A police college based in Auckland could be on the cards.
New intakes at the Porirua college will be bolstered next year by 20 recruits each wing to reach 100 trainees.
By late August, applications had overtaken 5,500 - more than double the number for the same period last year.
But Assistant Commissioner Jill Rogers says the Porirua facility is already groaning at the seams.
"It makes sense for us to look in that Tāmaki Makaurau environment, because that's where the bulk of our people will come from. I think it's a good, sensible decision for us to start looking around there."
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