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Does the Gisborne District Council open its meetings with a prayer?

Alex Harris made this Official Information Act request to Gisborne District Council

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From: Alex Harris

11 April 2012

Dear Gisborne 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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11 April 2012

Sent request to Gisborne District Council again, using a new contact address.

From: Deane Takao
Gisborne District Council

11 April 2012

Your email request for service / information/ advice has been entered and referred to the appropriate referral.

Your request has been assigned an ID of RFS 126496

Please quote this RFS number in any future contact with Council regarding this request

Please direct any further email replies to [GDC request email]

Regards

Deane R Takao
Customer Service Officer
T: 06 867 2049 (ex: 8921)
E: [email address] W: www.gdc.govt.nz
A: 15 Fitzherbert Street Gisborne4010
P: PO Box 747 Gisborne

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