7 March 2025
Maurice Gerbinald
By email: [FYI request #30006 email]
Tēnā koe Maurice
INFORMATION REQUEST
On 10 February 2025 you asked for information about payments made to the Pukehinahina
Charitable Trust and He Iwi Kotahi Tauranga Moana Charitable Trust. Here is our response
to your questions:
Details of payments made to The Pukehinahina Charitable Trust since Jan 2021
Provide (if there is any) reports provided, proof of work delivered etc as a
result of these funds.
Can you please also include payments etc to: He Iwi Kotahi Tauranga Moana
Charitable Trust
Table 1: Payments made to Pukehinahina Charitable Trust and He Iwi Kotahi Tauranga
Moana Charitable Trust by Tauranga City Council since January 2021
Pukehinahina
He Iwi Kotahi Tauranga
Charitable Trust
Moana Charitable Trust
2021
-
$11,555
2022
$23,100
$11,500
2023
$63,250
$17,250
2024
-
-
2025
-
-
$86,350
$40,305
Funding to the He Iwi Kotahi Tauranga Moana Charitable Trust contributed to
Waitangi Day Festivals held at the Historic Village. The total for 2021 also includes
$55 for a Waitangi Day T-shirt and Book. We attach post event reports from the
Waitangi Day Festivals for 2021 and 2023.
Funding to the Pukehinahina Charitable Trust in 2022 covered Design fees and
Secretarial Support ($23,000) and 60 Bells for the Battle of Gate Pa Service ($100).
Tauranga City Council Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143, New Zealand +64 7 577 7000 [Tauranga City Council request email] www.tauranga.govt.nz
Funding in 2023 covered planning for the proposed cultural centre including concept
and or detailed design, and Geotech. There are no reports to provide.
This request and the response have been considered under the LGOIMA1. Names and
details about sponsorship have been withheld under sections 7(2)(a) and 7(2)(b)(ii)
respectively as follows:
Section 7(2)(a)
withholding is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons
including that of deceased natural persons.
Section 7(2)(b)(ii)
withholding is necessary to protect information where the making
available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial
position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.
If you are not happy with this response you have the right to seek an investigation and
review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
This response may be published on our website. All personal information will be removed.
If you have any questions about this letter, please contact me.
Ngā mihi
Kath Norris
Team Leader
Democracy Services
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