Train no fewer than 500 new frontline police in two years
01 · Manifesto
02 · Coalition
Current stage
03 · Delivery
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“Commit to training no fewer than 500 new frontline police within the first two years.”
UnverifiedThis status is left as recorded. A confirming primary source (Act, Budget line, Hansard, or official series) has not been attached yet. The coalition quote is training 500 new frontline police within the first two years (signed 24 November 2023). Budget 2024 and Treasury T2025/2463 operationalise a net FTE rise from 10,211 (27 November 2023) to 10,711 by November 2025. At August 2025 the official FTE print was 10,285 (+74). That is a net-stock series, not a training flow — CivicNZ does not claim 500 officers were not trained. The Police Annual Report 2025/26 (October 2026) exists; a D500-comparable FTE line has not been transcribed, so this commitment is unverified pending that report rather than marked broken on the unread PDF.
- Lineage
- coalition
- Measurable target
- No fewer than 500 new frontline police within the first two years
- Election cycle
- 2023
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Train no fewer than 500 new frontline police in two years
“Commit to training no fewer than 500 new frontline police within the first two years.”
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Outcome
Sworn Police constabulary
Safety · NZ Index · target 10,711 by November 2025 (+500)
Aug 2025: 10,285 FTE
- Baseline
- 10,211
- Nov 2023
- Latest
- 10,285
- Aug 2025
- Change
- +74
Status history
Every change keeps its dated evidence. Nothing is overwritten.
24 Nov 2023
Not started
Recorded from the NZ First policy programme.
Coalition Agreement between the National Party and the New Zealand First Party (opens in a new tab)30 May 2024
In progress
Budget 2024 appropriated $191 million operating and $34.6 million capital against the 500-officer commitment.
500 more Police to improve public safety (opens in a new tab)1 Oct 2026
In progress
Unverified pending Police Annual Report 2025/26. Treasury T2025/2463 prints +74 constabulary FTE at August 2025 versus the 10,711 FTE target; the training limb is unpublished; the October 2026 annual report FTE line is unread.
New Zealand Police Annual Report 2025/26 (opens in a new tab)This step still needs a human check.
Evidence
coalition agreement · 24 Nov 2023
Coalition Agreement between the National Party and the New Zealand First Party (opens in a new tab)Signed 24 November 2023. Official public copy filed with the Waitangi Tribunal.
budget · 30 May 2024
500 more Police to improve public safety (opens in a new tab)Budget 2024: $191 million operating and $34.6 million capital to raise sworn constabulary from 10,211 (27 November 2023) to 10,711.
official stats · 27 Nov 2025
T2025/2463: Progress on additional 500 Police officers (opens in a new tab)Official Information Act release. At August 2025 constabulary FTEs were 10,285 — 74 above the November 2023 baseline of 10,211. The 10,711 target had not been met. Police projected mid-2026; Treasury analysis pointed to September 2026.
progress report · 1 Jan 2026
Performance Improvement Review of the New Zealand Police (opens in a new tab)Quotes the coalition training wording and records that Treasury projected the net +500 would not be reached until September 2026, almost a year after the November 2025 target.
official stats · 1 Oct 2026
New Zealand Police Annual Report 2025/26 (opens in a new tab)Published October 2026. A D500-comparable constabulary FTE line has not been transcribed from this PDF. Status stays unverified until that figure is sourced.
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