Does the Kapiti Coast District Council open its meetings with a prayer?
Alex Harris made this Official Information request to Kapiti Coast District Council
The request was successful.
From: Alex Harris
Dear Kapiti Coast 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
From: FYI Requests
Thank you for your email.
It will be forwarded to the appropriate council staff member to action.
Kapiti Coast District Council does not guarantee the accuracy or
completeness of any information contained in this e-mail or attached
files. Internet communications are not secure; therefore the Council does
not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message or
attached files. The content of this email may express the view of the
author and not the official position of the Council. Kapiti Coast District
Council may monitor and store all outgoing and incoming email traffic.
This e-mail is subject to copyright. Except in reply to the author, no
part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the
written consent of the copyright owner. If you have received this e-mail
in error, please advise the sender immediately by return e-mail, or
telephone the author and delete all copies.
show quoted sections
______________________________________________________________________________
This email has been scrubbed for your protection by SMX.
For more information visit [1]http://smxemail.com
______________________________________________________________________________
References
Visible links
1. http://smxemail.com/
From: FYI Requests
Dear Alex
Please find attached acknowledgement of your information request received
today.
Regards
Linda Guerin
Linda Guerin
Corporate Support Officer
[1]Bodhi Portrait Te Āpiha Awhina Tōpū
Kāpiti Coast District Council
Tel 04 296 4838
[2]www.kapiticoast.govt.nz
Kapiti Coast District Council does not guarantee the accuracy or
completeness of any information contained in this e-mail or attached
files. Internet communications are not secure; therefore the Council does
not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message or
attached files. The content of this email may express the view of the
author and not the official position of the Council. Kapiti Coast District
Council may monitor and store all outgoing and incoming email traffic.
This e-mail is subject to copyright. Except in reply to the author, no
part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the
written consent of the copywriter owner. If you have received this e-mail
in error, please advise the sender immediately by return e-mail, or
telephone the author and delete all copies.
show quoted sections
This email has been scrubbed for your protection by SMX. For more
information visit [3]smxemail.com
References
Visible links
2. http://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/
3. http://smxemail.com/
From: FYI Requests
Dear Mr Harris
Please find attached response from Ms Evans to your information request of
3 April 2012.
Kind regards
Linda Guerin
Linda Guerin
Corporate Support Officer
[1]Bodhi Portrait Te Āpiha Awhina Tōpū
Kāpiti Coast District Council
Tel 04 296 4838
[2]www.kapiticoast.govt.nz
Kapiti Coast District Council does not guarantee the accuracy or
completeness of any information contained in this e-mail or attached
files. Internet communications are not secure; therefore the Council does
not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message or
attached files. The content of this email may express the view of the
author and not the official position of the Council. Kapiti Coast District
Council may monitor and store all outgoing and incoming email traffic.
This e-mail is subject to copyright. Except in reply to the author, no
part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the
written consent of the copywriter owner. If you have received this e-mail
in error, please advise the sender immediately by return e-mail, or
telephone the author and delete all copies.
show quoted sections
This email has been scrubbed for your protection by SMX. For more
information visit [3]smxemail.com
References
Visible links
2. http://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/
3. http://smxemail.com/
Things to do with this request
- Add an annotation (to help the requester or others)
- Download a zip file of all correspondence