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# Volley of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/punch-of-the-day/
- Published: 2022-09-04T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-04T17:41:23.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Media, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:48

Grab your popcorn. We have media doing their damnedest to protect the Government and their propaganda, aaand we have media doing their job.   
  
Yesterday, *RNZ* published [this article](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/474096/police-finally-release-withheld-report-revealing-millions-in-spending-on-contractors-and-consultants?fbclid=IwAR3hsAv8dfx8HyB-97GZ%5FbCFJsEUp%5F3PO%5FtpO%5FCuLjANAgKerWMZEws4IJA&ref=goodoil.news) on police **withholding OIA information** and misleading parliament on **police spending on contractors and consultants**.

> Police withheld the **2020 report** from *RNZ* for a year on the grounds that “the integrity and effectiveness of the internal audit and assurance process” was at stake.  
>  
> They knocked back *RNZ*’s requests twice, saying they needed to **ensure staff gave frank feedback**, and that releasing the report would hinder that.  
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> *RNZ* appealed to the ombudsman, arguing it was in the public interest to know what police spending processes were like.  
>  
> Police then reconsidered and **“with the passage of time”** have now released the report.  
>  
> *[RNZ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/474096/police-finally-release-withheld-report-revealing-millions-in-spending-on-contractors-and-consultants?fbclid=IwAR3hsAv8dfx8HyB-97GZ%5FbCFJsEUp%5F3PO%5FtpO%5FCuLjANAgKerWMZEws4IJA&ref=goodoil.news)*

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