3 June 2022
Max Shierlaw
[FYI request #19278 email]
Tēnā koe Max
Request for Information – Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
(LGOIMA) 1987
We refer to your official information request dated 6 May 2022 for information about the lease
agreement between Hutt City Council and the Maungaraki Community Association relating to
the Maungaraki Community Centre. Specifically, you have asked:
Could you please advise how much the Maungaraki Community Association has paid
to the Hutt City Council for each of the past ten years under the 50% profit share
provision of the lease for the Maungaraki Community Centre? Please also forward me
all correspondence the Council has had over the past ten years with the Association
on the particular matter.
By way of context, the Maungaraki Community Centre is owned by the Hutt City Council. It is
leased to Maungaraki Community Association for $100 per annum or for half the amount by
which the Maungaraki Community Centre’s income exceeds its expenditure in each preceding
financial year, whichever is the greater amount. However this is subject to negotiation based
on the Maungaraki Community Association’s annual report of its operations.
Hutt City Council has invoiced Maungaraki Community Association the following amounts over
the past 10 years:
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
-22
-21
-20
-19
-18
-17
-16
-15
-14
-13
HCC Property
Rent/Leases
97
100
100
100
100
100
100
-
100
100
(GST
exclusive)
The Maungaraki Community Centre was leased to Maungaraki Community Association for
$100 per annum or thereabouts. Accordingly, your request to be provided with
correspondence relating to lease of the Community Centre for above $100 (ie. under the profit
share option of the lease) is refused under section 17(g) of the LGOIMA, as the information
requested is not held by Hutt City Council and we have no grounds for believing that the
information is either—
i.
held by another local authority or a department or Minister of the Crown or
organisation; or
ii.
connected more closely with the functions of another local authority, or a
department or Minister of the Crown or organisation:
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this response.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Please note that this letter may be published on the Council’s website.
Nāku noa, nā
Susan Sales
Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy