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3 unusual facts about New Zealand Police


1993 Auckland mid-air collision

Both the helicopter and aeroplane were operated by Airwork (NZ), and working under contract to the New Zealand Police at the time of the accident.

Clem Simich

In August 1998, he was appointed to Cabinet, being Minister of Police, Minister for Racing, and Minister in Charge of the Audit Department.

Toll NZ

2006: Toll NZ, ONTRACK and the New Zealand Police introduce a safety-programme aimed at reducing deaths at railway level-crossings.


Gun politics in New Zealand

The New Zealand Police are responsible for enforcing the Arms Act and various unofficial government policies (such as not increasing the number of E-category registered MSSAs beyond about 8,500).

Mazengarb Report

On 20 June 1954, shortly after her mother and stepfather had reported her as missing, a 15½-year-old girl turned up at the local police station in the former Hutt Valley borough of Petone.

New Zealand intelligence agencies

The Green Party, for example, aims to abolish the GCSB and possibly the SIS — the functions of the former are deemed unnecessary and undesirable, while the functions of the latter are suggested as better performed by the Police.


see also

Anti-Terrorist Squad

The Special Tactics Group (formerly Anti-Terrorist Squad) of the New Zealand Police

Gun politics in New Zealand

The New Zealand Mountain Safety Council is a federation of organisations with an interest in outdoor safety, including a number of sporting groups, DOC, the New Zealand Police and Defence Force, OSH and ACC.

IPCA

Independent Police Conduct Authority, an organisation overseeing the New Zealand Police

Lemi Ponifasio

Before the London season, Iti was arrested by New Zealand police in Ruatoki on 15 October 2007 during the so-called anti-terror raids, and caused uncertainty for the MAU tour to London and Brussels in 2008.