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Tauranga Council Prayer

Alex Harris made this Official Information request to Tauranga City Council

The request was successful.

From: Alex Harris

Dear Tauranga 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

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From: Info@Tauranga
Tauranga City Council

Dear Alex

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Regards

 

Heather

Advisor: Call Centre

Tauranga City Council

Phone 07 577 7000

Fax 07 577 7193

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91 Willow Street, Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143 New Zealand

 

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From: Yvonne Tatton
Tauranga City Council

 Hello Alex

In response to your LGOIMA request to the question  Does the Council open
its meetings with a prayer?

 Tauranga City Council does not opening its meetings with a prayer apart
from the Tangata Whenua/TCC Committee in which a kaumatua opens the
meeting with a karakia of their own choice.  

Regards Yvonne 

Yvonne Tatton
Manager: Democracy Services/Sister Cities Liaison
Tauranga City Council
07 577 7093
Fax:: 07 577 7153

 

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