Tçnâ koe Max

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT 1987: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF REQUEST

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 10 July 2022 for information regarding Council sponsorship of radio stations.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Please note that our response to your information request may be published on Hutt City Council’s website.

Nâku noa, nâ

Susan Sales
Senior Advisor, Official Information

Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
W www.huttcity.govt.nz

Ngâ mihi
 
Susan Sales
Ringa Âwhina Tâhûhû ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Max Shierlaw <[FOI #19866 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 10 July 2022 3:41 pm
To: Information Management Team <[Hutt City Council request email]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Funding of radio stations

Dear Hutt City Council,

Please advise if the Hutt City Council has funded Ati Awa Toa FM and Hutt City FM 106 in the financial years 30 June 2020, 2021 & 2022 and if so how much was paid to each radio station in each of those financial years.

Yours faithfully,

Max Shierlaw

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #19866 email]

Is [Hutt City Council request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Hutt City Council? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

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Tçnâ koe Max
Request for Information – Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) 1987

We refer to your official information request dated 10 July 2022 asking for information about Hutt City Council's funding of Ati Awa Toa FM and Hutt City FM 106 in the financial years 30 June 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Hutt City Council funded Hutt City FM in 2022 through the Community Engagement Fund, for the purchase of equipment. This grant was for $1035, which was paid to Hutt City FM on 2 February 2022.
We have also advertised with Hutt City FM during this period, for distributing information about bin returns and Matariki celebrations, each totalling $40 for a week of advertising.

Hutt City Council has not funded Ati Awa Toa FM during the 2020-2022 financial years.

With reference to your email of 7 August 2022, it is not correct that Hutt City Council's response to this LGOIMA is late. Your LGOIMA request was received by the Hutt City Council on Monday 11 July 2022. The 20th working day from that date is today, 8 August 2022. I refer you to the official information calculator on the website of the Office of the Ombudsman (see www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/).

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

Please note that this letter may be published on the Council’s website.

Ngâ mihi
 
Susan Sales
Ringa Âwhina Tâhûhû ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Max Shierlaw <[FOI #19866 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 10 July 2022 3:41 pm
To: Information Management Team <[Hutt City Council request email]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Funding of radio stations

Dear Hutt City Council,

Please advise if the Hutt City Council has funded Ati Awa Toa FM and Hutt City FM 106 in the financial years 30 June 2020, 2021 & 2022 and if so how much was paid to each radio station in each of those financial years.

Yours faithfully,

Max Shierlaw

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #19866 email]

Is [Hutt City Council request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Hutt City Council? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

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Hello Max Shierlaw,

Thank you for your Request for Information submission, it has been received by Hutt City Council and is currently being reviewed.

Your request has been classified as a Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) request.

If you'd like to follow up on this, please ensure you quote the following:

* Request: Max Shierlaw - HCC payments to radio stations
* Subject: HCC payments to radio stations
* Reference #: 215
* Date of submission: 2022-07-11T05:25:51Z

Yours sincerely,

Hutt City Council