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Kia ora James

I acknowledge receipt of your Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act request dated 19 February 2025 for information held by WellingtonNZ /
Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency Limited regarding the decision
by the organisers of the Homegrown festival to move it out of Wellington.

We received your request on 19 February 2025. We will endeavour to respond to
your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than Wednesday 19
March 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.

King regards

Todd

Todd Barberel
General Manager - Destination, Marketing and Communications
+64 27 278 2216
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WellingtonNZ
Level 1, 175 Victoria Street, Wellington 6011
WellingtonNZ.com

The information contained in this email is confidential and intended for the
addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are asked to respect
that confidentiality by destroying this email and do not disclose, copy or make
use of its contents. Your assistance is appreciated.

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-----Original Message-----
From: James Powell <[3][FOI #30139 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 19 February 2025 12:10 pm
To: contact <[4][WREDA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Homegrown festival

Dear Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency Limited,

I am requesting all information held by WellingtonNZ / Wellington Regional
Economic Development Agency Limited regarding the decision by the
organisers of the Homegrown festival to move it out of Wellington.

To be clear, this request includes:

1. Any information or communications held by WellingtonNZ relating to the
decision by organisers of Homegrown to stop hosting the event in
Wellington. This should include briefings, memos, aide memoirs or similar;
emails; notes from meetings; text messages.
2. Any communications between Wellington NZ and the organisers of
Homegrown. This should include briefings, memos, aide memoirs or similar;
emails; notes from meetings; text messages.
3. Any communications between WellingtonNZ and Wellington City Council
(including officials, elected councillors and/or the Mayor or her office)
regarding the decision by the organisers of Homegrown to no longer host
the event in Wellington. This should include briefings, memos, aide
memoirs or similar; emails; notes from meetings; text messages.

Yours faithfully,

James Powell

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Kia ora James

 

I am responding to your LGOIMA request of 19 February.

 

You requested information regarding information held by WellingtonNZ /
Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency Limited regarding the decision
by the organizers of the Homegrown festival to move it out of Wellington.

Under section 7 (b) and 7 (i) of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987, we have considered your request and will not disclose the
requested information as they may prejudice future commercial arrangements for
the organisers of the Homegrown Festival.

 

Kind regards

Todd

 

 

Todd Barberel
+64 27 278 2216
General Manager - Destination, Marketing and Communications
‌
WellingtonNZ
Level 1, 175 Victoria Street, Wellington 6011
[1]WellingtonNZ.com

The information contained in this email is confidential and intended for the
addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are asked to respect
that confidentiality by destroying this email and do not disclose, copy or make
use of its contents. Your assistance is appreciated.

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From: Todd Barberel
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2025 10:15 AM
To: James Powell <[FOI #30139 email]>
Subject: FW: Official Information request - Homegrown festival

 

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Kia ora James

I acknowledge receipt of your Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act request dated 19 February 2025 for information held by
WellingtonNZ / Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency Limited
regarding the decision by the organisers of the Homegrown festival to move
it out of Wellington.

We received your request on 19 February 2025. We will endeavour to respond
to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than
Wednesday 19 March 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.

King regards

Todd

-----Original Message-----
From: James Powell <[4][FOI #30139 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 19 February 2025 12:10 pm
To: contact <[5][WREDA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Homegrown festival

Dear Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency Limited,

I am requesting all information held by WellingtonNZ / Wellington Regional
Economic Development Agency Limited regarding the decision by the
organisers of the Homegrown festival to move it out of Wellington.

To be clear, this request includes:

1. Any information or communications held by WellingtonNZ relating to the
decision by organisers of Homegrown to stop hosting the event in
Wellington. This should include briefings, memos, aide memoirs or similar;
emails; notes from meetings; text messages.
2. Any communications between Wellington NZ and the organisers of
Homegrown. This should include briefings, memos, aide memoirs or similar;
emails; notes from meetings; text messages.
3. Any communications between WellingtonNZ and Wellington City Council
(including officials, elected councillors and/or the Mayor or her office)
regarding the decision by the organisers of Homegrown to no longer host
the event in Wellington. This should include briefings, memos, aide
memoirs or similar; emails; notes from meetings; text messages.

Yours faithfully,

James Powell

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[6][FOI #30139 email]

Is [7][WREDA request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency Limited? If
so, please contact us using this form:
[8]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
[9]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

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