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Does the South Taranaki District Council open its meetings with a prayer?

Alex Harris made this Official Information request to South Taranaki District Council

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From: Alex Harris

Dear South Taranaki 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

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From: Shannon Cox
South Taranaki District Council

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Good morning Alex

 

The South Taranaki District Council does not open any of its meeting with
a prayer.

 

If you have any further queries kindly let me know.

 

Kind Regards

Shannon

 

 

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Shannon Cox

Support Services Manager | South Taranaki District Council

105-111 Albion St, Private Bag 902, Hawera 4610, NZ
Phone: +64 6 278 0555 | [1]www.southtaranaki.com

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