Kia ora Jaspreet,

 

Thank you for your information request under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA).

 

We can confirm the following dates have been booked for upcoming
citizenship ceremonies in Christchurch:

 

Monday, 26 August 2024

Monday, 23 September 2024

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Monday, 25 November 2024

 

Regarding your request for attendance numbers and amount of people on the
waitlist, while these ceremonies are organised by the Council, the Council
is not responsible for allocating candidates to ceremony dates. This is
organised by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA). All Ceremonies are
by invitation only, with the invitations sent to new citizens by the DIA
directly. Due to this reason, the information which you have requested is
not held by the Christchurch City Council, but we believe that this
information is held by the DIA.

 

We have requested transfer of this part of your request to the DIA under
section 12 of the LGOIMA. Once they confirm that they will accept the
transfer we will provide you with the official transfer letter.

 

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review our
decision. Complaints can be sent by email to
[1][email address].

 

Publication of responses to LGOIMA requests

Please note: our LGOIMA responses may be published on the Christchurch
City Council website a month after they have been responded to, with
requesters’ personal details withheld. If you have any concerns about
this, please contact the Official Information team on
[2][Christchurch City Council request email].

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Jess Griffin
Official Information Advisor
Official Information

 

 

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Kia ora Jaspreet,

 

As discussed in our email to you on 7 August 2024, we have transferred the
outstanding part of the request you made under the Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) to the Department of
Internal Affairs.

 

Please see attached the formal letter acknowledging this transfer.

 

You should hear from the Department of Internal Affairs shortly regarding
their acceptance of this transfer.

 

Thank you,

 

Jess Griffin
Official Information Advisor
Official Information

 

 

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Tçnâ koe Jaspreet,

 

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs
(Department), received by way of transfer from the Christchurch City
Council.

 

You requested –

 

o the capacities of each ceremony
o the number of people currently on the citizenship ceremony waitlist

 

The Department will provide its response to your request as soon as
practicable and within twenty working days. The 20^th working day is 5
September 2024.

 

Please note that in cases where the Department’s response provides
information that is identified to be of general public interest, the
response may also be published on the Department of Internal Affairs
website. If the Department publishes its response to your OIA request, all
personal information, including your name and contact details, will be
removed.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Huey Lim| Advisor Official Correspondence
Te Pâhekoheko, Kâwai ki te iwi | Operations, Service Delivery and
Operations

Te Tari Taiwhenua  The Department of Internal Affairs
[1]www.dia.govt.nz

 

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