Does the Porirua City Council open its meetings with a prayer?

Alex Harris made this Official Information Act request to Porirua City Council

The request was successful.

From: Alex Harris

2 April 2012

Dear Porirua 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: FYI Requests

3 April 2012

RE: OFFICIAL INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your written request received on 3rd April regarding Porirua
City Council opening its meetings with a prayer?

Your request has been assigned to the appropriate officer and you can
expect a reply within 20 working days.

Should you need to follow up with this request please quote the following
reference #756616

Yours sincerely

Arlene Colwell
Team Leader Records
DDI: 04 2371410 | MOB: 0275135083
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"Porirua enjoys 54km of coastline, including a harbour, inlet and a
variety of beaches"

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From: Allie Dunn
Porirua City Council

24 April 2012

Attachment PCC 760848 Official Opening of Council Meetings.pdf
644K Download View as HTML

Please find attached response to official information request from Alex Harris.

Regards
Allie Dunn
Team Leader Democratic Services
DDI: 04 2371419
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Porirua City Council
www.pcc.govt.nz
PO Box 50-218, 16 Cobham Court, Porirua 5240, New Zealand
24hr Phone: +64 4 237 5089 Email: [Porirua City Council request email] Fax: +64 4 237 6384

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