Hi Alex,

Thanks for your email. The Kaikoura District Council does not open its Council meeting with a prayer.

Kind regards,

Suzanne Syme
Executive Officer
Kaikoura District Council
P O Box 6,
Kaikoura
Website: www.kaikoura.govt.nz
Ph: 03 319 5026
Fax: 03 319 5308
KAIKOURA - A SUSTAINABLY CERTIFIED COMMUNITY
Through the international Earthcheck program the Kaikoura community is committing to a sustainable future.
Committing to a sustainable future should be the goal of every Organisation, Community and Business - contact us to find out more!

WARNING: This email contains information that is CONFIDENTIAL and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not read, copy or distribute this email or attachments. If you have received this in error, please notify me immediately by return email, facsimile or telephone and delete this email.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Harris [mailto:[OIA #143 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 12 April 2012 9:40 a.m.
To: KDC
Subject: Local Government Official Information and Meetings request: Does the Kaikoura District Council open its meetings with a prayer?

Dear Kaikoura District 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

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be
published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
http://fyi.org.nz/help/about#officers

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[OIA #143 email]

Is [Kaikoura District Council request email] the wrong address for Local Government
Official Information and Meetings requests to Kaikoura District
Council?

If so please contact us using this form:
http://fyi.org.nz/help/contact

If you find FYI useful as an OIA officer, please ask your web
manager to suggest us on your organisation's OIA page.
-------------------------------------------------------------------

hide quoted sections