Tuesday 16th February 2021
Marty Sebire
via email:
[email address]
Tēnā koe Marty,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT REQUEST
Thank you for your request received on 26th January 2021, for the following information:
Please provide all information and advice provided to this Council, Mayor, or councillors on a Māori
ward for Carterton District. Please also provide any email, correspondence, or other information held
leading to publicly advertising no decision on a Māori ward, including any public notice.
Please find below information relevant to your request, which we have released under the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.
The Council last reviewed its representation arrangements in 2018. The current Council is not
required to review arrangements for a Māori ward, and has not done so. Therefore no information is
held in relation to the request.
For your information, under provisions of the Local Electoral Act, Carterton does not meet the
threshold for establishing a Māori ward based on the number of people on the Māori electoral role.
You have the right to seek a review of our response/these decisions by way of complaint to the
Ombudsman, under section 27(3) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
1987.
Ngā mihi ׀ Kind regards
Jane Davis
Chief Executive
Carterton District Council
28 Holloway Street, Carterton, Wairarapa | PO Box 9, Carterton 5743
[CDC request email] | 06 379 4030 | www.cdc.govt.nz
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