Tania Kingi

Sergeant Tania Kingi joined the New Zealand Police in 2002 as part of Wing 203. She was one of 11 women to join that year, out of a total 78 recruits.

Tania was first inspired to become a Police Officer after an experience with Police as a child. Her father was arrested numerous times, and during one of his arrests Tania remembers thinking that the Police were the most amazing people in the world - and that when she grew up she wanted to help vulnerable people like they did. Tania’s experiences as a child have also helped her to be able to relate and interact with offenders who have had similar experiences or come from similar backgrounds.

Tania’s first placement after graduating from the Police College was Traffic at Harlech House in Otahuhu. From there she went to Emergency Response in Manakau, worked in Youth Education at Otara and rotated through different roles in the Criminal Investigations Branch.

Tania was then was promoted to Sergeant and worked frontline in the Public Safety Team in Auckland City before running the Tactical Crime Unit at Mt Wellington. In November 2014 she was deployed to the Solomon Islands for six months. Returning from the Solomon Islands she worked briefly in the Auckland Field Training Unit and the District Command Centre before returning to Mt Wellington Station to run the Sylvia Park Community Policing team, where she is currently based.

Tania has recently purchased a motorcycle and is learning how to ride it for commuting to work, and she has also recently purchased a new home. She shares custody of her twin boys and daughter with their dad and they helped her train for the marathon she recently completed.