4 April 2025
G Kingsley
By email: [FYI request #30275 email]
Tēnā koe G Kingsley
INFORMATION REQUEST
On  7  March  2025  you  asked  for  information  about  the  communications  between  staff  and
council members regarding the coffee machine at 90 Devonport Road, Tauranga. Here is our
response to your questions:
1. All communications between elected members and staff regarding coffee 
machine lease for 90 Devonport Road
We did an email search for the period 20 July 2024 to 17 March 2025 for the term 
‘coffee machine’. The correspondence between internal staff and elected members 
can be found in attachment one. Information has been redacted as it is either outside 
the scope of your request or for the reasons outlined below.
This request and the response have been considered under the LGOIMA1. Information has
been withheld as follows:
Section 7(2)(a) protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural
persons
Section 7(2)(b) protect information where the making available of the information—
(i)
would disclose a trade secret; or
(ii)
would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person 
who supplied or who is the subject of the information
If you are not happy with this response you have the right to seek an investigation and
review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
This response may be published on our website, all personal information will be removed.
1 Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
Tauranga City Council   Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143, New Zealand    +64 7 577 7000      [Tauranga City Council request email]       www.tauranga.govt.nz

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If you have any questions about this letter, please contact me.
Ngā mihi
Kath Norris
Team Leader
Democracy Services
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