Auckland Council prayer

Alex Harris made this Official Information Act request to Auckland Council

The request was successful.

From: Alex Harris

26 March 2012

Dear Auckland 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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27 March 2012

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Dear Alex,

Please find acknowledgement of your information request attached.

Kind regards, Nicole

Nicole Miell | Information Advisor
Public Information Office | Democracy Services

Auckland Council | Level 16 | Civic Administration Building | 1 Greys
Avenue | Auckland
Phone: 301 3810 | Extension: (40) 8610 | Fax: 09 3010100
Hours:9.30 to 2.30pm, Mon to Fri

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Dear Alex,

Please find response to your Local Government official information request
attached.

Kind regards, Nicole

Nicole Miell | Information Advisor
Public Information Office | Democracy Services

Auckland Council | Level 16 | Civic Administration Building | 1 Greys
Avenue | Auckland
Phone: 301 3810 | Extension: (40) 8610 | Fax: 09 3010100
Hours:9.30 to 2.30pm, Mon to Fri

Visit our website: [1]www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
[Auckland Council]

CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that
may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or
attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email
message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the
message and attachments. We do not accept responsibility for any viruses
or similar carried with our email, or any effects our email may have on
the recipient computer system or network. Any views expressed in this
email may be those of the individual sender and may not necessarily
reflect the views of Council.

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