Dear B White,

 

I write to acknowledge your information request of 20/12/2017 in respect
of use of dowsing.

 

Please be advised that your request has been passed on to the relevant
team within Council and you will be informed of the outcome.

 

The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 requires
that we advise you of our decision on whether the Council will provide the
requested information or not  “as soon as reasonably practicable”, no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request. We will
respond to you no later than 9 February 2018.

 

Kind regards

 

Rebecca Watson
On behalf of the Privacy Officer

 

DDI: 07 8386983 | Email: [1][email address]

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-----Original Message-----
From: B. White [mailto:[FYI request #7045 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2017 6:54 PM
To: official information <[Hamilton City Council request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Use of dowsing

 

Tēnā koutou,

 

I am interested in the use of dowsing techniques by employees and
contractors used by your council when working with water, e.g. pipe leaks,
water sources, etc.

 

Please release the following information:

 

1. If any Council or Council Controlled Organisations staff use dowsing as
part of their job

 

2. If any contractors employed by Council use dowsing as part of their
work when engaged by the Council

 

3. If any dowsing companies explicitly offering dowsing services have been
engaged by the Council.

 

4. For any of the above, what costs were incurred by the Council.

 

Please give me this information for as long as records are available.

 

If any part of my request is unclear, please don't hesitate to contact me.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

B. White

 

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Dear B White,

 

Further to your information request of 20 December 2017 in respect of the
use of dowsing, I am now able to provide Hamilton City Council’s response.

 

Your questions are below in bold, with our response directly underneath.

 

 1. If any Council or Council Controlled Organisations staff use dowsing
as part of their job.

Hamilton City Council does not use dowsing techniques in the provision of
our water service to Hamilton residents.  We are aware that there have
been previous staff members who have claimed they were able to undertake
dowsing and on occasion unofficially tried that methodology in the attempt
to identify water sources and leaks if the more conventional methods
weren’t effective, however this competency was never a requirement of
their position or dowsing techniques were never formally requested to be
undertaken.

 

 2. If any contractors employed by Council use dowsing as part of their
work when engaged by the Council

Contractors engaged by Hamilton City Council to assist with the provision
of our water service to Hamilton residents are not engaged to undertake
dowsing techniques as part of their work for the Council.

 

A search of our procurement database since 2013 has shown no references to
dowsing techniques offered or referenced by any contractors.

 

 3. If any dowsing companies explicitly offering dowsing services have
been engaged by the Council.

Contractors engaged by Hamilton City Council to assist with the provision
of our water service to Hamilton residents are not engaged to undertake
dowsing techniques as part of their work for the Council. 

 

We are unable to determine if any of the Contractors engaged by Council to
undertake other water services (either current or previous) also
explicitly offered dowsing techniques.

 

 4. For any of the above, what costs were incurred by the Council.

Contractors engaged by Hamilton City Council to assist with the provision
of our water service to Hamilton residents are not engaged to undertake
dowsing techniques as part of their work for the Council.

 

Kind regards

 

Rebecca Watson
Committee Advisor | Governance Unit

DDI: 07 838 6983 | Email: [1][email address]
[2]Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council | Private Bag 3010 | Hamilton 3240 |
[3]www.hamilton.govt.nz
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This email and any attachments are strictly confidential and may contain
privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please
delete the message and notify the sender. You should not read, copy, use,
change, alter, disclose or deal in any manner whatsoever with this email
or its attachments without written authorisation from the originating
sender. Hamilton City Council does not accept any liability whatsoever in
connection with this email and any attachments including in connection
with computer viruses, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised
access or unauthorised amendment. Unless expressly stated to the contrary
the content of this email, or any attachment, shall not be considered as
creating any binding legal obligation upon Hamilton City Council. Any
views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may
not necessarily reflect the views of Hamilton City Council.

 

 

From: official information
Sent: Thursday, 21 December 2017 9:23 AM
To: B. White <[FYI request #7045 email]>
Cc: official information <[Hamilton City Council request email]>
Subject: HPE CM: RE: LGOIMA 17190: Official Information request - Use of
dowsing

 

Dear B White,

 

I write to acknowledge your information request of 20/12/2017 in respect
of use of dowsing.

 

Please be advised that your request has been passed on to the relevant
team within Council and you will be informed of the outcome.

 

The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 requires
that we advise you of our decision on whether the Council will provide the
requested information or not  “as soon as reasonably practicable”, no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request. We will
respond to you no later than 9 February 2018.

 

Kind regards

 

Rebecca Watson
On behalf of the Privacy Officer

 

DDI: 07 8386983 | Email: [8][email address]

[9]Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council | Private Bag 3010 | Hamilton 3240 |
[10]www.hamilton.govt.nz
[11]http://data.hcc.govt.nz/branding/faceboo... us on Facebook
[13]http://data.hcc.govt.nz/branding/twitter... us on Twitter
This email and any attachments are strictly confidential and may contain
privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please
delete the message and notify the sender. You should not read, copy, use,
change, alter, disclose or deal in any manner whatsoever with this email
or its attachments without written authorisation from the originating
sender. Hamilton City Council does not accept any liability whatsoever in
connection with this email and any attachments including in connection
with computer viruses, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised
access or unauthorised amendment. Unless expressly stated to the contrary
the content of this email, or any attachment, shall not be considered as
creating any binding legal obligation upon Hamilton City Council. Any
views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may
not necessarily reflect the views of Hamilton City Council.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: B. White [[15]mailto:[FYI request #7045 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2017 6:54 PM
To: official information <[16][Hamilton City Council request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Use of dowsing

 

Tēnā koutou,

 

I am interested in the use of dowsing techniques by employees and
contractors used by your council when working with water, e.g. pipe leaks,
water sources, etc.

 

Please release the following information:

 

1. If any Council or Council Controlled Organisations staff use dowsing as
part of their job

 

2. If any contractors employed by Council use dowsing as part of their
work when engaged by the Council

 

3. If any dowsing companies explicitly offering dowsing services have been
engaged by the Council.

 

4. For any of the above, what costs were incurred by the Council.

 

Please give me this information for as long as records are available.

 

If any part of my request is unclear, please don't hesitate to contact me.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

B. White

 

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