Information Act 1982.

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The statistics reported in the attached documents come from the NZ Police Professional Conduct database (IAPro). These official statistics relate to reported incidents received and refer to calendar years.

These statistics will be updated quarterly (four times per year) showing the year-to date (YTD) position.

The statistics show the number of incidents that were reported in the quarters shown, regardless of when the incident actually occurred (e.g. an incident that occurred in December 2017 may not be formally reported until January 2018).

The statistics also show the number of NZ Police employees involved in the incidents (that is those that have had allegations made against them), and the number of allegations that have been made.

The statistics include incidents that have been resolved (completed), and those that are yet to be resolved (ongoing).

The statistics are in some cases divided into the 12 Police Districts of the New Zealand Police structure. In addition there are NZ Police groups (generally referred to as ‘Service Centres’) that do not come under a particular District, but are general to the organisation as a whole.

The statistics may be further grouped by:

• The type of employee
• The type of allegation
• Combinations of the above

Because an incident can involve several employees facing several allegations, which may be from several different types of conduct or actions, the figures shown cannot always be reconciled exactly.

Results are now available for the second quarter of nationwide wastewater testing, which covers around 80% of New Zealand’s population.

The drugs that have been tested for are methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, MDMA and fentanyl.

Key findings – February 2019 - April 2019

• Average weekly use of the detected drugs in Q2 has an estimated street value of $9.1 million. This is estimated to generate approximately $475 million of criminal profit annually.

Methamphetamine

• Methamphetamine remains the most commonly detected illicit drug nationwide, with approximately 15kgs consumed on average each week.
• Detected average methamphetamine use translates to an estimated 18 million dollars ($18,337,200) per week in social harm. Annually, this could equate to more than $950 million ($953,534,400).
• Methamphetamine use is most prevalent per capita in the Northland Police District, followed by Eastern District (Hawke’s Bay).

MDMA

• MDMA was the second most commonly detected illicit drug across the country, with an estimated consumption rate of 5.7kg on average each week.

• MDMA use is most prevalent in Southern District (Southland) closely followed by Canterbury District.

Cocaine

• Cocaine was detected in low quantities, approximately 850g on average each week. This indicates a much smaller user base and likely reflects less demand and supply associated with the drug.
• Cocaine use is significantly more prevalent in the Auckland region (per capita) than anywhere else in the country.

Fentanyl

• Overall Fentanyl consumption averaged 5g per week.
• The apparent prevalence of fentanyl in Eastern and Northland Districts, compared to other districts, must be viewed with caution as detected average usage across all testing sites is extremely low.
• The aim of testing for fentanyl is to establish a baseline of consumption so, over time, Police and the Ministry of Health can determine any fluctuations in the consumption. A baseline for consumption remains unclear at present.
• As fentanyl has only been tested for very recently, it is too early to draw conclusions about what proportion of the fentanyl in wastewater is illicit. 

Heroin

• Heroin was not detected at any of the testing sites between November 2018 and April 2019. This is consistent with other indicators that the opiate user population in New Zealand is very low.