Political neutrality guidelines
Howard Coates made this Official Information request to Wellington City Council
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From: Howard Coates
Dear Wellington City Council,
Two days ago the WCC published a social media post with a picture of a newspaper article headlined "National Fails to Land Blows".
Can you please provide me with:
* copies of any WCC guidelines, policies or training material on political neutrality?
*the names and job titles of the staff involved in producing, publishing, reviewing or approving the social media post?
*Details of any political related conflicts of interests that the staff had declared prior to the post being published?
As this request is related to the Council's political neutrality in an election year please treat this request urgently.
Yours faithfully,
Howard
From: BUS: Assurance
Wellington City Council
Kia ora Howard,
Thank you for your patience.
Please find attached the response to your request for information.
Kind regards
Ollie Marchant
Senior Advisor | Official Information Team | Wellington City Council
E [email address] | W Wellington.govt.nz | |
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From: Howard Coates
Dear BUS: Assurance,
Can you please clarify that only the two social media advisors were involved in producing, publishing, reviewing or approving the social media post?
Ie there was no approval process for the post by a manager.
Yours sincerely,
Howard Coates
From: BUS: Assurance
Wellington City Council
Kia ora Howard,
I can confirm that the two full-time Social Media Advisors mentioned in my
response, (a Senior Advisor Social Media and Advisor Social Media), are
the channel specialists and are trusted in their judgement and empowered
to approve their own work before posting.
Kind regards
Ollie Marchant
Senior Advisor | Official Information Team | Wellington City Council
E [1][email address] | W [2]Wellington.govt.nz | [3]Facebook | [4]Twitter
The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential and intended
for the addressee only.
If you are not the intended recipient, you are asked to respect that confidentiality
and not disclose, copy or make use of its contents.
If received in error you are asked to destroy this email and contact the sender
immediately. Your assistance is appreciated.
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