2008
Police Recruit Wing 247 Graduation, Royal NZ Police College, Porirua - 7 February 2008.
Speech by the Governor-General The Honourable Anand Satyanand.
2007
Police supported with new Legislation - 19 December 2007.
Media Statement from Hon Annette King, Minister of Police.
A new web site wiki.policeact.govt.nz was launched to allow the public to suggest wording for the new Policing Act. It used similar wiki technology to the popular user generated site Wikipedia. See what the public produced - 1 October 2007.
BBC, NZ police let public write laws - 26 September 2007.
New Zealanders have been given the chance to write their own laws, with a new online tool launched by police.
Sydney Morning Herald, Write your own laws - 26 September 2007.
It's said the powerful write their own laws but, in New Zealand, now everyone can.
Prime Minister's post-Cabinet press conference - 17 September 2007.
Prime Minister Helen Clark; "We have been considering the outcome
of the consultation on the review of the police legislation, and as a
result of that we have agreed to draw up a draft bill. That will go out
for consultation again, and it is Annette King's aim to have a re-write
of the Police Act introduced to Parliament by the end of the year."
Question
to Minister of Police - Policing Directions discussion document - 28 June 2007
Radio New Zealand National, Morning Report discussion on Policing Directions document - 1 June 2007
Question to Minister on Police-Legislation - 21 November 2006
Auckland University of Technology discussion [6 page PDF] - 25 October 2006
Victoria University discussion - 17 October 2006
Radio New Zealand National, Checkpoint discussion on the Police Act review - 1 September 2006
Victoria University discussion - 24 August 2006
Victoria University discussion - 25 July 2006
Shaping the future of policing - 20 June 2006
Minister of Police - 7 March 2006
National Party - 7 March 2006
New Zealand First Party - 7 March 2006
New Zealand Police Association [PDF] - 7 March 2006
With Cris Laidlaw, Hamish McCardle, Pat Mayhew and Jehan Casinader. Audio stream, 27:37 minutes.
Keith Locke (Green-List) asked "Does she endorse the police proposal
to use mobile fingerprint scanners on New Zealanders who have not been
arrested or charged with any offence; if so, what steps will she be
taking to introduce it?" during the House of Representatives debates.
MP3 audio file, 3:21 minutes, 1575 KB
2006
Martin Gallagher (Labour-Hamilton West) asked "What progress has been made on modernising the legislative environment for the New Zealand Police?" during the House of Representatives debates.
Notes from a seminar on Issues Paper 4: Community engagement, hosted by the School of Social Sciences, AUT
Notes from a seminar on Issues Paper 4: Community engagement, hosted by the Institute of Criminology, VUW
MP3 audio file, 3:26 minutes, 1212 KB
Notes from a seminar on Issues Paper 2: Governance and accountability, hosted by the Institute of Policy Studies, VUW
Notes from a seminar on Issues Paper 1: Principles, hosted by the School of Law, VUW
2006 Opinion piece by the Police Commissioner on the need to review the Police Act
"The Police Act is to be reviewed comprehensively..."
"National supports anything that improves..."
"New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark has welcomed..."
"The Police Association has welcomed..."