Representation Review

Wayne Hudson made this Official Information request to Queenstown-Lakes District Council

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From: Wayne Hudson

Dear Queenstown-Lakes District Council,

The QLDC Council report of 30 June 2021 refers to the establishment of a Representation Review Advisory Group, whose responsibility was to make recommendations to the Council on the issue of representation the District.

Would you please provide me with a copy of the report or written recommendations of the Representation Review Advisory Group.

Yours faithfully,

Wayne Hudson

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From: QLDC Services
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Thank you for your email.

 

Should your enquiry be urgent, please phone Queenstown 03 441 0499 or
Wanaka 03 443 0024.

 

Kind Regards,

 

The QLDC Customer Services Team

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Good morning,

Thanks for your email. I have passed this on to the relevant team.

Kind regards,
Jade

QLDC Customer Service team

Queenstown Lakes District Council
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From: Jane Robertson
Queenstown-Lakes District Council


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Kia ora Wayne

 

Thank you for your email of 15 July in which you ask for the report or
written recommendations of the Representation Review Advisory Group. 

 

I must advise that no such report exists.  Bruce Robertson, the Chair of
the Representation Review Advisory Group provided the recommendations
verbally to the Councillors at a workshop.  He spoke to a PowerPoint
presentation which reflected the findings of the group and which I
attach.  This recommendation formed the basis of the officer report
considered at the Council meeting held on 30 June 2021.  You will probably
be aware that the Council did not adopt the Representation Review Advisory
Group’s recommendations in full, but made changes and this proposal is
what the Council is currently consulting on. 

 

Please note that a small section of the PowerPoint has been withheld
pursuant to Section 7(2)(f)(i) of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987.  One part of the advisory group’s
recommendation did not fall under the ambit of the representation review
and was not pursued by the Council. 

 

Kâ mihi

 

Jane 

 

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From: Wayne Hudson

Dear Jane Robertson,

Thank you for your reply.

The PowerPoint presentation you sent me appears to be a document prepared by QLDC rather than by the advisory group, as it contains the QLDC logo and formatting.

While I accept that Bruce Robertson may have spoken to the PowerPoint presentation, I have some doubts that the presentation accurately reflected the findings of the advisory group.

For the advisory group to have done its job properly, there must have been some other documentation that preceded the PowerPoint presentation. In particular, if the advisory board met to discuss the representation review, minutes of their meetings and discussion must have been taken.

This being the case, could you please let me have copies of the minutes of the meetings of the advisory group that preceded the Council presentation.

Yours sincerely,

Wayne Hudson

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From: Wayne Hudson

Dear Jane,

I refer to my earlier email and would remind you that I am still waiting for your reply.

You responded quite quickly to my first email, for which I was both surprised and grateful, and I was hoping you would reply just as promptly to my second email.

But the subsequent delay is concerning. I would like the documents I requested, so that I can use them in order to prepare my submission by Friday 6 August.

I therefore hope that you will reply in time. Otherwise the only inference I will be able to draw is that you have been instructed to delay replying for the remainder of the 20 working day period.

I say "instructed" because I do not believe that you would personally deliberately engage in delaying tactics. Everyone I have spoken to recently considers you to be an honest person of high integrity, who would not choose to indulge in such behaviour.

I hope I am right and that you will let me have the information requested at your earliest convenience (and mine).

Yours sincerely,

Wayne Hudson

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From: Jane Robertson
Queenstown-Lakes District Council


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Dear Wayne

Please find attached minutes of the two final meetings of the Representation Review Advisory Group. There is a small redaction in each which is a recommendation from the group that is unrelated to the representation review.

I have been a little unwell this week, but understand your wish for this material in order to inform your submission.

Kind regards
Jane

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From: Wayne Hudson

Dear Jane,

Thank you for your reply and for furnishing the requested information.

Your assistance is very much appreciated,

Kind regards

Wayne Hudson

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