The New Zealand Herald
10 Apr 2008
New Zealand police plan to recruit staff from Singapore to overcome a shortage in the force and help Labour to fulfil its election deal with NZ First to appoint 1000 new officers.
An agreement has been reached in principle between the police commissioners of the two countries for New Zealand to recruit officers from the island nation.
The police development manager for Auckland, Inspector John Mitchell, said the force had looked at Asian countries with a shared colonial heritage, including Hong Kong and Malaysia, to meet the need for more Asian officers.
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