Removal of Hamilton statue

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From: John

Dear Hamilton City Council,

I would like to request the following information regarding the removal of Hamilton statue, Garden Place.

1. Who will pay the cost of the removal? what's the cost of the removal
2. Has the council received any objection for removing the statue? If yes, please provide the details
3. What is the current status of the statue?
4. Does the council has any plan to remove other historial statues in the city?

Yours faithfully,

John

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Kia ora

 

I write to acknowledge your information request of 28 October 2020, as per
the below email.

 

Please be advised that your request has been passed on to the relevant
team within Council and you will be informed of the outcome.

 

The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 requires
that we advise you of our decision on whether the Council will provide the
requested information or not “as soon as reasonably practicable”, no later
than 20 working days after the day we received your request. We will
respond to you no later than 25 November 2020.

 

 

Ian Loiterton

Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

Governance Unit

 

Email: [email address]

 

 

 

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From: John <[FOI #14044 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 28 October 2020 8:12 AM
To: official information <[Hamilton City Council request email]>
Subject: [Mass email/Possible SPAM] Official Information request - Removal
of Hamilton statue

 

Dear Hamilton City Council,

 

I would like to request the following information regarding the removal of
Hamilton statue, Garden Place.

 

1. Who will pay the cost of the removal? what's the cost of the removal 2.
Has the council received any objection for removing the statue? If yes,
please provide the details 3. What is the current status of the statue?

4. Does the council has any plan to remove other historial statues in the
city?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

John

 

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Kia ora John

 

To enable a response to your request, the council would appreciate
clarification of what you mean by the following statement:

 

2. Has the council received any objection for removing the statue? If yes,
please provide the details.

 

The Council is able to collate the number of complaints received via the
call centre and objections received through our social media platforms and
private messages.

 

Is that what you require?

 

If you want deeper detail then this, it will be very difficult to meet
without substantial collation or research. This includes the data
extraction and collation of individual complaints, and the redaction of
these to protect the privacy of individuals.  

 

Unless your request is amended, we may have to refuse that part of your
request it under section 17(f) of the LGOIMA, which applies where the
information cannot be made available without substantial collation or
research.

 

Please let me know before 6 November 2020 whether you are prepared to
amend or clarify your request and, if so, how. Ideally, this would be
restricting the scope of the requested information to the number of
complaints, not the compilation of individual complaints.

 

Please note, if you do amend or clarify your request, this will be
considered to be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum
statutory timeframe for response—see section 13(7) of the LGOIMA. The
Council will, however, respond as soon as practicable.

 

 

Regards,

 

 

Ian Loiterton
Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

Governance Unit

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From: official information
Sent: Thursday, 29 October 2020 10:56 AM
To: John <[FOI #14044 email]>
Subject: LGOIMA 20320: re Removal of Hamilton statue

 

Kia ora

 

I write to acknowledge your information request of 28 October 2020, as per
the below email.

 

Please be advised that your request has been passed on to the relevant
team within Council and you will be informed of the outcome.

 

The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 requires
that we advise you of our decision on whether the Council will provide the
requested information or not “as soon as reasonably practicable”, no later
than 20 working days after the day we received your request. We will
respond to you no later than 25 November 2020.

 

 

Ian Loiterton

Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

Governance Unit

 

Email: [email address]

 

 

 

Hamilton City Council | Private Bag 3010 | Hamilton 3240 |
www.hamilton.govt.nz

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not necessarily reflect the views of Hamilton City Council.

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: John <[FOI #14044 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 28 October 2020 8:12 AM
To: official information <[Hamilton City Council request email]>
Subject: [Mass email/Possible SPAM] Official Information request - Removal
of Hamilton statue

 

Dear Hamilton City Council,

 

I would like to request the following information regarding the removal of
Hamilton statue, Garden Place.

 

1. Who will pay the cost of the removal? what's the cost of the removal 2.
Has the council received any objection for removing the statue? If yes,
please provide the details 3. What is the current status of the statue?

4. Does the council has any plan to remove other historial statues in the
city?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

John

 

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Dear official information,

Yes, please provide the number of complain and objection regarding this matter.

Thanks

Yours sincerely,

John

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Kia ora John

 

I write to acknowledge your clarification, as per the below email.

 

Please be advised that your request has been passed on to the relevant
team within Council and you will be informed of the outcome.

 

The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 requires
that we advise you of our decision on whether the Council will provide the
requested information or not “as soon as reasonably practicable”, no later
than 20 working days after the day we received your request. We will
respond to you no later than 27 November 2020.

 

 

Ian Loiterton

Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

Governance Unit

 

Email: [email address]

 

 

 

Hamilton City Council | Private Bag 3010 | Hamilton 3240 |
www.hamilton.govt.nz

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-----Original Message-----
From: John <[FOI #14044 email]>
Sent: Friday, 30 October 2020 1:30 PM
To: official information <[Hamilton City Council request email]>
Subject: [Mass email/Possible SPAM] Re: LGOIMA 20320: re Removal of
Hamilton statue - REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION

 

Dear official information,

 

Yes, please provide the number of complain and objection regarding this
matter.

 

Thanks

 

Yours sincerely,

 

John

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Kia ora John

 

 

 

To enable a response to your request, the council would appreciate 
clarification of what you mean by the following statement:

 

 

 

2. Has the council received any objection for removing the statue? If
yes,  please provide the details.

 

 

 

The Council is able to collate the number of complaints received via the 
call centre and objections received through our social media platforms
and  private messages.

 

 

 

Is that what you require?

 

 

 

If you want deeper detail then this, it will be very difficult to meet 
without substantial collation or research. This includes the data 
extraction and collation of individual complaints, and the redaction of 
these to protect the privacy of individuals.  

 

 

 

Unless your request is amended, we may have to refuse that part of your 
request it under section 17(f) of the LGOIMA, which applies where the 
information cannot be made available without substantial collation or 
research.

 

 

 

Please let me know before 6 November 2020 whether you are prepared to 
amend or clarify your request and, if so, how. Ideally, this would be 
restricting the scope of the requested information to the number of 
complaints, not the compilation of individual complaints.

 

 

 

Please note, if you do amend or clarify your request, this will be 
considered to be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum 
statutory timeframe for response—see section 13(7) of the LGOIMA. The 
Council will, however, respond as soon as practicable.

 

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

 

 

Ian Loiterton

Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

 

Governance Unit

 

Email: [1][email address]

 

   

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attachment, shall not be considered as creating any binding legal 
obligation upon Hamilton City Council. Any views expressed in this 
message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily 
reflect the views of Hamilton City Council.

 

 

 

 

 

From: official information

Sent: Thursday, 29 October 2020 10:56 AM

To: John <[FOI #14044 email]>

Subject: LGOIMA 20320: re Removal of Hamilton statue

 

 

 

Kia ora

 

 

 

I write to acknowledge your information request of 28 October 2020, as
per  the below email.

 

 

 

Please be advised that your request has been passed on to the relevant 
team within Council and you will be informed of the outcome.

 

 

 

The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 requires 
that we advise you of our decision on whether the Council will provide
the  requested information or not “as soon as reasonably practicable”, no
later  than 20 working days after the day we received your request. We
will  respond to you no later than 25 November 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

Ian Loiterton

 

Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

 

Governance Unit

 

 

 

Email: [email address]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hamilton City Council | Private Bag 3010 | Hamilton 3240 |

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or its attachments without written authorisation from the originating 
sender. Hamilton City Council does not accept any liability whatsoever in 
connection with this email and any attachments including in connection 
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access or unauthorised amendment. Unless expressly stated to the contrary 
the content of this email, or any attachment, shall not be considered as 
creating any binding legal obligation upon Hamilton City Council. Any 
views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and
may  not necessarily reflect the views of Hamilton City Council.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kia ora John

 

I refer to your information request of 28 October 2020 as attached /
below, Hamilton City Council is able to provide a response.

 

You requested:

 

I would like to request the following information regarding the removal of
Hamilton statue, Garden Place.

 

1. Who will pay the cost of the removal? what's the cost of the removal

2. Has the council received any objection for removing the statue? If yes,
please provide the details

3. What is the current status of the statue?

4. Does the council has any plan to remove other historial statues in the
city?

 

The Council’s Decision and Response:

 

Hamilton City Council has paid for the removal of the statue. The cost of
removal was $3,000.

 

The statue is currently off public display in a secure storage facility.

 

Council has no plans to remove any other statues.

 

Hamilton City Council has received objections to the removal of the
statue. These objections have included approximately 38 emails, 31 by
phone, four in person, and a further 21 by Facebook Messenger.

 

A breakdown of the figures is provided below.

 

 

Means of feedback In support of Against removal Other

removal
Email 120 34 4
Call centre 11 20 11
Hamilton City Council 2 4 1
reception
Facebook Numbers not available 21  

 

As per my attached email dated 31 October 2020, the Council is unable to
provide a deeper analysis of the type of feedback without significant
substantial collation and research that would have unduly impacted its
other operations. Detailed analysis of the complaints/objections is
therefore refused, in accordance with the LGOIMA 17(f).

 

In making the above decision, the Council considered the public interest
in this matter and determined it did not outweigh the undue impact the
collation would have had on its operations.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

 

Regards,

 

 

Ian Loiterton

Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

Governance Unit

 

Email: [email address]

 

 

 

Hamilton City Council | Private Bag 3010 | Hamilton 3240 |
www.hamilton.govt.nz

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views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may
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-----Original Message-----
From: John <[FOI #14044 email]>
Sent: Friday, 30 October 2020 1:30 PM
To: official information <[Hamilton City Council request email]>
Subject: [Mass email/Possible SPAM] Re: LGOIMA 20320: re Removal of
Hamilton statue - REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION

 

Dear official information,

 

Yes, please provide the number of complain and objection regarding this
matter.

 

Thanks

 

Yours sincerely,

 

John

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Kia ora John

 

 

 

To enable a response to your request, the council would appreciate 
clarification of what you mean by the following statement:

 

 

 

2. Has the council received any objection for removing the statue? If
yes,  please provide the details.

 

 

 

The Council is able to collate the number of complaints received via the 
call centre and objections received through our social media platforms
and  private messages.

 

 

 

Is that what you require?

 

 

 

If you want deeper detail then this, it will be very difficult to meet 
without substantial collation or research. This includes the data 
extraction and collation of individual complaints, and the redaction of 
these to protect the privacy of individuals.  

 

 

 

Unless your request is amended, we may have to refuse that part of your 
request it under section 17(f) of the LGOIMA, which applies where the 
information cannot be made available without substantial collation or 
research.

 

 

 

Please let me know before 6 November 2020 whether you are prepared to 
amend or clarify your request and, if so, how. Ideally, this would be 
restricting the scope of the requested information to the number of 
complaints, not the compilation of individual complaints.

 

 

 

Please note, if you do amend or clarify your request, this will be 
considered to be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum 
statutory timeframe for response—see section 13(7) of the LGOIMA. The 
Council will, however, respond as soon as practicable.

 

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

 

 

Ian Loiterton

Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

 

Governance Unit

 

Email: [1][email address]

 

   

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liability  whatsoever in connection with this email and any attachments
including  in connection with computer viruses, data corruption, delay, 
interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Unless 
expressly stated to the contrary the content of this email, or any 
attachment, shall not be considered as creating any binding legal 
obligation upon Hamilton City Council. Any views expressed in this 
message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily 
reflect the views of Hamilton City Council.

 

 

 

 

 

From: official information

Sent: Thursday, 29 October 2020 10:56 AM

To: John <[FOI #14044 email]>

Subject: LGOIMA 20320: re Removal of Hamilton statue

 

 

 

Kia ora

 

 

 

I write to acknowledge your information request of 28 October 2020, as
per  the below email.

 

 

 

Please be advised that your request has been passed on to the relevant 
team within Council and you will be informed of the outcome.

 

 

 

The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 requires 
that we advise you of our decision on whether the Council will provide
the  requested information or not “as soon as reasonably practicable”, no
later  than 20 working days after the day we received your request. We
will  respond to you no later than 25 November 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

Ian Loiterton

 

Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

 

Governance Unit

 

 

 

Email: [email address]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hamilton City Council | Private Bag 3010 | Hamilton 3240 |

https://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com?...

 

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or its attachments without written authorisation from the originating 
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access or unauthorised amendment. Unless expressly stated to the contrary 
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views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and
may  not necessarily reflect the views of Hamilton City Council.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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