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What number of reports, if any, has New Zealand Police had related to petrol or diesel thefts from a private property since March 2024 to date, broken down by month, by each police district?

Answered Question 17199 (2026)
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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • What number of reports, if any, has New Zealand Police had related to petrol or diesel thefts from a private property since March 2024 to date, broken down by month, by each police district?

Answered by

Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister of Police

Answer

I am advised that Police does not have a specific offence code for petrol or diesel theft from private property. Identifying incidents that meet the criteria outlined in the question would require manual examination of individual event narratives across multiple offence types to determine whether petrol or diesel was involved and whether the theft occurred on private property. The time and associated cost involved in obtaining this information are not, in my view, justifiable.