Does Hutt City Council open its meetings with a prayer?
Alex Harris made this Official Information request to Hutt City Council
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From: Alex Harris
Dear Hutt City Council,
As you may have read recently, the Whanganui District Council abolished its opening prayer after a complaint was made to the Human Rights Commission. I'm interested in learning how widespread this practice is, so I'd like to request the following information under the LGOIMA:
* Does the Council open its meetings with a prayer?
* If the answer to the above is "yes", then I'd like a copy of that prayer (or examples, if more than one is used), when the practice was first established, whether the council has considered abolishing it in the wake of the Whanganui decision, and any advice the council may hold on the prayer's compatibility with both the Human Rights Act 1993 and Bill of Rights Act 1990.
I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the fyi.org.nz website.
Yours faithfully,
Alex Harris
From: Kathryn Stannard
Hutt City Council
We refer to your email dated 29 March 2012.
In your email, you request if Hutt City Council opens its meetings with a
prayer.
Your request has been processed according to the provisions of the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.
Pursuant to the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
1987 we advise that your request for information has been granted. I wish
to advise that Council does not open its meetings with a prayer.
Kathryn Stannard
Divisional Manager, Secretariat Services
Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New
Zealand
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Lyn Herriot
Group Executive Assistant - Governance and Regulatory
Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New
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From: Kathryn Stannard
Hutt City Council
Kathryn Stannard
Divisional Manager, Secretariat Services
Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New
Zealand
T 04 570 6942, M 027 4348 845, W [1]www.huttcity.govt.nz F
[2]huttcitycouncil
Gold Winner of the 2011 New Zealand Business Excellence Award
From: Catrina Millar
Sent: Monday, 18 June 2012 9:10 a.m.
To: Kathryn Stannard
Subject: FW: Regional Council Representation Review
FYI
From: Max and Saria Shierlaw [3][mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Saturday, 16 June 2012 2:57 p.m.
To: Ray Wallace
Cc: David Bassett; Tony Stallinger
Subject: Regional Council Representation Review
Hi Ray,
Unless I hear otherwise from you I will be submitting a notice of motion
to the June 28^th Council meeting seeking approval for HCC to make a
submission on this review.
I will propose that the thrust of the submission be that representation
per head of population be the same for the rest of Region as they have
proposed for the Wairarapa. This would probably double the number of
Councillors for Lower Hutt so I would propose six sub wards be established
for Lower Hutt, that have the same boundaries as HCC, and one Regional
Councillor for each sub ward be elected.
Regards,
Max
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