8 April 2024
Max Spenseley
By email: [FYI request #26027 email]
Tēnā koe Max
INFORMATION REQUEST – Meeting details
We write in response to your email dated 7 March 2024 in which you requested the following
information:
Please provide any details including dates, title/subject and full list of attendees
if available of any unofficial workshops/committees/meeting held in conjunction
with Priority One and/or any representatives of Tauranga Urban Task Force (e.g
secret meetings preparing the stadium business case or report on proposed
conference centre) which have not been published on the TCC meeting calendar
[1] or recording available on the TCC Youtube channel since 2022.
1. https://www.tauranga.govt.nz/council/about-your-council/council-meetings-
agendas-and-minutes
We have considered your request in accordance with the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (“
LGOIMA”) and respond as follows:
There have been no unofficial workshops/committees/meeting or secret meetings
held between Priority One and/or the Urban Taskforce that went into preparing the
business case for the Stadium or report on the Conference Centre.
Meeting minutes for the Governance and Working Groups for the Community
Stadium are available our website on the link below.
https://econtent.tauranga.govt.nz/data/bigfiles/lgoimas/2023/q4x/attachment1taurang
astadium07072023.pdf
We reviewed the diary for the General Manager: City Development and Partnerships
for appointments with Priority One and/or the Urban Task Force and relating to the
proposed Community Stadium or Conference Centre. Please find the results of our
search listed in Attachment 1.
Tauranga City Council Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143, New Zealand +64 7 577 7000 [Tauranga City Council request email] www.tauranga.govt.nz
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.
We may publish this response on our website as your request may be of interest to others.
All personal information will be removed and only the question and answers will be seen.
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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