Tçnâ koe

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs.

The Department will provide its response to your request as soon as practicable and within twenty working days. The 20th working day is 30 January 2025 (taking into account the annual legislative closedown period of OIA processing from 25 December to 15 January inclusive)

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

Ekta Raturi (ia/she/her)| Official Correspondence Coordinator
Te Pâhekoheko, Kâwai ki te iwi | Operations, Service Delivery and Operations
Te Tari Taiwhenua | The Department of Internal Affairs

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Kia ora 

Thank you for your request for information which will be treated under the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.  Pursuant to
the Act you will receive a response within 20 working days.  Your response
is due no later than 3rd February 2025.  

Detailed information regarding official information requests can be found
on our website [1]here. 

 

If you require any further assistance please contact the Kaipara District
Council email [2][email address], telephone 0800 727 059 or visit
our website [3]www.kaipara.govt.nz  

Ngā mihi
Customer Support

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Kaipara te Oranganui | Kaipara District Council, Private Bag
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Freephone: 0800 727 059 
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Dargaville Office: 32 Hokianga Road, Dargaville 0310
Mangawhai Office: Unit 6, The Hub, 6 Molesworth Drive, Mangawhai
0505

 

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Hello AHB,

 LG 2322 - Request for dates from Council of Citizenship Ceremony from
December 2024 to December 2025

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of part of your official information
request, which we received from Department of Internal Affairs today.  

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, but no
later than 3^rd February 2025, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received. The response date shown takes into account: Summer
holidays (20 December to 10 January). If we are unable to respond to your
request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.  

Manawatu District Council publishes Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) requests and our response, on our website.
To protect your privacy, we will generally not publish personal
information about you, or information that identifies you. Requests and
responses may be paraphrased.  

Your request is being managed by the LGOIMA Response Team. If you have any
queries, please feel free to contact the LGOIMA Response Team on 06 323
0000 or by replying to this email.  

  

Warm regards,  

 

LGOIMA Response Team
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Subject: TRANSFER CONSULT LGOIMA REQUEST - OIA2425-0528 - Citizenship
Ceremony Dates for 2025 of entire North Island

 

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of MDC's network. Do not click
links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. If in doubt
contact the MDC IT Team!

 

Kia ora koutou North Island Council LGOIMA teams,

 

The Department of Internal Affairs has received the below request (also
attached for your convenience) and is notifying partial transfer of the
highlighted part of this request to each of you for response.   

 

Apologies for the lack of consultation in this case! – the transfer pool
is very large here, and the Citizenship team confirmed the list of
councils that should be included.  I am concerned that if I consult on
transfer, that I may struggle to reconcile the many replies in the few
working days remaining this year.

 

Please accept this email as confirmation of Transfer. Transfer is made in
accordance with section 14(b)(i) and (ii) of the Official Information Act
and section 12(b)(i) and (ii) of the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act.  The information requested is not held by the Department
of Internal Affairs, but we believe it is held by, and more closely
related to the functions of North Island Councils

 

It would be appreciated if you could send a quick reply to confirm that
transfer is received.

 

Nāku, na

 

Michelle Reed [2](she/her)  

Lead Advisor Official Correspondence  | Information Management and Privacy

He Ringa Manaaki | Workplace Services Group

He Pou Aronui | Organisational Capability and Services
Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Level 3, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |
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AHB

By email only to: [1][FOI #29524 email]

 

Tēnā koe AHB,

 

Official information request: RFS 4232036

On 13 December 2024, Far North District Council (‘FNDC’) received your
official information request by way of partial transfer from the
Department of Internal Affairs. This is being considered in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (the ‘LGOIMA’).

 

It is noted however that the subject of your request refers to
“Citizenship Ceremony Dates for 2025 of entire North Island” – whereas
your request states “I would like to request for all the Citizenship
Ceremony dates for all city councils of North Island from December 2024 to
December 2025.” FNDC is a District Council rather than a City Council.
Please clarify, as soon as you are able, whether your query is specific to
‘City Councils’ only; or whether it also applies to District Councils,
including FNDC.

If you advise that you are seeking FNDC’s Citizenship Ceremony Dates, (or
we do not hear from you), then we will continue to process your request. A
response will be provided to you as soon as reasonably practicable, and no
later than 20 working days (as defined in the LGOIMA) after the day on
which the request is received. Please note that under the LGOIMA, the
response date takes into account the summer holiday period and Auckland
Anniversary Day - and so it is due by Tuesday, 4 February 2025 at the
latest.

Please quote our reference RFS 4232036 for any further enquiries in
relation to this request.

 

Thank you for your enquiry, and we look forward to hearing from you on
whether you wish FNDC to continue to progress your request.

 

Ngā mihi,

Erica Cooney

 
Erica Cooney  
Legal Services Officer ‑ Legal Services
P 6494015306  |  [email address]
Te Kaunihera o Te Hiku o te Ika  |  Far North
District Council
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Mōrena, we have been transferred part of your request for information from
the Department of Internal Affairs, specifically the highlighted sentence
in your request below.

 

Your request is for citizenship ceremony dates for all city councils. We
are a district council, so would appreciate confirmation from you that you
wish to receive a response from our council, as well as the city councils
that will be responding to you.

 

I look forward to your reply.

 

Ngā mihi

 

[1][IMG] Allie Dunn | Manager Democracy Services
Strategy and Community Wellbeing - Democracy Services |
Tararua District Council
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Tçnâ koe AHB

 

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND
MEETINGS ACT 1987: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF REQUEST

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request
dated 03 December 2023 for information regarding Citizen Ceremonies.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 20 working days after the day your request was
received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If the information is no
longer required please let us know, it would be much appreciated.

 

Please note that our response to your information request, including your
name, may be published on Hutt City Council’s website.

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

Philip

 

 

Philip Rossiter
Senior Advisor | Official Information and Privacy 

Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt 5010 
P:   M:   W: [1]www.huttcity.govt.nz

                                                                   

 

 

 

 

 

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Kia ora

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request
below dated 11 December 2024.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 3 February 2025, being 20 working days after the
day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request
by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

Under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, requests
over the holiday period are excluded as working days. The holiday period
is 20 December 2024 to 10 January 2025 (inclusive). This affects LGOIMA
requests received on or after 22 November 2024

 

Your request is being handled by the Democracy Services team. If you have
any queries, please feel free to contact us by emailing
[1][email address] 

 

If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your
request, please contact us so that these can be taken into account.

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

Sarah Pharo | Administrator: Democracy Services
Tauranga City Council | 07 577 7000 | [2][email address]

 

  

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Dear  AHB,

 

I refer to your official information request dated 11 December 2024,
transferred to Council, by the Department of Internal Affairs.

 

The part of the request that Whanganui District Council are responding to,
is as follows. The remainder will be provided by the Department of
Internal Affairs.

 

o Citizenship Ceremony Dates for 2025 (this information will also be
available on the Council’s website)

 

March 5^th

Whanganui War Memorial Centre

4-6pm

 

21st May

Whanganui War Memorial Centre

4-6pm

 

6^th August

Whanganui War Memorial Centre

4-6pm

 

5^th Nov

Whanganui War Memorial Centre

4-6pm

 

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
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
me on 06 349 0001 or by return email.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

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Tçnâ Koe,

 

We acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 13
December 2024 for information regarding citizenship ceremonies, as
detailed below.

 

I would like to request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all
city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

 

I would also like to request what are the criteria and procedures for
someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually
live. Is there any supporting document they need to provide?

 

For example, if someone needs to attend a ceremony in Auckland but they
wish to attend the ceremony in Hamilton (because the Hamilton one is the
earliest and they don’t get the Auckland one before their citizenship
application lapse date), what he or she should do?

 

This will be processed under the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987.

 

Given we received your request today, we will endeavour to respond to your
request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 3 February
2025, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we
are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an
extension of that timeframe.

 

Please Note:  ** The response date shown takes into account: Summer
holidays (20 December to 10 January)

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact us.

 

Nâku na

 

 

Business Support Team - Te Roopu Tautâwhi Ûmanga

 

Taupô District Council • 30 Tongariro Street Taupô 3330

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From: AHB [5][FOI #29524 email]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 5:48 PM
To: OIA [6][email address]
Subject: Official Information request - Citizenship Ceremony Dates for
2025 of entire North Island

 

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Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

I would like to request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all
city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

 

I would also like to request what are the criteria and procedures for
someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually
live. Is there any supporting document they need to provide?

 

For example, if someone needs to attend a ceremony in Auckland but they
wish to attend the ceremony in Hamilton (because the Hamilton one is the
earliest and they don’t get the Auckland one before their citizenship
application lapse date), what he or she should do?

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

AHB

 

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Tēnā koe,

Thank you for contacting us. Your request has been logged under the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

Council is ordinarily required to respond to requests under the Act no
later than 20 working days after receipt of a request. However, under
section 2(1) of the Act, the period from 20 December 2024 to 10 January
2025 is not counted for the purposes of calculating working days. While we
will make every effort to respond to your request as soon as possible,
there may potentially be a delay in responding to your request over the
Christmas period.

You can also call us freephone 0800 932 463. Please quote Request No.
OIA241480 if you require any further information.

If you would like to notify us about anything further regarding this
matter, you can reply to this email.

Ngā mihi,

Whangarei District Council

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Dear Requester

 

Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act request

1.     Thank you for your information request, dated 11 December 2024,
regarding Citizenship ceremonies – transferred from the Department of
Internal Affairs (DIA) – and treated by Council as an Official Information
request, as set out in the Local Government Official and Meetings Act
1987.

2.   Your request was received as a partial transfer from the DIA on 13
December 2024, as follows:

 

I would like to request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all
city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

 

3.   Council’s response

 

      Citizenship ceremonies from December 2024 to December 2025 held by
Napier City Council are as follows:

 

25 February 2025

13 May 2025

19 August 2025

2 December 2025

 

4.   If you have any questions with regards to your request, please
contact us at [1][email address]

 

5.   If you are dissatisfied with the decision(s) communicated here, you
have the option to contact the Office of the Ombudsman to request a
review.

 

The Ombudsman can be contacted at:

 

The Ombudsman

PO Box 10152

Wellington 6143

[2][email address]

 

or an online form can be accessed at:

[3]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/make-...

Regards

 

 

GOVERNANCE TEAM​​​​
 
Napier City Council, Private Bag 6010, Napier 4142
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Kia ora AHB,

 

LGOIMA request – Citizenship Ceremony dates for Masterton District Council
from December 2024 to December 2025

We refer to your LGOIMA request dated 11 December 2024, which was
partially transferred to Masterton District Council on 13 December 2024.

 

The transferred portion was for “All citizenship ceremony dates for
(Masterton District Council) from December 2024 to December 2025.”

 

The Citizenship Ceremony dates for Masterton District Council are:

o 20 March 2025
o 10 July 2025
o 13 November 2025

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this response. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact
us on 06 370 6300.

 

Ngâ mihi,

RUTH McEWEN

Governance Advisor

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Tēnā koe

 

Please find attached an acknowledgment letter with regards to your request
for information under LGOIMA. Your request has been forwarded onto the
relevant business group to respond to. 

 

If any additional factors come to light which may be relevant to your
request, please do not hesitate to contact me as soon as possible so that
these can be taken into account.

 

Ngā mihi

Neisha

 

For request(s) for information made under Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA)

Email - [email address]

Online -
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For request(s) made under the Privacy Act 2020

Email - [email address]

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Please note my days of work are 630am to 3pm, Monday to Friday

You can reach me via my cell phone, Teams or email during work hours

 

MON TUE WED THU FRI
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LGOIMA Officer

Waea Mahi | (06) 366 0999

126 Oxford Street, Levin
Private Bag 4002, Levin 5540

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Apologies, we had the email address wrong, so I’m just re-sending this for
your information. See email below.

 

Kind regards

Governance Team

 

 

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Cc: Governance <[9][email address]>
Subject: LGOIMA 224/72 re 2025 Citizenship dates

 

Good day

 

I am not sure who to address this email to, but I am writing to
acknowledge receipt of your request dated 11 December and transferred from
the Department of Internal Affairs to me today, 13 December 2024.

 

Your request is being treated as an official information request under the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than Monday, 3 February 2025 being 20 workings days
after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to
your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that
timeframe.

 

Kind regards,

 

Governance Team

 

 

 

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Kia ora

 

We have received a partial transfer of your information request to The
Department of Internal Affairs for the information highlighted below.

 

Our Citizenship Ceremony dates December 2024 to December 2025 are:

 1. Wednesday 26 March 2025 at 2.30pm
 2. Wednesday 11 June 2025 at 2.30pm
 3. Wednesday 17 September 2025 at 2.30pm
 4. Wednesday 26 November 2025 at 2.30pm

 

David Konkin

Information Management Specialist

Te Kaunihera ā Rohe o Whakaahurangi | Stratford District Council

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Kia ora AHB

 

Receipt of request for official information

 

Thank you for your request for official information which was transferred
to us on 13 December 2024 from DIA relating to citizenship ceremonies for
2025.

 

You can expect a reply no later than 3 February 2025, which is 20 working
days from the day we received your request.  Please note the response date
shown takes into account the summer holidays (20 December to 10 January).
Refer to this guide for an explanation of the statutory obligations. If
we’re unable to respond by then we will notify you that the timeframe has
been extended.

 

If your request requires significant staff time and/or costs, there may be
a charge. If this is the case, we’ll let you know in advance, so you can
decide whether to proceed.

 

Please note that it is our policy to proactively release our responses to
official information requests where there may be wider public interest. If
we do, we will let you know beforehand and redact your personal
information.

 

Our reference code for any correspondence on this matter is 24-235.  If
you have any queries, please get in touch at
[1][email address] or phone 04 237 1411.

 

Ngā mihi,

Moana Wyatt
Chief of Staff (Mayor & Chief Executive’s Office)

Tumuaki o ngā Kaimahi

Tel: 04 237 1411 I [mobile number]
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Kia Ora,

 

We write to acknowledge receipt of your information request about
Citizenship Ceremony Dates for 2025. Your information request has been
processed on 16 December 2024 and passed on to the relevant team within
Council for a response. The Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) requires that we advise you on whether Council
will provide the requested information as soon as reasonably practicable,
and no later than 20 working days after the day we receive your request.

 

Please note that there is a LGOIMA shut down period from the 20 December
to the 10 January, your response date shown takes this into account.

 

We will respond to you no later than Monday 3 February

 

Urgent requests

If you have asked for your request to be processed urgently, the team will
try to meet the date you have specified. However it may not always be
possible to meet your timeframe due to staff resourcing, and the size and
complexity of your request.

 

Fees & Charges

There is typically no charge, however the decision to charge will be made
at Hamilton City Council's discretion and in alignment with our [1]LGOIMA
Charging Policy. If there is a charge to be applied, Hamilton City Council
will notify you prior to incurring the charge. Our management policy
regarding charging is supported by the Ministry of Justice Charging
Guidelines for OIA requests.
You are entitled to 1 hour free and 20 pages of photocopying free of
charge. After that, charges of $38 per 30 minutes, and 20 cents per page
of photocopying applies. We may also recover any other actual costs, such
as special consultancy fees or other materials. This is set out in our
Fees & Charges Schedule [2]here.

 

Pro-active release of information
One of the key purposes of LGOIMA is to make information more freely
available, which promotes good government and trust and confidence in
public services. Proactively releasing completed OIA requests that may be
of interest to the wider public can help reduce the need for individuals
to make requests for information and it can reduce the work for Council in
responding to requests. Before publishing information personal and other
identifying details are redacted. Generally, where a request relates to a
narrow topic, these requests won't be published. You can search previous
published OIA responses [3]here.

 

COVID-19

There may be delays to OIA responses due to COVID-19 and other seasonal
illness impacting staff capacity both in the OIA team and across our
business. While we will aim to meet out statutory timeframes, a response
to your request may take longer than expected, or the timeframe for
responding to your request may be extended under LGOIMA.

 

Ombudsman

If you are unhappy with our response or our management of your information
request, you have the right to complain to the Office of the Ombudsman.
The Chief Ombudsman recommends contacting us in the first instance to see
if we can resolve the issue before a complaint is made. You can read more
about what help the Ombudsman can provide [4]here.

 

Contact us

If you have any concerns or further questions about your request, please
email us on this email address.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
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Ngaa mihi

Charlotte Mitchell
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Good morning,

 

I refer to your request for information transferred from the Department of
Internal Affairs on 13^th December 2024 . We have processed your request
in accordance with the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (LGOIMA), under which Council must communicate a decision within
20 working days. We have processed your request as quickly as possible,
and I am pleased to be able to respond to you today.

 

Request

Your request was phrased as follows:

“I would like to request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all
city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

I would also like to request what are the criteria and procedures for
someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually
live. Is there any supporting document they need to provide?

For example, if someone needs to attend a ceremony in Auckland but they
wish to attend the ceremony in Hamilton (because the Hamilton one is the
earliest and they don’t get the Auckland one before their citizenship
application lapse date), what he or she should do?”

Decision

Council’s decision is to release the information you have requested. The
information is attached:

 

The Department of Internal Affairs, Citizenship Ceremonies, are
responsible for allocating people to a ceremony.  If a person requests
that they attend a ceremony in an area outside of where they live, the DIA
contact the Council in the area requested and ask for permission to
allocate them to the requested ceremony.  This has happened for some
ceremonies in 2024 and provided we have room in the venue we accept the
request.

For any further information regarding the process of allocating the person
to a ceremony, and the dates of all ceremonies in NZ from December 2024 to
December 2025,  the request should be referred to
citizenshipceremonies.dia.govt.nz.  Attached are the dates for ours for
2025.  No ceremonies are held here in December and January,

 

That concludes our response to your request. If you have any questions
about this response, please contact me in the first instance to see how I
may assist.

 

As with all LGOIMA responses, you have the right to seek an investigation
and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about this
process is available at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800
802 602.

With many thanks

 

Alison Baxter
Official Information and Delegations Advisor
Waikato District Council
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Kia ora,

 

Thank you for taking the time to email us.

 

Your enquiry has been treated as a Official Information Request under the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

 

We will be in touch with you shortly.  Should you need to contact us
regarding this matter, please quote REQ24-3033148.

 

To find out more about LGOIMA requests please click here:
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Please feel free to contact us on 07 348 4199 or [2][email address]
(Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm) and a Customer Advisor will assist you.

Kind Regards,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Tēnā koe

 

Find attached a response to your request for information under LGOIMA.

 

Ngā mihi

Neisha

 

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Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA)

Email - [email address]

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Email - [email address]

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Dear Sir/Madam

Local Government Official Information Request – CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT
2024-58

We confirm receipt of your request for information. The request has been
forwarded to the appropriate person(s) to process. We will endeavour to
respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than
4 February 2025 being 20 working days after the day your request was
received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your
request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken
into account.

 

Yours faithfully

 

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Kia ora AHB
Please find attached response.

Ngā mihi

Amy

 

Amy Andersen (pronouns: She/Her/Hers)

Lead Advisor, Democracy & Committees

Corporate Services

South Wairarapa District Council

06 306 9611 ext 826

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Kia ora

I refer to your official information request dated 13 December 2024 for
information about our planned Citizenship Ceremony dates for 2025.  We had
sought clarification from you whether you were interested in dates for
District Councils, as your request was specific to City Councils, however
are responding anyway.

Our officer that organises the Citizenship Ceremonies in conjunction with
the Department of Internal Affairs advises that our Citizenship Ceremony
dates are not set in advance for the coming year. 

A citizenship ceremony is arranged when we are advised that there are
sufficient numbers to justify holding a ceremony.  There are usually two
to three ceremonies in a year.

We hope this helps with your enquiry.

Ngā mihi

 

 

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From: Allie Dunn
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2024 8:05 AM
To: [FOI #29524 email]
Subject: CM: Clarification of Information Request re - Citizenship
Ceremony Dates for 2025 of entire North Island

 

Mōrena, we have been transferred part of your request for information from
the Department of Internal Affairs, specifically the highlighted sentence
in your request below.

 

Your request is for citizenship ceremony dates for all city councils. We
are a district council, so would appreciate confirmation from you that you
wish to receive a response from our council, as well as the city councils
that will be responding to you.

 

I look forward to your reply.

 

Ngā mihi

 

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Tararua District Council
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Hello AHB,

LG 2322 - Request for dates from Council of Citizenship Ceremony from
December 2024 to December 2025

I refer to your official information request we received on 13 December
2024.

The Manawatu District Council held a Citizenship Ceremony on 5 December
2024 and has planned for the following dates in 2025.

6 March 2025

15 May 2025

21 August 2025

20 November 2025

Manawatū District Council publishes responses to Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). We will publish the LGIOIMA
response along with a summary of the request on our website. Requests and
responses may be paraphrased.

To protect your privacy, we will not generally publish personal
information about you, or information that identifies you.

If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact
the LGOIMA Response Team on 06 323 0000 or by replying to this email.

Warm regards,

 

 

LGOIMA Response Team
l Manawatu District Council l  Private Bag 10001 l  Feilding 4743 l
l Phone: 06 323 0000 l Email:  [email address]

 

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From: LGOIMA Shared Mailbox
Sent: Friday, 13 December 2024 4:08 pm
To: [FOI #29524 email]
Subject: LG 2322 Acknowledgement of request

 

Hello AHB,

 LG 2322 - Request for dates from Council of Citizenship Ceremony from
December 2024 to December 2025

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of part of your official information
request, which we received from Department of Internal Affairs today.  

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, but no
later than 3^rd February 2025, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received. The response date shown takes into account: Summer
holidays (20 December to 10 January). If we are unable to respond to your
request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.  

Manawatu District Council publishes Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) requests and our response, on our website.
To protect your privacy, we will generally not publish personal
information about you, or information that identifies you. Requests and
responses may be paraphrased.  

Your request is being managed by the LGOIMA Response Team. If you have any
queries, please feel free to contact the LGOIMA Response Team on 06 323
0000 or by replying to this email.  

  

Warm regards,  

 

LGOIMA Response Team
l Manawatu District Council l  Private Bag 10001 l  Feilding 4743 l
l P: 06 323 0000 l [1]www.mdc.govt.nz l

 

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"Our people delivering great service to our community."

 

 

Subject: TRANSFER CONSULT LGOIMA REQUEST - OIA2425-0528 - Citizenship
Ceremony Dates for 2025 of entire North Island

 

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Kia ora koutou North Island Council LGOIMA teams,

 

The Department of Internal Affairs has received the below request (also
attached for your convenience) and is notifying partial transfer of the
highlighted part of this request to each of you for response.   

 

Apologies for the lack of consultation in this case! – the transfer pool
is very large here, and the Citizenship team confirmed the list of
councils that should be included.  I am concerned that if I consult on
transfer, that I may struggle to reconcile the many replies in the few
working days remaining this year.

 

Please accept this email as confirmation of Transfer. Transfer is made in
accordance with section 14(b)(i) and (ii) of the Official Information Act
and section 12(b)(i) and (ii) of the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act.  The information requested is not held by the Department
of Internal Affairs, but we believe it is held by, and more closely
related to the functions of North Island Councils

 

It would be appreciated if you could send a quick reply to confirm that
transfer is received.

 

Nāku, na

 

Michelle Reed [2](she/her)  

Lead Advisor Official Correspondence  | Information Management and Privacy

He Ringa Manaaki | Workplace Services Group

He Pou Aronui | Organisational Capability and Services
Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Level 3, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |
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Kia ora,

 

Your Official Information Request relating to Ōtorohanga District Council
has been transferred from the Department of Internal Affairs.

 

We have not confirmed Citizenship dates for 2025 currently. Due to the low
numbers, we hold approximately two events per year.

 

These are generally held on one of our elected member workshop days which
have been confirmed for 2025.

 

o 11 February (unlikely)
o 11 March
o 15 April
o 13 May
o 10 June
o 8 July
o 12 August
o 9 September

 

I reiterate that those are possible dates only. For confirmation you would
need to contact us closer to the dates.

 

Ngā mihi,

Kaia

 

Kaia King​​​​
Manager Governance
Ōtorohanga District Council
​17 Maniapoto Street, Ōtorohanga
​PO Box 11, Ōtorohanga 3900
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Kia ora

Please find attached a reply to your recent Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act request relating to citizenship ceremonies.

 

Ngā mihi,

Moana Wyatt
Chief of Staff (Mayor & Chief Executive’s Office)

Tumuaki o ngā Kaimahi

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Tçnâ koe

 

Your request dated 13 December 2024 has been processed under the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA).

 

Please see below responses to your questions in red font.

 

I would like to request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all
city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

 

No ceremony will be held in December 2024 as there was one in October and
then November 2024.

 

These ceremonies are generally held two-monthly.  The first one is set
down for Monday, 10^th February 2025.

 

The remaining dates are yet to be confirmed as we are waiting to move into
our new Council Whare which will hopefully be towards the end of March
2025.

 

Once the dates are set, they will go on the Taupô District Council
website.

 

 

I would also like to request what are the criteria and procedures for
someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually
live. Is there any supporting document they need to provide?

 

For example, if someone needs to attend a ceremony in Auckland but they
wish to attend the ceremony in Hamilton (because the Hamilton one is the
earliest and they don’t get the Auckland one before their citizenship
application lapse date), what he or she should do?

 

For someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually
live,  this is arranged/ organised through Internal Affairs in Wellington,
email contact if needed is, [1][email address]

 

If you believe your request for information has not been adequately dealt
with you may contact the Office of the Ombudsman, and their contact
details are:

 

Phone: 0800 802 602

Email: [2][email address]

Website: [3]www.ombudsman.govt.nz

 

Nâku na  

 

 

Business Support Team - Te Roopu Tautâwhi Ûmanga

 

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From: Tech Support <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2024 9:34 AM
To: [FOI #29524 email]
Subject: Acknowledgement - LGOIMA - Citizenship Ceremonies

 

Tçnâ Koe,

 

We acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 13
December 2024 for information regarding citizenship ceremonies, as
detailed below.

 

I would like to request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all
city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

 

I would also like to request what are the criteria and procedures for
someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually
live. Is there any supporting document they need to provide?

 

For example, if someone needs to attend a ceremony in Auckland but they
wish to attend the ceremony in Hamilton (because the Hamilton one is the
earliest and they don’t get the Auckland one before their citizenship
application lapse date), what he or she should do?

 

This will be processed under the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987.

 

Given we received your request today, we will endeavour to respond to your
request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 3 February
2025, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we
are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an
extension of that timeframe.

 

Please Note:  ** The response date shown takes into account: Summer
holidays (20 December to 10 January)

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact us.

 

Nâku na

 

 

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From: AHB [12][FOI #29524 email]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 5:48 PM
To: OIA [13][email address]
Subject: Official Information request - Citizenship Ceremony Dates for
2025 of entire North Island

 

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Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

I would like to request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all
city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

 

I would also like to request what are the criteria and procedures for
someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually
live. Is there any supporting document they need to provide?

 

For example, if someone needs to attend a ceremony in Auckland but they
wish to attend the ceremony in Hamilton (because the Hamilton one is the
earliest and they don’t get the Auckland one before their citizenship
application lapse date), what he or she should do?

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

AHB

 

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Kia ora AHB

LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT Request: 2024-58

I refer to your email requested dated 11 December 2024 for the following information:

“I would like to request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

I would also like to request what are the criteria and procedures for someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually live. Is there any supporting document they need to provide?

For example, if someone needs to attend a ceremony in Auckland but they wish to attend the ceremony in Hamilton (because the Hamilton one is the earliest and they don’t get the Auckland one before their citizenship application lapse date), what he or she should do?”

Your request was transferred to Carterton District Council from DIA on 13 December 2024.

Attached, our response to your request.

Ngâ mihi,

LGOIMA Requests| CARTERTON DISTRICT COUNCIL
Email: [email address]
Phone: (06) 3794030 | PO Box 9 Carterton 5743 | 28 Holloway Street Carterton 5713 | Website: http://www.cdc.govt.nz/

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Kia ora AHB

LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT Request: 2024-58

I refer to your email requested dated 11 December 2024 for the following information:

“I would like to request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

I would also like to request what are the criteria and procedures for someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually live. Is there any supporting document they need to provide?

For example, if someone needs to attend a ceremony in Auckland but they wish to attend the ceremony in Hamilton (because the Hamilton one is the earliest and they don’t get the Auckland one before their citizenship application lapse date), what he or she should do?”

Your request was transferred to Carterton District Council from DIA on 13 December 2024.

Attached, our response to your request.

Ngâ mihi,

LGOIMA Requests| CARTERTON DISTRICT COUNCIL
Email: [email address]
Phone: (06) 3794030 | PO Box 9 Carterton 5743 | 28 Holloway Street Carterton 5713 | Website: http://www.cdc.govt.nz/

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Good morning,

 

We received a partial transfer of request from the DIA.

 

Please see our dates for SWDC Citizenship Ceremony dates for 2025 listed
below:

o Friday 31 February 2025
o Friday 30 May 2025
o Friday 29 August
o Friday 28 November

 

Kind regards,

 

LGOIMA  Officer | South Waikato District Council
3 Torphin Crescent, Tokoroa, 3420

Private Bag 7, Tokoroa, 3444
T: 07 985 3136 |  W: [1]www.southwaikato.govt.nz

 

 

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I refer to your Official Information request of 11 December 2024, part of
which has been transferred to Rotorua Lakes Council from DIA,
specifically:

 

I would like to request all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all city
councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

 

Rotorua Lakes Council did not have a Citizenship Ceremony in December
2024.  Following are the scheduled dates for Citizenship Ceremonies for
2025:

o 27 February 2025
o 27 March 2025
o 29 April 2025
o 29 May 2025
o 26 June 2025
o 24 July 2025
o 28 August 2025

 

No ceremonies are scheduled after August due to the local government
elections being held in October 2025.

 

 

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this response/decision. The Ombudsman’s Office can be contacted by calling
0800 802 602, emailing [1][email address], online at
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz, or by post to The Ombudsman, PO Box 10152,
Wellington 6143.

 

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Kia Ora AHB

 

I refer to your request to DIA of 11 December, partially transferred to
Thames Coromandel District Council, for December 2024 to December 2025
Citizenship Ceremony Dates.

 

We held a ceremony 12 December 2024. Our 2025 Citizenship ceremonies are
tentatively scheduled to be held on the following dates:

 

20 February 2025

22 May 2025

14 August 2025

20 November 2025

 

 

Ngā mihi | Regards

 

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Good afternoon AHB.

I write regarding an Official Information Request received from the
Department of Internal Affairs dated 13 December seeking details of the
Citizenship Ceremony dates we have for our region from December 2024 to
December 2025 and regarding the criteria of someone to attend a ceremony
in a place that is not where they usually live.

The Department of Internal Affairs have informed us that they have already
responded to your question regarding the criteria of someone to attend a
ceremony in a place that is not where they usually live.

We have decided to grant your request for details for the Citizenship
Ceremony dates we have for our region from December 2024 to December 2025
and is enclosed.

The Citizenship Ceremony dates for the Gisborne District Council for 2025
are as follows:

 

March 18^th

May 20^th

August 19^th

November 25^th

 

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
the democracy team on the email below.

Yours sincerely

 

 

Karen Beckman

Official Information and Privacy Advisor
Te Kaunihera o Te Tairāwhiti - Gisborne District Council
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Tçnâ koe AHB

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs (included with this email)

As the information you have requested in part 1 of your request is not held by the Department of Internal Affairs, but is believed to be held by, and more closely related to the functions of North Island City and District Councils, we are transferring your request to North Island City and District Councils for response, in accordance with section 14(b) of the Official Information Act 1982 and section 12(b) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

The Department will provide response to you in respect of part 2 of your request as soon as practicable and by no later than 30 January. Please note that this timeframe takes into account the annual legislative closedown of public service OIA processing, which runs from 24 December to 15 January (inclusive).

Your request has been transferred to the below North Island City and District Councils.

Auckland City Council
Carterton District Council
Central Hawkes Bay District Council
Far North District Council
Gisborne District Council
Hamilton City Council
Hastings District Council
Hauraki District Council
Horowhenua District Council
Hutt City Council
Kaipara District Council
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Kawerau District Council
Manawatû District Council
Masterton District Council
Matamata-Piako District Council
Napier City Council
New Plymouth District Council
Ôpôtiki District Council
Otorohanga District Council
Palmerston North City Council
Porirua City Council
Rangitikei District Council
Rotorua Lakes Council
Ruapehu District Council
South Taranaki District Council
South Waikato District Council
South Wairarapa District Council
Stratford District Council
Tararua District Council
Taupô District Council
Tauranga City Council
Thames/Coromandel District Council
Upper Hutt City Council
Waikato District Council
Waipa District Council
Wairoa District Council
Waitomo District Council
Western Bay of Plenty District Council
Whakatane District Council
Whanganui District Council
Whangarei District Council

You can expect to hear from the receiving local authorities shortly in regard to your request.

I note that Wellington City Council refused transfer as they have recently responded to you on the same matter on the FYI.org.nz portal.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision to transfer. Information about how to make a complaint is available at http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/ or Freephone 0800 802 602.

Nâku, nâ

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Kia ora

 

On behalf of the Chief Executive, Steven Perdia, this email is to
acknowledge receipt of your request for information. Your request has been
transferred to us today by the Department of Internal Affairs which we
will now respond to under the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). 

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 11 February 2025, being 20 working days after the
day your request was received. Please note that as the last statutory
working day of 2024 is 19 December 2024, and the next working day is 11
January 2025, followed by two statutory holidays, the 20 working days
period for your request will end on 11 February 2024.  However we will
make every effort to send our response to you as soon as possible.

 

Please note that under the Act we are permitted to charge for making the
information available, including gathering, collating and preparing it for
release. If that is the case, we will provide an estimate of the cost in
accordance with our Fees and Charges Schedule, before we proceed to
collate the information. 

 

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information request and the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 under which such information is
given: [1]https://www.whakatane.govt.nz/contact-us...

 

If you have any further enquiries, please call 07 306 0500 or respond to
this email accordingly.

 

Nāku noa, nā,

 

 

Ana-Maria Bewley
Administration Assistant .
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From: AHB <[9][FOI #29524 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 5:48 PM
To: OIA <[10][DIA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Citizenship Ceremony Dates for
2025 of entire North Island

 

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Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

I would like to request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all
city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

 

I would also like to request what are the criteria and procedures for
someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually
live. Is there any supporting document they need to provide?

 

For example, if someone needs to attend a ceremony in Auckland but they
wish to attend the ceremony in Hamilton (because the Hamilton one is the
earliest and they don’t get the Auckland one before their citizenship
application lapse date), what he or she should do?

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

AHB

 

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Dear AHB

 

Thank you for your LGOIMA request regarding Citizenship Ceremony Dates for
2025 for Matamata-Piako District Council. Please find the answer to your
question below:

 

Matamata-Piako District Council don’t have any ceremonies booked for 2025.
As we are a small district, we like to have 25 -30 people at a ceremony,
so we wait until the DIA lets us know when the wait list is at that
number.

 

We do hold about 4 a year. A guideline of the timing of these from 2024 is
 April, June, August, and Nov. We hold them on a Monday night and move
between the Silver Ferns Farm Events Centre in Te Aroha and the Matamata
Civic Centre in Matamata.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the information received, you have the right,
by way of making a complaint to an Ombudsman (under section 27(3) of the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987), to seek an
investigation and review of Council’s decision, more information on this
process can be found at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz

 

Kind Regards

Kathryn

Kathryn Mair
Âpiha Whakahaere Rautaki RMA me te Ture | RMA Policy and Legal
Administration Officer
Te Kaunihera Â-rohe o Matamata-Piako | Matamata-Piako District Council
35 Kenrick Street, PO Box 266, Te Aroha 3342
07 884 0060 | [2]mpdc.govt.nz

 

From: Kathryn Mair
Sent: Monday, 16 December 2024 9:17
To: '[email address]' <[3][email address]>
Subject: CM: Acknowledgment - LGOIMA REQUEST - OIA2425-0528 - Citizenship
Ceremony Dates for 2025 of entire North Island
Importance: High

 

Dear Michelle

We have received your enquiry regarding Citizenship Ceremony Dates for
2025 for Matamata-Piako District Council.

Your request will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 ("Act"). As
required under section 13(1) of the Act we will respond to your request as
soon as reasonably practicable and no later than 20 working days. The
Ombudsman's website calculates this date to be 3^rd February 2025.

If you have any questions relating to your request or wish to clarify any
matters contained in your request please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards
Kathryn

Kathryn Mair
Âpiha Whakahaere Rautaki RMA me te Ture | RMA Policy and Legal
Administration Officer
Te Kaunihera Â-rohe o Matamata-Piako | Matamata-Piako District Council
35 Kenrick Street, PO Box 266, Te Aroha 3342
07 884 0060 | [4]mpdc.govt.nz

 

 

From: OIA [[5]mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Friday, 13 December 2024 4:12
To: [6][email address]; [7][email address]; Official
Information <[8][email address]>;
[9][email address];
[10][email address]; [11][email address];
Info-line <[12][email address]>; [13][email address];
[14][email address]; [15][email address];
[16][email address]; [17][email address];
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Good afternoon,

 

Just following up on the Councils that I didn’t receive an auto-response
or reply from (please refer to the email included in train which was sent
earlier this afternoon)

 

Please note that the below information request is being partially
transferred to all north island City and District Councils.

 

If you could send a short reply to acknowledge you received this email,
I’ll be reassured that no one is going to become aware of this only after
the transfer is notified to the requester.

 

Many thanks,

 

 

Michelle Reed [20](she/her)  

Lead Advisor Official Correspondence  | Information Management and Privacy

He Ringa Manaaki | Workplace Services Group

He Pou Aronui | Organisational Capability and Services
Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Level 3, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |
 [21]www.dia.govt.nz

[22]DIA Logo - Black

 

 

 

From: OIA <[23][DIA request email]>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2024 3:10 PM
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[26][email address]; [27][email address];
[28][email address]; [29][email address]; [30][email address];
[31][email address]; [32][email address];
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[60][email address]; [61][email address];
[62][email address]; [63][email address];
[64][email address]; [65][email address];
[66][email address]
Subject: TRANSFER CONSULT LGOIMA REQUEST - OIA2425-0528 - Citizenship
Ceremony Dates for 2025 of entire North Island

 

Kia ora koutou North Island Council LGOIMA teams,

 

The Department of Internal Affairs has received the below request (also
attached for your convenience) and is notifying partial transfer of the
highlighted part of this request to each of you for response.   

 

Apologies for the lack of consultation in this case! – the transfer pool
is very large here, and the Citizenship team confirmed the list of
councils that should be included.  I am concerned that if I consult on
transfer, that I may struggle to reconcile the many replies in the few
working days remaining this year.

 

Please accept this email as confirmation of Transfer. Transfer is made in
accordance with section 14(b)(i) and (ii) of the Official Information Act
and section 12(b)(i) and (ii) of the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act.  The information requested is not held by the Department
of Internal Affairs, but we believe it is held by, and more closely
related to the functions of North Island Councils

 

It would be appreciated if you could send a quick reply to confirm that
transfer is received.

 

Nâku, na

 

Michelle Reed [67](she/her)  

Lead Advisor Official Correspondence  | Information Management and Privacy

He Ringa Manaaki | Workplace Services Group

He Pou Aronui | Organisational Capability and Services
Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Level 3, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |
 [68]www.dia.govt.nz

[69]DIA Logo - Black

 

 

 

 

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Kia Ora

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT 1987

Thank you for your Request for Official Information received on 19 December 2024 relating to citizenship ceremony dates for 2025.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible with a decision and in any event no later than 10 February 2025, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact [email address]. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be considered.

Please note that requests may incur a reasonable charge. We will contact you with an approximate cost, before we proceed, if applicable.

Ngā mihi

From: AHB <[FOI #29524 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 5:48 PM
To: OIA <[DIA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Citizenship Ceremony Dates for 2025 of entire North Island

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Dear Department of Internal Affairs,
1. I would like to request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

2. I would also like to request what are the criteria and procedures for someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually live. Is there any supporting document they need to provide?

For example, if someone needs to attend a ceremony in Auckland but they wish to attend the ceremony in Hamilton (because the Hamilton one is the earliest and they don’t get the Auckland one before their citizenship application lapse date), what he or she should do?
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
AHB

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Kia ora AHB

 

Your request for information has been referred to the Auckland Council
official information team.

 

Unfortunately we are unable to provide you with our Citizenship Ceremony
dates.

 

Auckland Council no longer releases future ceremony dates to the public
due to security reasons. Three weeks before the date of the ceremony, the
Department of Internal Affairs will send invitations to applicants who
have been approved for citizenship. Applicants will be
invited to attend the ceremony closest to the area they live in.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

The Privacy and LGOIMA team

Auckland Council

 

 

From: AHB <[1][FOI #29524 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 5:48 PM
To: OIA <[2][DIA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Citizenship Ceremony Dates for
2025 of entire North Island

 

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Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

I would like to request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all
city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

 

I would also like to request what are the criteria and procedures for
someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually
live. Is there any supporting document they need to provide?

 

For example, if someone needs to attend a ceremony in Auckland but they
wish to attend the ceremony in Hamilton (because the Hamilton one is the
earliest and they don’t get the Auckland one before their citizenship
application lapse date), what he or she should do?

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

AHB

 

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Kia Ora AHB

 

Further to my response to you dated 19/12/24, in which I provided the
tentatively scheduled dates for citizenship ceremonies in 2025, our
governance team have provided confirmed dates, as below:

 

27 Feb

5 June

7 August

20 November

 

 

Ngā mihi | Regards

 

Jen Amner

Legal Coordinator

 

Thames-Coromandel District Council

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From: Contact Legal
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2024 10:19 AM
To: [FYI request #29524 email]
Subject: Response - Thames Coromandel District Council Citizenship
Ceremonies

 

Kia Ora AHB

 

I refer to your request to DIA of 11 December, partially transferred to
Thames Coromandel District Council, for December 2024 to December 2025
Citizenship Ceremony Dates.

 

We held a ceremony 12 December 2024. Our 2025 Citizenship ceremonies are
tentatively scheduled to be held on the following dates:

 

20 February 2025

22 May 2025

14 August 2025

20 November 2025

 

 

Ngā mihi | Regards

 

Jen Amner

Legal Coordinator

 

Thames-Coromandel District Council

Private Bag 1001, 515 Mackay Street, Thames

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Dear AHB,

 

Rangitîkei District Council scheduled Citizenship Ceremony Dates for 2025
are as follows –

 

Tuesday 25 March

Tuesday 24 June

Tuesday 23 September

Tuesday 16 December

 

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact
us.

 

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Subject: TRANSFER CONSULT LGOIMA REQUEST - OIA2425-0528 - Citizenship
Ceremony Dates for 2025 of entire North Island

 

Kia ora koutou North Island Council LGOIMA teams,

 

The Department of Internal Affairs has received the below request (also
attached for your convenience) and is notifying partial transfer of the
highlighted part of this request to each of you for response.   

 

Apologies for the lack of consultation in this case! – the transfer pool
is very large here, and the Citizenship team confirmed the list of
councils that should be included.  I am concerned that if I consult on
transfer, that I may struggle to reconcile the many replies in the few
working days remaining this year.

 

Please accept this email as confirmation of Transfer. Transfer is made in
accordance with section 14(b)(i) and (ii) of the Official Information Act
and section 12(b)(i) and (ii) of the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act.  The information requested is not held by the Department
of Internal Affairs, but we believe it is held by, and more closely
related to the functions of North Island Councils

 

It would be appreciated if you could send a quick reply to confirm that
transfer is received.

 

Nâku, na

 

Michelle Reed [2](she/her)  

Lead Advisor Official Correspondence  | Information Management and Privacy

He Ringa Manaaki | Workplace Services Group

He Pou Aronui | Organisational Capability and Services
Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Level 3, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |
 [3]www.dia.govt.nz

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Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Request, originally to the
Department of Internal Affairs as detailed below.  The Department of
Internal Affairs have requested we supply the information with regards to
Citizenship Ceremonies to be held by Kawerau District Council in 2025
directly to you.

 

As the Kawerau District is a small community, Citizenship Ceremonies are
only held on an as required basis for Kawerau Residents.  There are no set
dates for 2025, as the holding of ceremonies all dependents on the numbers
requiring a ceremony and when suits.  The only specific criteria is that
the ceremonies are usually held on a Wednesday.

 

If you have any further queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

 

Thank you.

 

Nāku i roto i ngā mihi (Kind regards)

Lee-Anne Butler | Group Manager, Finance & Corporate Services |
Kawerau District Council

Waea Phone +64 7 306 9009
Tīpoka Direct +64 7 306 9027
Waea Pūkoro Mobile 027 250 3993
Īmēra Email [email address]

Pae Tukutuku [1]Website | Pukamata [2]Facebook |

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-----Original Message----- From: AHB
[4][FOI #29524 email]

Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 5:48 PM To: OIA [5][DIA request email]
Subject: Official Information request - Citizenship Ceremony Dates for
2025 of entire North Island

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Dear Department of Internal Affairs, I would like to request for all the
Citizenship Ceremony dates for all city councils of North Island from
December 2024 to December 2025.

I would also like to request what are the criteria and procedures for
someone to attend a ceremony in a place that is not where they usually
live. Is there any supporting document they need to provide?

For example, if someone needs to attend a ceremony in Auckland but they
wish to attend the ceremony in Hamilton (because the Hamilton one is the
earliest and they don’t get the Auckland one before their citizenship
application lapse date), what he or she should do? Thank you. Yours
faithfully, AHB

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Nāku noa, nā

 

 

 

Ana-Maria Bewley
Administration Assistant .
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Kia ora AHB,

We have received a partial transfer of a request for information from the
Department of Internal Affairs on your behalf.  We are asked to provide
you with the dates for citizenship ceremonies in Palmerston North from
December 2024 to December 2025.

The Department of Internal Affairs are responding to the remaining
questions in your OIA request.

Our response

Palmerston North City have scheduled citizenship ceremonies from December
2024 to December 2025 on the following dates:

 

18^th February 2025

29^th May 2025

21^st August 2025

20^th November 2025

 

Department of Internal Affairs have been notified of these dates. 

 

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
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Kate Scrase
Legal Advisor
Kaitohutohu ā-Ture

Official Information Team
Legal Services

Palmerston North City Council
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06 356 8199
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Good afternoon

In response to your Official Information Act request OIA2425-0562 for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all city councils of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025, I am responding on behalf of Hauraki District Council.

Our tentative Citizenship ceremony dates for that period are:

- Wednesday the 26th of February
- Wednesday the 28th of May.
- Wednesday the 27th of August.
- Wednesday the 26th of November.

All information can be found on our website under Citizenship Ceremonies<https://www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/community...>.

Regards

Katie McLaren
Kaitohutohu Whakatipu Hāpori (pāpori)
Community Development Advisor (Social)

mob: 0278085794
[email address] <mailto:[email address]>

Hauraki District Council
1 William Street, Paeroa, 3600 | PO Box 17, Paeroa, 3640
ph: (07) 862 8609 or 0800 734 834 (from within district)
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Tēnā koe ,

 

I refer to your request to the Department of Internal affairs, which was
partially referred to Whangarei District Council on December 13 2024 , for
information about a question relating to  “Citizenship Ceremony Dates for
2025”. Your request was referred to Council’s Democracy and Assurance
Department for consideration and answer to the following questions:

 

o Request for all the Citizenship Ceremony dates for all city councils
of North Island from December 2024 to December 2025.

 

Citizenship dates that are currently scheduled for Whangarei District
Council are: 

 

o Friday 28th February 2025
o Friday 4th April 2025
o Friday 6th June 2025
o Friday 15th August 2025
o Friday 5th December 2025

 

This is the current schedule which has been provided to DIA, these may
change, and we may add additional dates if required based on the number of
people who are eligible for citizenship in the district throughout the
year. 

 

I hope this information is some assistance in responding to your request.
If you believe we have not responded appropriately to your request, you
have the right by way of complaint, under section 27(3) of the Act, to
apply to the Ombudsman to seek an investigation and review of the
decision.

 

 

Nga Mihi

Emily

Emily Thompson she/ her ([1]why share pronouns?)

Manager – Democracy and Assurance

Whangarei District Council | Te Iwitahi, 9 Rust Avenue | Private Bag 9023,
Te Mai, Whangārei 0143

P 09 430 4200 |  [2]www.wdc.govt.nz

[3]Whangarei District Council logo

 

Our offices will be closed from 4:00pm on 24 December until 6 January
2025.

The time between 20 December to 10 January is excluded from our normal 20
working day processing of PIMs, building consents, resource consents and
alcohol licensing.

Please note: the cut-off date has passed for the issuing of LIMs before
Christmas.

 

 

 

 

EXTERNAL: This email originated from outside Whangarei District Council.
Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and
know the content is safe.

Kia ora koutou North Island Council LGOIMA teams,

 

The Department of Internal Affairs has received the below request (also
attached for your convenience) and is notifying partial transfer of the
highlighted part of this request to each of you for response.   

 

Apologies for the lack of consultation in this case! – the transfer pool
is very large here, and the Citizenship team confirmed the list of
councils that should be included.  I am concerned that if I consult on
transfer, that I may struggle to reconcile the many replies in the few
working days remaining this year.

 

Please accept this email as confirmation of Transfer. Transfer is made in
accordance with section 14(b)(i) and (ii) of the Official Information Act
and section 12(b)(i) and (ii) of the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act.  The information requested is not held by the Department
of Internal Affairs, but we believe it is held by, and more closely
related to the functions of North Island Councils

 

It would be appreciated if you could send a quick reply to confirm that
transfer is received.

 

Nāku, na

 

Michelle Reed [4](she/her)  

Lead Advisor Official Correspondence  | Information Management and Privacy

He Ringa Manaaki | Workplace Services Group

He Pou Aronui | Organisational Capability and Services
Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Level 3, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |
 [5]www.dia.govt.nz

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Kia ora AHB

 

Further to your request for information that was transferred from the DIA,
I can confirm the only date set for 2025 so far is Thursday 13 February
2025. 

 

Ngā mihi

 

[1]KDC Linda Osborne | Information Operations Manager
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June 2015 Kaipara te Oranganui | Kaipara District Council, Private Bag
1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 3123

[2][email address] | [3]www.kaipara.govt.nz

 

 

From: OIA <[4][email address]>
Sent: Friday, 13 December 2024 4:12 PM
To: [5][email address]; [6][email address]; Official
Information <[7][email address]>;
[8][email address]; Administration Requests
<[9][email address]>; [10][email address];
[11][email address]; [12][email address];
[13][email address]; [14][email address];
[15][email address]; [16][email address];
[17][email address]; [18][email address]
Subject: FW: TRANSFER CONSULT LGOIMA REQUEST - OIA2425-0528 - Citizenship
Ceremony Dates for 2025 of entire North Island
Importance: High

 

CAUTION: This email originated from outside Kaipara District Council. Do
not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and
know the content is safe.

 

You don't often get email from [19][DIA request email]. [20]Learn why this
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Good afternoon,

 

Just following up on the Councils that I didn’t receive an auto-response
or reply from (please refer to the email included in train which was sent
earlier this afternoon)

 

Please note that the below information request is being partially
transferred to all north island City and District Councils.

 

If you could send a short reply to acknowledge you received this email,
I’ll be reassured that no one is going to become aware of this only after
the transfer is notified to the requester.

 

Many thanks,

 

 

Michelle Reed [21](she/her)

Lead Advisor Official Correspondence | Information Management and Privacy

He Ringa Manaaki | Workplace Services Group

He Pou Aronui | Organisational Capability and Services
Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Level 3, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |
[22]www.dia.govt.nz

[23]DIA Logo - Black

 

 

 

From: OIA <[24][DIA request email]>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2024 3:10 PM
To: Official Information
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[27][email address]; [28][email address];
[29][email address]; [30][email address]; [31][email address];
[32][email address]; [33][email address];
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[61][email address]; [62][email address];
[63][email address]; [64][email address];
[65][email address]; [66][email address];
[67][email address]
Subject: TRANSFER CONSULT LGOIMA REQUEST - OIA2425-0528 - Citizenship
Ceremony Dates for 2025 of entire North Island

 

Kia ora koutou North Island Council LGOIMA teams,

 

The Department of Internal Affairs has received the below request (also
attached for your convenience) and is notifying partial transfer of the
highlighted part of this request to each of you for response.

 

Apologies for the lack of consultation in this case! – the transfer pool
is very large here, and the Citizenship team confirmed the list of
councils that should be included. I am concerned that if I consult on
transfer, that I may struggle to reconcile the many replies in the few
working days remaining this year.

 

Please accept this email as confirmation of Transfer. Transfer is made in
accordance with section 14(b)(i) and (ii) of the Official Information Act
and section 12(b)(i) and (ii) of the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act. The information requested is not held by the Department
of Internal Affairs, but we believe it is held by, and more closely
related to the functions of North Island Councils

 

It would be appreciated if you could send a quick reply to confirm that
transfer is received.

 

Nāku, na

 

Michelle Reed [68](she/her)

Lead Advisor Official Correspondence | Information Management and Privacy

He Ringa Manaaki | Workplace Services Group

He Pou Aronui | Organisational Capability and Services
Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Level 3, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |
[69]www.dia.govt.nz

[70]DIA Logo - Black

 

 

 

 

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