17 November 2022
Laho Jenson
By email: [FYI request #21033 email]
Tēnā koe Laho
INFORMATION REQUEST – Allegations against Marty Grenfell
We write in response to your email dated 3 November 2022 in which you requested the
following information:
I kindly request any and all communications, meeting notes etc regarding
TCC CEO Marty Grenfell and alleged abuse behaviour/sexual harrassment
towards Farm Street Association Chairman Jon Jenner during or after 2019
and any related investigations.
We have considered your request in accordance with the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (“
LGOIMA”) and the
Privacy Act 2020 and respond as
follows:
The matter of the complaint and subsequent investigation is an employment matter between
the Chief Executive Marty Grenfell and the Tauranga City Council. We can advise that a
complaint was made about the Chief Executive and as a result an independent investigation
by an external party was commissioned. The outcome of the investigation was the complaint
was unfounded. We note there has been no allegation of sexual harassment made by Mr
Jenner.
The information you request is refused under the following sections of the Privacy Act and
LGOIMA:
The Privacy Act 2020 Information privacy principle 11
1)
An agency that holds personal information must not disclose the information to any
other agency or to any person…
The LGOIMA:
Section 17 Refusal of Requests
a) That, by virtue of section 6 or section 7, there is good reason for withholding the
information
Section 7 Other reasons for withholding official information
Tauranga City Council Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143, New Zealand +64 7 577 7000 [Tauranga City Council request email] www.tauranga.govt.nz
(2) subject to sections 6, 8, and 17, this section applies if, and only if, the
withholding of information is necessary to:
o
7(2)(a) protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased
natural persons
o
(f)(ii) maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the protection
of such members, officers, employees, and persons from improper
pressure or harassment.
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 www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
You have the right to make a complaint about this decision. Information about how to make a
complaint is available at www.privacy.org.nz or freephone 0800 803 909.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact the writer.
Ngā mihi
Kath Norris
Team Leader
Democracy Services
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