Dear Ms Lindsay,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 26 February 2025 regarding amounts paid to social media influencers.

We received your request on 26 February 2025. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 26 March 2025, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me on (06) 349 0001 or by return email. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact me so that these can be taken into account.

Kind regards,

-----Original Message-----
From: Josephine Lindsay <[FOI #30225 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 26 February 2025 8:32 am
To: WDC Information Request <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Amounts paid to social media influencers

Dear Whanganui District Council,

Please confirm for the last two financials years the total amount paid to social media influencers to promote Whanganui by Whanganui & Partners and a list of influencers names for each year.

Yours faithfully.

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Dear Ms Lindsay,

 

I refer to your official information request dated 26 February 2025
regarding amounts paid to social media influencers to promote Whanganui by
Whanganui & Partners.

 

The information you have requested is as follows.

 

* Please confirm for the last two financials years the total amount paid
to social media influencers to promote Whanganui by Whanganui & Partners
and a list of influencers names for each year.

 

Financial Year 2023- 2024 - No such payments made

Financial Year 2024 -2025 $5,303 paid in total. The influencers paid in
this financial year were Hannah Barrett and Kennedy Anderson.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
me on 06 349 0001 or by return email.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Whanganui District Council

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Josephine Lindsay <[FOI #30225 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 26 February 2025 8:32 am
To: WDC Information Request <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Amounts paid to social media
influencers

 

Dear Whanganui District Council,

 

Please confirm for the last two financials years the total amount paid to
social media influencers to promote Whanganui by Whanganui & Partners and
a list of influencers names for each year.

 

Yours faithfully.

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[2][FOI #30225 email]

 

Is [3][Whanganui District Council request email] the wrong address for Official
Information requests to Whanganui District Council? If so, please contact
us using this form:

[4]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[5]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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