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Tēnā koe Ms Reed, 

 

I refer to your request of 10 July 2024 for information regarding the
Northland Mayoral Forum.  Your request was referred to council’s Democracy
and Assurance Department, and the Parks and Recreation Department for
consideration.

 

Can you please provide the minutes of the Northland Mayoral Forum meeting
for June 2024

Please see attached.

 

Can you please explain what "discreet power generation" is?  The following
comments were provided by Council’s Parks and Recreation Department, and
are by no means an official definition – My understanding of discrete
power is it is a system made up of individual components as opposed to an
integrated system. The term mostly applies to circuitry.

 

Given recent concerns raised by the media, regarding China's influence in
New Zealand, have concerns been raised or addressed by the Mayoral forum
as to South Island Resource Recovery or SIRRL majority ownership by China
Tianying Ltd and direct links back to the Chinese Communist Party with
SIRRL director Debiao Cao & Chairman of China Tianying Ltd Sheng Jun Yan? 
Council is not aware of any.

 

Given Aucklands disinterest in providing waste for the proposed WtE plant,
how much of rate payers money is to be invested in  feasibility
investigations into a WtE plant?  The Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act allows any member of the public to request
official information held by council. However, for the Act to apply, the
information must be held by council; there is no obligation for council to
form an opinion or create new information simply to answer a request. 
This aspect of your request is refused under section 17(g) of the Act on
the basis that it is not a request for information held by council. 

 

Given a WtE plant has at best 20% efficiency in generating minimal energy,
can you please provide understanding as to the consideration of WtE in
providing "discreet power generation?"  The Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act allows any member of the public to request
official information held by council.  However, for the Act to apply, the
information must be held by council; there is no obligation for council to
form an opinion or create new information simply to answer a request. 
This aspect of your request is refused under section 17(g) of the Act on
the basis that it is not a request for information held by council.

 

How much revenue was generated in the 2024 financial year for WDC with its
shareholding in Puwera Landfill?  The Annual Reports for the Northland
Regional Landfill Limited Partnership are available on Council’s website –
[1]Northland Regional Landfill Annual Report to Whangarei District Council
Finance Committee 2023 (wdc.govt.nz).  Please note that the 2024 Annual
Report is not yet available for the Year Ended 30 June 2024.

 

The documentation attached represents our best efforts to locate material
relevant to your request.  However, the search process is by no means an
exact science.  It is possible that there may be other items of relevance
that have been unintentionally missed in the search.

 

I hope this information is of some assistance in responding to your
request. If you believe we have not responded appropriately to your
request, you have the right by way of complaint, under section 27(3) of
the Act, to apply to the Ombudsman to seek an investigation and review of
the decision. 

 

Regards,

 

Official Information Requests Team  

Whangarei District Council | Te Iwitahi, 9 Rust Avenue | Private Bag
9023, Whangarei 0148 | [2]www.wdc.govt.nz

WDC Call Centre 09 430 4200

 

[3]WDC - Final email sig

 

 

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