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The new Royal New Zealand Police College Auckland Campus offers senior courses alongside the initial 20-week Police training.

The Police College’s Auckland Campus includes classrooms, a locker room, storage space, offices, car parks and dorm rooms. Police also has access to other facilities including the gym and recreation centre. Photo: NZ Police
Opening ceremony at new Auckland campus. Photo: NZ Police
Commissioner Richard Chambers speaking at the opening ceremony of the new Auckland campus. Photo: NZ Police
Patron for Wing 390 is former Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Sir John Key. Photo: NZ Police
First recruits for RNZPC Auckland: Wing 390. Photo: NZ Police
First recruits for RNZPC Auckland: Wing 390. Photo: NZ Police
Kaikaraunga Mariam Arif leads Wing 390 into formal proceedings to open the Auckland campus. Photo: NZ Police
The RNZPC Auckland Campus was officially opened by Police Minister Mark Mitchell on 01 July, 2025.

 

Police officially opened its new Tāmaki Makaurau training campus on July 1 in front of dignitaries, staff and the 40 recruits on Wing 390, the first Auckland-based intake.

It’s the first time full recruit training has been offered outside Porirua.

The new Royal New Zealand Police College Auckland Campus – on premises leased from Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University in Albany – offers senior courses alongside the initial 20-week Police training. 

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers says that aside from appealing to people who live in Auckland, a large number of the recruits on Wing 390 are from Northland. 

“Talking to the recruits made it clear the Auckland facility is a worthwhile idea. Several told me they would not have been able to spend the 20 weeks away from their homes to go to RNZPC Porirua, including many with children,” he says.

Recruits will still head to Porirua for five weeks of firearms and driving training, but most of their course is delivered in Auckland – essentially taking Porirua to the people.

“Wing 389 in Porirua and Wing 390 in Auckland mean we now have more than 350 recruits at various stages of their training,” the commissioner says. “I can’t remember a time we have seen those numbers before.”

 

He hopes there will be further Auckland-based recruit wings – without compromising criteria. The campus is seen as a key element in the Government’s push to recruit 500 new frontline officers.

“I have made it clear my expectation is for high standards. That starts the moment a recruit walks into Police College and continues throughout their policing career,” the commissioner says.

The campus is also easing pressure on the scheduling of in-person senior courses.

 “In recent years, we have had to provide more senior courses online and in districts to improve efficiency and to free up space for recruit training at RNZPC in Wellington. However, that is not possible for some courses,” the commissioner says. 

The Auckland campus gives Police a valuable resource for that ongoing training and development, which is essential, he says.

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