The New Zealand Police The New Zealand Police is a government department, though it is recruited, organised and governed somewhat differently from other departments of State. The Police Department is under the direct control of a commissioner, who is stationed at the National headquarters in Wellington. There too is the head of the Criminal Investigation (Detective) Branch, and the recently centralised Criminal Records Bureau.

Training Training is given first at Trentham, where a recruit (19–35 years old) trains for 13 weeks, and a cadet (17 years old) has a 19 month course Then follows 21 months training under supervision, including further courses and final examinations. After two years on beat duty, a constable Constable Taurima with his dog ‘Ensign’ patrols outside two of Porirua's banks. Maori members of Wellington's police photographed outside their three-storey barracks at Porirua. BACK ROW: From left, Constables J. S. Moran, T. A. M. T. Wilson, T. L. E. Kenny, D. J. Nicholas, C. W. Hohaia, W. M. Joyce, A. J. Joyce, K. H. Ponga, H. W. Hodges, R. D. Waitai, H. T. T. Poi and J. A. P. Myers. In front, Constable J. Rarere, Detective Constable T. W. Parata, Inspector E. F. Bennett and Constable W. W. Taurima with ‘Ensign’.