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 <[FOI #23169 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 18 June 2023 1:10 pm
To: BUS: Assurance <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Political neutrality guidelines

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

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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
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-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Coates <[FOI #23169 email]>
Sent: Friday, 23 June 2023 7:15 pm
To: BUS: Assurance <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Political neutrality
guidelines

 

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

 

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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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