Dear Nanaia Mahuta,

I am writing to you as a KDC ratepayer.
I would like to know why mayor Greg Gent has resigned as mayor after only one year in office.
When he stood for the position as mayor, he did say it would be part time, voters presumed he meant maybe 3 days out of 5, and he was duly elected, however after just one year in office he is resigning.

We have had government commissioners, without a council, for approximately 5 years which has been undemocratic, and very costly to the ratepayers. Last year we were able to elect a mayor and councillors.

We are now in a position, whereby we have a substitute mayor who was elected as a councillor, so once again we find ourselves being governed undemocratically, we will now have to have an election that we can ill aford, and if the elected mayor is one of the councillors, we will then have to have another election for another councillor.

We have had historic problems with mismanagement of funds, the now Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Winston Peters has been trying to help us rectify these problems over the years, and has deemed them as a miscarriage of justice.

Mr. Greg Gent is leaving without a plausible explanation to us as ratepayers, and without any apology, for putting council and ratepayers, in this deplorable position.

We are also still paying for two commissioners, which is unexceptable, we need your help as minister of local government on this matter,

Yours faithfully,
Lynda Sampson

Dear Nanaia Mahuta,

I apologise, that in my haste, I have made a spelling mistake of the word unacceptable,

Yours faithfully,

Lynda Sampson

Dear Nanaia Mahuta,
I have written to you asking why the Kaipara District Councils Mayor, has resigned after just one year in office? under the Offocial Information Act, I was informed that you would get back to me with an answer by the 13th of December 2017, as this has not happened I am sending to you, as Minsister of Local Government, this request once again as a reminder

Yours faithfully,

Lynda Sampson

Dear Nanaia Mahuta,

This is my 3rd request for you to answer my FOI, by law I should have had a reply by the 13th December

Yours faithfully,

Lynda Sampson

Dear Nanaia Mahuta,

I am disappointed that my FOI has not been responded to by you as Minister of Local Government or anyone else who would know about the situation within the Kaipara District Council, I have been informed that by law you should have answered my FOI by 13th of December, as I have sent you two follow ups for my request I am now asking that this fourth request be attended to as soon as possible.

Thanking you in anticipation,

Yours faithfully,

Lynda Sampson