Further information : Rate for staying in huts for residents and non residents
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From: James Cameron
Dear Department of Conservation,
Ref : 18-E-1055
Recently the DOC introduced a different rate for staying in huts for residents and non residents. In your reply dated 14 January 2019 regarding rates for staying in Huts stated that “The department did however check this policy change to undertake a trail was consistent with the NZ Bill of Rights and the Human Rights Acts”
I have a few questions regarding this:
1) did the department take into account those effected pay tax via GST ?
2) How was the rate for non-residents calculated?
3) Can I please have a documents, email minutes of meetings relating the to checking of the policy against the NZ Bill of Rights and the Human Rights Acts?
Warm regards,
James Cameron
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From: James Cameron <[FOI #10166 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2019 3:37 p.m.
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Subject: Official Information request - Further information : Rate for staying in huts for residents and non residents
Dear Department of Conservation,
Ref : 18-E-1055
Recently the DOC introduced a different rate for staying in huts for residents and non residents. In your reply dated 14 January 2019 regarding rates for staying in Huts stated that “The department did however check this policy change to undertake a trail was consistent with the NZ Bill of Rights and the Human Rights Acts”
I have a few questions regarding this:
1) did the department take into account those effected pay tax via GST ?
2) How was the rate for non-residents calculated?
3) Can I please have a documents, email minutes of meetings relating the to checking of the policy against the NZ Bill of Rights and the Human Rights Acts?
Warm regards,
James Cameron
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From: Lucy Alcock
Department of Conservation
Hi James,
Please see attached the Departmental OIA response.
Kind regards,
Mary (on behalf of Laura White)
Mary Fitzjohn
Personal Assistant to Lucy Alcock, Director of Government Services and
Laura White Director of Pricing and Economics
Policy and Visitors Group
Department of Conservation | Te Papa Atawhai
M: +64 272 134 744
Conservation House Wellington | Whare Kaupapa Atawhai
18 - 32 Manners St | PO Box 10 420, Wellington 6143
T: +64 4 471 0726
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To work with others to increase the value of conservation for New
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From: Laura White
Department of Conservation
Hi James,
Please see attached the Departmental OIA response.
Kind regards,
Mary (on behalf of Laura White)
Mary Fitzjohn
Personal Assistant to Lucy Alcock, Director of Government Services and
Laura White Director of Pricing and Economics
Policy and Visitors Group
Department of Conservation | Te Papa Atawhai
M: +64 272 134 744
Conservation House Wellington | Whare Kaupapa Atawhai
18 - 32 Manners St | PO Box 10 420, Wellington 6143
T: +64 4 471 0726
Kia piki te oranga o te ao tūroa, i roto i te ngātahitanga, ki Aotearoa.
To work with others to increase the value of conservation for New
Zealanders.
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Mike McGavin left an annotation ()
Well I'd certainly be asking the Ombudsman to follow up on and clarify the use of Legal Professional Privilege as grounds to restrict release of advice about the Human Rights Act and the NZ Bill of Rights.
The idea of Legal Professional Privilege is normally about enabling clients to feel confident that they can fully disclose information to legal advisers without having to be concerned about that information being released. Huh?
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