Tēnā koe Mike

Thank you for your email dated 17 February 2023 requesting information on dogs.

Our team will manage your request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 which requires us to provide a decision as soon as possible, but no later than 17 March 2023, being 20 working days of receipt.

The reference number for your request is IRC-4451

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Kia ora Mike,

 

Thank you for your patience.

 

Please find attached a refinement/charging letter relating to your request
for information below.

 

I look forward to your response,

 

Have a lovely weekend

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike <[FOI #21868 email]>
Sent: Friday, 17 February 2023 11:21 pm
To: BUS: Assurance <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Dogs within WCC jurisdiction

 

Dear Wellington City Council,

 

I am requesting the following information from the dog registration
information that you maintain, note I'm only requesting information
maintained by WCC and not the wider national dog database.

If any of the questions are refused for a reason then please treat each
question severally.

 

Could you please provide,

1. The total number of dogs currently registered, and per year for the
previous 3 years?

2. The number of new registrations of dogs per year for the last 3 years?

3. The number of dog deaths registrated per year for the last 3 years?

4. The number of dog ownership changes registrated per year for the last 3
years?

5. The median age of registered dog owners based on their DOB provided at
registration?

6. List the primary breeds registered and the number of dogs for each of
those breeds?

7. List the secondary breeds registered and the number of dogs for each of
those breeds?

8. List the number of dogs per year of age?

9. List the dog types registered (e.g. domestic, guide, working) and the
number of dogs for each of those types?

10. List the number of dogs registered in each suburb within WCC
jurisdiction?

11. The total number of dogs currently registered as dangerous?

12. The total number of dogs currently registered as menancing?

 

Thanks,

 

Mike

 

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Kia ora Mike,

 

Please find attached a follow up email to your response to the
refinement/charging letter.

 

Thank you for your time and patience,

 

Kind regards

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike <[FOI #21868 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 26 March 2023 2:11 pm
To: BUS: Assurance <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Dogs within WCC jurisdiction

 

Dear BUS: Assurance,

 

(a) Please answer the questions you have stated you have the data to hand
i.e. Questions 1,2,9,10,11 & 12

 

(b) Regarding your response copied below "In responding to your request
for this information to be provided in a CSV file, excel file or similar,
consideration has been made to Section 35 of The Dog Control Act 1996,
whereby the territorial authority shall not disclose information of any
specified description, or any other information recorded in the register
unless the requestor is..."

 

By asking you to send it in a CSV file I have not asked that you provide
more detail than is requested in my original questions numbered 1-12 which
your response seems to assume i.e. your assuming that I'm asking you to
export the records from the dog database is incorrect.

I have simply requested that when you answer questions 1-12 that you do so
in a Comma Seperated Values (CSV) file (or similar) and not a PDF file
which might as well be a JPEG. I've no issue if you want to give the
answers to my question in both PDF and CSV file types.

 

At no time did I request "a full and detailed list as you have requested,
under section 35 of The Dog Control Act 1996."

 

(c) Refinement – Questions 3

"Whilst the Council does get notified of the death of a dog, the date on
which we are informed is not always aligned with the date of the dogs
passing. To answer this question Council Officers will need to manually
search through three years of data and check the notification date against
the death certificate to confirm this information."

Please refer to my question as I have not requested when the dogs actually
died or any death certificate info, I have asked for the total number of
deaths "registered" in a year. As such no manual search or collation is
required. I am only interested in your records where a death has been
registered.

"The number of dog deaths registrated per year for the last 3 years?"

 

Question 6

I am trying to understand what "primary" breeds (using the terminology of
WCC's own dog registration form online") are registered with WCC and how
many of each breed there are.

Your refinement response does not clarify what part of this is difficult
and will require "manually gathering 45,000 records". If you clarify what
part is difficult then I can respond to your request to refine.

 

Question 4

To confirm I understand your response. When someone completes a dog
registration form and ticks "Change details/address" you do not record
that a request was received or a change has been made, you just action the
change requested on the form.

Is that correct?

 

Questions 5, 7 & 8

Can you confirm that you do not currently (or in the last 3 years) have
existing reports, analysis, insights, or similar that answer, or partially
answer, these questions?

If you confirm that is the case I am wiling to put these questions aside
and continue with the others.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mike

 

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Kia ora Mike,

 

 

 

Thank you for your patience.

 

 

 

Please find attached a refinement/charging letter relating to your
request  for information below.

 

 

 

I look forward to your response,

 

 

 

Have a lovely weekend

 

 

 

Ollie Marchant

Senior Advisor  |  Official Information Team | Wellington City Council
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Kia ora Mike,

Thank you for your confirmation below.

Wellington City Council has granted your request for information.

However, it will take us a little more time to prepare the information for release. I hope to provide you with a response by 14 April if not sooner.

I'll be in touch as soon as possible.

Kind regards

Ollie Marchant
Senior Advisor  |  Official Information Team | Wellington City Council
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike <[FOI #21868 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 1 April 2023 1:32 pm
To: BUS: Assurance <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Dogs within WCC jurisdiction

Dear BUS: Assurance,

Please provide the data requested in a CSV file, excel file or similar Thank you

Question 3 - The number of dog deaths registered per year for the last 3 years?
Thanks

Question 6 - List the primary breeds registered and the number of dogs for each of those breeds?
Thank you for clarifying, I am happy to refine my request to "the top 10 registered breeds as of November 2022" as you suggest.

Question 4 - The number of dog ownership changes registered per year for the last 3 years?
Thanks - I set this question aside, so you can remove it from my request.

Question 5 -The median age of registered dog owners based on their DOB provided at registration?
Question 7 - List the secondary breeds registered and the number of dogs for each of those breeds?
Question 8 - List the number of dogs per year of age?
Thanks - I set these questions aside, so you can remove them from my request.

Yours sincerely,

Mike

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

Kia ora Mike,

 

Please find attached a follow up email to your response to the refinement/charging letter.

 

Thank you for your time and patience,

 

Kind regards

 

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Kia ora Mike,

 

Please find attached the response to your request for information.

 

Kind regards

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: BUS: Assurance <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2023 8:32 am
To: Mike <[FOI #21868 email]>
Cc: BUS: Assurance <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Dogs within WCC jurisdiction

 

Kia ora Mike,

 

Thank you for your confirmation below.

 

Wellington City Council has granted your request for information.

 

However, it will take us a little more time to prepare the information for
release. I hope to provide you with a response by 14 April if not sooner.

 

I'll be in touch as soon as possible.

 

Kind regards

 

Ollie Marchant

Senior Advisor  |  Official Information Team | Wellington City Council
E [6][email address] | W Wellington.govt.nz |  | 

 

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

From: Mike <[7][FOI #21868 email]>

Sent: Saturday, 1 April 2023 1:32 pm

To: BUS: Assurance <[8][email address]>

Subject: RE: Official Information request - Dogs within WCC jurisdiction

 

Dear BUS: Assurance,

 

Please provide the data requested in a CSV file, excel file or similar
Thank you

 

Question 3 - The number of dog deaths registered per year for the last 3
years?

Thanks

 

Question 6 - List the primary breeds registered and the number of dogs for
each of those breeds?

Thank you for clarifying, I am happy to refine my request to "the top 10
registered breeds as of November 2022" as you suggest.

 

Question 4 - The number of dog ownership changes registered per year for
the last 3 years?

Thanks - I set this question aside, so you can remove it from my request.

 

Question 5 -The median age of registered dog owners based on their DOB
provided at registration?

Question 7 - List the secondary breeds registered and the number of dogs
for each of those breeds?

Question 8 - List the number of dogs per year of age?

Thanks - I set these questions aside, so you can remove them from my
request.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mike

 

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

 

Kia ora Mike,

 

 

 

Please find attached a follow up email to your response to the 
refinement/charging letter.

 

 

 

Thank you for your time and patience,

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

Ollie Marchant

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