Report on Future Buller community meetings Nov/Dec 2023.

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From: Kevin Smith

Dear University of Canterbury,

During November and December 2023, two UC staffers were involved in a series of public meeting on the West Coast.

They combined with Future Buller to do a series of eight meetings.
They may have also included content from the TTPP Coastal Hazards team as there seemed to be a combined effort at times.

I am requesting copies of the reports Nohah Forde submitted following this activity.
Her role was to report on the communication aspects of the climate related public meetings.

The reports I am seeking may have been to the University, BDC, Future Buller, WCRC and possibly even TTPP among others.

Nohah Forde

PHD Researcher · University of Canterbury
Researching inter-professional communication in climate adaptation efforts

Could you please provide the reports covering that activity, during the roadshows of late 2023 ?

Yours faithfully,

Kevin Smith

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Dear University of Canterbury,

During November and December 2023, two UC staffers were involved in a series of public meeting on the West Coast.

They combined with Future Buller to do a series of eight meetings.
They may have also included content from the TTPP Coastal Hazards team as there seemed to be a combined effort at times.

I am requesting copies of the reports Nohah Forde submitted following this activity.
Her role was to report on the communication aspects of the climate related public meetings.

The reports I am seeking may have been to the University, BDC, Future Buller, WCRC and possibly even TTPP among others.

Nohah Forde

PHD Researcher +ALc- University of Canterbury Researching inter-professional communication in climate adaptation efforts

Could you please provide the reports covering that activity, during the roadshows of late 2023 ?

Yours faithfully,

Kevin Smith

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From: Kevin Smith

Dear BDC_Lgoima,

To BDC Regulatory Services Manager.

I filed an OIA request to University of Canterbury and it appears to have been transferred to BDC.

While I would be interested in pursuing the request in the form they have suggested it is not really what I am seeking.

Nohah Forde attended those roadshows as a PhD student doing a study on the communications of climate change.
I spoke to her at several of the events, most notably being those at Ngakawau, Carter's Beach (1) and Punakaiki.

I actually filed Official Complaints about the roadshow activity, based on Economy, Effectiveness and Intent.
The BDC complaint was handled by Steve Gibling, it was about a year ago.

I have seen documents from Future Buller since the roadshow and that has me doubting some of the content.
Indeed, we now believe we should have even deeper concerns about the entire business.

I can't understand why the UC does not have correspondence that can be released under the act.
I spoke to the 'Concerns Dept' at the University and the picture just got murkier.

I have left a message with Claire O'Connell and it may well be that I will have to amend my request to include UC internal correspondence.

I would appreciate if the BDC could also release whatever possible relating to the reports on the roadshow presentations.
I expect the content would cover;

. The meetings and attendance figures
. The response from the public present
. Media reporting of the events.
. The Official Complaints.
. The expectations, concerns and recommendations.
. The financial situation, ie Costs.
. Co-ordination with other agencies, ie WCRC, TTPP and UC.
. A rating, an assessment of the overall success, or failure, of the meetings.
. Feedback from Councils and Stakeholders in the programme.

Yours sincerely,

Kevin Smith

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Kia ora

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under The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA).

The LGOIMA team will send an official response to your request within 2
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