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WCC 'No pets' policy forces pensioner to choose between family pet and her home.

D Dahya made this Official Information request to Wellington City Council

Wellington City Council did not have the information requested.

From: D Dahya

Dear Wellington City Council,

This information request is in regards to the story of Porirua pensioner Robyn Nielsen and the WCC's decision not to exercise leniency on their 'No pets' policy forcing her to choose between her beloved cat and a roof over her head.

I would like to know WCC's view on the benefits of owning a family pet, in particular, I would like the WCC to confirm that, based on their decision, owning a family pet does NOT directly contribute towards the wellbeing of that person (tenant or resident especially the elderly), and the reasons why, citing factual references.

Yours sincerely

D Dahya

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From: BUS: IRO
Wellington City Council

Kia ora and thank you for your email to the Complaints & Information Assurance team.
Our email inbox is monitored daily and we will be in contact once your request, complaint or enquiry has been allocated to a team member.

Thank you for your patience
Wellington City Council Complaints & Information Assurance Team

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From: Sarah Pearson-Coats
Wellington City Council

Hi D Dahya

 

Thank you again for your request. We are in the process of putting
together a response and will be back in touch as soon as possible.

 

Kind regards

Sarah

 

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From: BUS: IRO
Wellington City Council

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Dear Mr Dahya,

Thank you for your email to the Council (below) in which you requested information regarding the keeping of animals in Council properties.

Please find attached a copy of the Council's formal response.

Kind regards,
Ian.

Ian Hunter
Assurance Advisor | Complaints and Information Assurance | Governance and Assurance Directorate | Wellington City Council
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Nigel Jones left an annotation ()

We were contacted by WCC asking about why the state of the request was showing as 'overdue' when they had provided a response.

Upon looking at their response it appears they have refused the request under grounds 18(g) - Information not held (as it does not exist) - even though they have not pointed out exactly which part of the OIA they were refusing under. If there was an intended follow up, please respond to WCC either via this request or (preferably given the time that has passed) as a new request.

(on behalf of FYI Admin Team)

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