Wellington Police Force

The **Wellington Police Force** is the hosting body of the Wellington Police Paranormal Unit.

## History

During the 1930s, the Wellington Police headquarters was based in a building in Mount Cook, which has now been refurbished into student accommodation. One officer at the time, Bill Miller, died while on duty issuing tickets to drivers in Mount Victoria Tunnel.

The police force is now based in Wellington Central Police Station and is currently led by Sergeant Ruawai Maaka. In 2018, following numerous unexplained activities in the city, Maaka established the secretive Wellington Police Paranormal Unit.

## Briefings

The police force receives regular briefings to keep up to date on recent incidents and police responses. Matters covered in the briefings have included:

* Graffiti resembling a penis rendered no longer obscene after being altered into a face
* Constable Parker and Stevenson recovering five out of seven stolen pairs of jeans
* A cow being removed from a tree (a second similar incident prompted investigation from the Paranormal Unit)
* A serial flasher exposing himself while dressed as Prince
* Officers Donovan and Laupepe stopping two armed robbers at a BP service station
* A picture of kitten wearing a police hat getting 743 likes on social media
* Thirteen members of the force helping a baby in distress at Wellington Harbour, which turned out to be a towel
* Thirteen unsolved murders
* Donovan and Laupepe responding to reports of gunfire, which turned out to be kids throwing marbles at a shih tzu, and Parker getting shot in the process
* Maaka’s jam doughnuts going missing
* Maaka having to warn the force to not use pepper spray as a condiment

## Known members

### Current members

* **Sergeant Ruawai Maaka**, leader of the police force and its Paranormal Unit
* **Officer Kyle Minogue**, a member of the Paranormal Unit and partner of Officer O’Leary
* **Officer O’Leary**, a member of the Paranormal Unit and partner of Officer Minogue
* **Constable Parker**, the team’s ‘IT expert’ and partner of Stevenson
* Officers **Mason Donovan** and **Laupepe**, former partners now designated to desk jobs after becoming zombies
* **Captain Quinn** of the Wellington Police Maritime Unit
* **Ben**, a member of technological crimes division
* **Stevenson**, partner of Parker

Other named members have included **Smith**, **Ward**, **Yates** and **Bracewell**.

### Former members

* **Officer Bill Miller**, who died during the 1930s and is now a ghost

## Appearances

* *What We Do in the Shadows* (film)
* *Wellington Paranormal*
* *Breaking News*
* *Police Summer Safety*

## References

Bracewell, Melanie (writer) & van Dammen, Tim (director) (30 October 2019). "Mt. Vic Hooters". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 9. TVNZ 2.
Yates, Paul (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (writer & director) (11 July 2018). "Demon Girl". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 1. TVNZ 2.
Bracewell, Melanie (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (18 July 2018). "Cop Circles". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 2. TVNZ 2.
Ward, Nick (writer) & van Beek, Jackie (director) (25 July 2018). "Things That Do the Bump in the Night". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 3. TVNZ 2.
Hansell, Jessica Coco (writer) & van Beek, Jackie (director) (1 August 2018). "The She Wolf of Kurimarama Street". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 4. TVNZ 2.
Smith, Sam (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (8 August 2018). "A Normal Night". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 5. TVNZ 2.
Yates, Paul (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (writer & director) (15 August 2018). "Zombie Cops". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 6. TVNZ 2.
Yates, Paul (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (20 November 2019). "Mobots". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 12. TVNZ 2.
Alison, Amanda (writer) & van Beek, Jackie (director) (23 October 2019). "Fear the Briannas". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 8. TVNZ 2.
Ward, Nick (writer) & Hewison, Dean (director) (16 October 2019). "Taniwha". *Wellington Paranormal*. Episode 7. TVNZ 2.