Home

About Us

Complaints

Investigation Reports & Media

Monitoring Police Custody

Corporate Publications
- Corporate Publications
- Archive - corporate publications

We are the only NZ Police oversight body

We are not part of the NZ Police

Under law we are fully independent

If you have a complaint about the NZ Police, you can come to us

Mana Whanonga Pirihimana Motuhake

Home / Investigation Reports & Media / 2026 Summaries of police investigations

Summaries of Police investigations overseen by the IPCA

Officer misused Police database and failed to recognise a conflict of interest

16 March 2026

Complaint about excessive force during arrest of 16-year-old not upheld

13 March 2026

Inappropriate removal of Police documents

5 March 2026

Former Deputy Commissioner McSkimming - IPCA oversight of two criminal investigations, and summary of findings in relation to his employer-funded hotel use

3 March 2026

Officer investigated for allegedly possessing child exploitation material and family harm offending

2 March 2026

Family harm complaint against officer partially upheld

25 February 2026

Officer in Central District misuses Police database

24 February 2026

Officer misused Police database in Canterbury

24 February 2026

Officers’ warrantless entry into residential home in Hamilton lawful

3 February 2026

Police investigation finds policy breaches following non-fatal pursuit in Bay of Plenty

3 February 2026

Pages:

1 2 3

MoST Content Management V3.0.9553