Contractor with Conflict of Interests to WNHT
Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer made this Official Information request to Wellington City Council
The request was successful.
From: Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer
To whom it may concern,
I am requesting copies of, or a summary of, the conflict of interest statements submitted by the following employees and contractors of Wellington City Council (WCC) and Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC).
Specifically, I am seeking records for the years they were employed or contracted, where their conflict of interest statements indicate or do not indicate they are members of the Wellington Natural Heritage Trust (WNHT) and/or noted any proposed or actual recusals from activities - especially rural policy advice, design, leading, propagating, or requests lodged for funding of these and other trusts to which they are trustees/board members.
Please provide this information for as many years as records are available. The individuals of interest:
Chris Cosslett
Tim Park
Clive Antsey
Chris Horne
Colin Ryder
For expediency's sake, we note that
- the WCC's LGOIMA page on its website states we are permitted to ask about WCC organisations and contractors,
- the trusts the individuals belong to are already published either on professional online resumes and/or the trusts themselves,
- the requests for funding for the WHNT from the environmental grant funds, and by whom, are published on WCC's websites,
- documents containing the names of individuals on the list and their role within the development of district planning as they were presented to commissioners are also published by WCC
therefore conclude that the totality of the information requested is already either in the public domain and not private information or within your remit to make available.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer
From: BUS: Official Information
Wellington City Council
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From: BUS: Official Information
Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer,
Thank you for your email dated 26 February requesting information.
Our team will manage your request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 which requires us to provide a decision as soon as possible, but no later than 26 March, being 20 working days of receipt.
The reference number for your request is IRC-8029
Please contact us if you have any further questions.
Kind regards
Official Information & Privacy Team
Email: [email address]
Wellington City Council | W Wellington.govt.nz | |
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From: BUS: Official Information
Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer
Thank you for your email dated 26 February 2025, to Te Kaunihera o Pōneke
| Wellington City Council (the Council) requesting the following
information:
* Seeking records for the years they were employed or contracted.
* Where their conflict-of-interest statements indicate or do not
indicate they are members of the Wellington Natural Heritage Trust
(WNHT) and/or noted any proposed or actual recusals from activities -
especially rural policy advice, design, leading, propagating, or
requests lodged for funding of these and other trusts to which they
are trustees/board members.
* Please provide this information for as many years as records are
available. The individuals of interest:
* Chris Cosslett
* Tim Park
* Clive Antsey
* Chris Horne
* Colin Ryder
*
Your request has been considered under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA).
The Council has decided to grant your request in part, with some
information refused pursuant to the following sections of the LGOIMA:
* Section 17(e) of the LGOIMA that the document alleged to contain the
information requested does not exist or, despite reasonable efforts to
locate it cannot be found.
The Council requires further time to finish preparing our response to the
remaining questions in your LGOIMA request. We will endeavour to have our
response to no later than 2 April 2025.
You have the right, by way of complaint under section 28(1) of the LGOIMA,
to request an investigation and review of the Council’s decision to refuse
information by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is
available at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you require further information, please contact
[2][email address].
Kind Regards
Asha Harry
Official Information | Wellington City Council
E [3][email address] | W [4]Wellington.govt.nz
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From: BUS: Official Information
Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer
Please see attached response to your request.
Thank you for your patience.
Kind Regards
Asha Harry
Official Information | Wellington City Council
E [1][email address] | W [2]Wellington.govt.nz
The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential and
intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient,
you are asked to respect that confidentiality and not disclose, copy or
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From: BUS: Official Information <[email address]>
Sent: 26 February 2025 14:40
To: Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer
<[FOI #30227 email]>
Cc: BUS: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Contractor with Conflict of
Interests to WNHT
Kia ora Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer,
Thank you for your email dated 26 February requesting information.
Our team will manage your request under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 which requires us to provide a decision
as soon as possible, but no later than 26 March, being 20 working days of
receipt.
The reference number for your request is IRC-8029
Please contact us if you have any further questions.
Kind regards
Official Information & Privacy Team
Email: [email address]
Wellington City Council | W Wellington.govt.nz | |
The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential and
intended for the addressee only.
If you are not the intended recipient, you are asked to respect that
confidentiality and not disclose, copy or make use of its contents.
If received in error you are asked to destroy this email and contact the
sender immediately. Your assistance is appreciated.
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From: Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer
Dear BUS: Official Information,
Thank you for your response.
I appreciate your stating that Tim Park declared a conflict of interest.
We appreciate your reporting that Chris Cosslett terminated services in 2024.
We were provided a transcript of Chris Cosslett acting unprofessionally and slanderously in May 2025 in front of a professional audience, with both Chris Horne and Tim Parks present, who did contradict, therefore tacitly endorsed. Chris Cosslett is lucky. We trust that WCC and GWRC will not hire him again.
Regarding Tim Park being present, not contradicting, thereby tacitly endorsing Chris Cosslett's statements: is it WCC policy to condone activities (in this case slander) by non-action, or only censure activities that are committed by employees?
We understand that you did not find records for Clive Antsey - which very much surprised us. However, we see the reason; we spelt the name wrong and will be resubmitting the same request, this time for Clive Anstey.
Yours sincerely,
Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer
From: BUS: Official Information
Wellington City Council
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Thank you for contacting the Wellington City Council Official Information
& Privacy Team. This is an automated acknowledgement of your email.
If you have submitted a new request, you will hear from us as soon as
practicable.
If your request is more a general enquiry, or for anything urgent, please
contact our Contact Centre on 04 499 4444 or email [1][email address]
For CCTV requests, please send directly to [2][email address]
Many thanks
Official Information & Privacy Team
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From: BUS: Official Information
Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer
Thank you for your email dated 8 July requesting information.
Our team will manage your request under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 which requires us to provide a decision
as soon as possible, but no later than 5 August being 20 working days of
receipt.
The reference number for your request is IRC-8029.
Kind Regards
Asha Harry
Official Information | Wellington City Council
E [1][email address] | W [2]Wellington.govt.nz
The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential and
intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient,
you are asked to respect that confidentiality and not disclose, copy or
make use of its contents. If received in error, you are asked to destroy
this email and contact the sender immediately. Your assistance is
appreciated
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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #30227 email]
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
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From: BUS: Official Information
Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer
Thank you for your email dated 8 July 2025.
Please see attached response to your request.
Kind Regards
Asha Harry
Official Information | Wellington City Council
E [1][email address] | W [2]Wellington.govt.nz
The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential and
intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient,
you are asked to respect that confidentiality and not disclose, copy or
make use of its contents. If received in error, you are asked to destroy
this email and contact the sender immediately. Your assistance is
appreciated
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From: Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer
<[FOI #30227 email]>
Sent: 08 July 2025 07:30
To: BUS: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Re: IRC-8029: Official Information request - Contractor with
Conflict of Interests to WNHT
Dear BUS: Official Information,
Thank you for your response.
I appreciate your stating that Tim Park declared a conflict of interest.
We appreciate your reporting that Chris Cosslett terminated services in
2024.
We were provided a transcript of Chris Cosslett acting unprofessionally
and slanderously in May 2025 in front of a professional audience, with
both Chris Horne and Tim Parks present, who did contradict, therefore
tacitly endorsed. Chris Cosslett is lucky. We trust that WCC and GWRC
will not hire him again.
Regarding Tim Park being present, not contradicting, thereby tacitly
endorsing Chris Cosslett's statements: is it WCC policy to condone
activities (in this case slander) by non-action, or only censure
activities that are committed by employees?
We understand that you did not find records for Clive Antsey - which very
much surprised us. However, we see the reason; we spelt the name wrong
and will be resubmitting the same request, this time for Clive Anstey.
Yours sincerely,
Wellington City (Brooklyn) Rate Payer
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