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NZIPI
Investigations

Institute for NZ’s private eyes to get name change

December 15, 2021

NZIPI Chairman Ron McQuilter talks licensing change, name change, membership change and website change at the Institute, and the election of a first-ever Life Member. NZIPI’s Annual General Meeting, which took place on Thursday 25 […]

Private Investigators
Investigations

Security licensing body clarifies ‘private’ investigator confusion

May 7, 2021

A recent PSPLA decision clarifies what the ‘private’ in ‘private investigator’ means, writes Nicholas Dynon, concluding that employment investigators are required to be PSPLA licensed but that lawyers are not. A decision from the Private […]

Private security services
Features

COVID-19: Is private security an essential service?

March 24, 2020

As New Zealand goes into COVID-19 lockdown, there remains ambiguity over whether or not licensed private security providers are included within the government list of ‘essential services’, writes Nicholas Dynon. [Please note that since this […]

Private Detective
Investigations

Private detective directive defective?

October 1, 2018

A raft of complaints to the PSPLA has caused controversy among professional investigators, writes Nicholas Dynon. Use of the term ‘detective’ in breach of Section 109 of the Act is much ado about nothing according […]

Crowd controllers and bar staff
Industry bodies

New Zealand Security Association: Update from the CEO

August 2, 2018

In this extract from the NZSA CEO’s July newsletter, Gary Morrison reflects on the tragic death of a security officer in Auckland, provides clarification on crowd controller and bar staff licensing, an update on licensing […]

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