The Upper North Police Media Centre is going to trial
longer business hours in a move which is expected to provide
an improved service to media outlets.
The Upper North
Media Centre is currently based in Greenlane, Auckland and
usually operates Monday to Friday between 9am and
5pm.
The trial, which has begun this week, will see
these hours extend Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm.
Media
queries outside these hours or in the weekend will continue
to be dealt with by the Police media team based at Police
National Headquarters in Wellington as per current
practice.
This is an eight week trial to assess
whether this operating model works better for the
Auckland-based media team in order to deal with the large
number of media requests for the Upper North Districts
(Counties Manukau, Auckland, Waitematā and Northland),
while also allowing more flexible working options for our
media staff.
At the end of the trial a decision will
be made as to whether these hours will
continue.
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