5 December 2024
File Ref: IRC-7490
Randy
[FYI request #29187 email]
Tēnā koe Randy
Thank you for your email of 13 November 2024 to Te Kaunihera o Pōneke | Wel ington City Council
(the Council) requesting the fol owing information:
1. I request any advice from the council communications team, legal team or external advisors
to her worship the Mayor and/or any council ors regarding interview requests, interview
preparation or media responses from the Platform and/or Sean Plunket.
2. Additionally, I request al internal communications (email, text, signal messages, WhatsApp
messages, meeting notes, summaries of phone cal s) that mention “the Platform” “Platform”
“Sean Plunket” since 1 January 2024.
Your request has been considered under the Local Government Of icial Information and Meetings Act
1987 (LGOIMA).
The Council has carried out a forensic ICT search to identify any correspondence that meets the
scope of your request and have been unable to identify any records held by the Council that match
the details you have provided. As such, I am refusing your request pursuant to section 17(e) of the
LGOIMA, as the document alleged to contain the information does exist or, despite reasonable efforts
to locate it, cannot be found.
You have the right, by way of complaint under section 28(1) of the LGOIMA, to request an
investigation and review of the Council’s decision to refuse information by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
If you require further information, please contact
[email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Danika Morris-Brown
Senior Advisor Official Information
Official Information & Privacy
Wellington City Council