Dame Cindy and Dr Davies visited the Royal New Zealand Police College in Porirua to see where new police recruits undergo training and police officers refresh their knowledge. There are around six intakes of new recruits each year, with each recruit completing a 16-week course here in Porirua. Dame Cindy and Dr Davies were welcomed with a mihi whakatau, and then visited the ‘House of Crime’ where Herb the drug detecting dog showed his skills, and new recruits demonstrated an arrest in difficult circumstances. Dame Cindy also had a reunion with the Police College’s receptionist Teurukura Tia Kekena, who received a QSM at Government House earlier this year for services to Cook Islands and Pacific communities.
