We want New Zealand to be the safest country
We can't do it without your help. Ready to start-up an exciting career with NZ Police?
- You must be at least 17 years old to apply and 18 when you become a Police Officer, there’s no upper age limit
- You must be a New Zealand or Australian citizen or have New Zealand permanent residency
- You must be able to speak, read, write and listen in English.
- You must be physically fit. There’s no minimum height requirement
- You must have good eyesight (minimum visual standard of 6/12 unaided in each eye and correctable to 6/6 with contact lenses or glasses)
- And you must have a full New Zealand Drivers Licence.
You cannot have any serious proven charges relating to specific drugs, dishonesty, violence, and sexual crimes, or recent or multiple drink-driving convictions.
Find out about entry requirements, pay and benefits, and career pathways.
Police are actively monitoring the COVID-19 situation and taking steps to ensure our applicants and staff are safe. Your application is important to us, and we are working as efficiently as we can to ensure that there is continuity in our service, while balancing our organisational priorities. As we work through these competing demands, we do ask for your patience and consideration. What this means, we certainly welcome your application but please be aware that actions at certain steps in the process may differ from the traditional, timeframes could be extended, or you may find it difficult to contact our staff.
As we currently have a large number of candidates waiting to be posted to Canterbury, if you live in Canterbury District, please be aware we can only accept your application at this time if you are willing to relocate to another district. We will be reviewing this on a regular basis - if you are unable to relocate please check back regularly.
