08 July 2025
Official information request 8140016148
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
Michael Aldershott
By email:
[FYI request #30966 email]
Dear Michael,
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
Re: Councillor Travel
Thank you for your request for information, which we received 13 May 2025 about a copy of
all information about Councillor John Watson and Councillor Wayne Walker and Councillor
Greg Sayers travel to Taiwan this triennium. This is invitations, itineraries, expenses, and
details of who funded the travel.
Trip 1
Greg
1. Invitation – please find attached –
Sayers
‘
Official_invitation_to_Taiwan_(Cr._Sayers).pdf’
2. Itineraries - please find attached – ‘
Itinert Taiwan.pdf’. This applies for all
councillors
3. Expenses – all personal expenses beyond airfares, local transport and
accommodation were paid personally by the Councillors.
4. Funding – the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office. There were no costs to
the Auckland Council & Auckland ratepayers incurred.
Wayne
1. Invitation – please find attached –
‘20230313_Letter_of_Invitation-
Walker
Wayne_Walker’
2. Itineraries – As mentioned above.
3. Expenses – all personal expenses beyond airfares, local transport and
accommodation were paid personally by the Councillors.
4. Funding – the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office, Auckland There were
no costs to the Auckland Council & Auckland ratepayers incurred.
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John
1. Invitation – please find attached –
‘20230313_Letter_of_Invitation-
Watson
John_Watson’
2. Itineraries – As mentioned above.
3. Expenses – all personal expenses beyond airfares, local transport and
accommodation were paid personally by the Councillors.
4. Funding – the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office, Auckland There were
no costs to the Auckland Council & Auckland ratepayers incurred.
Trip 2
Wayne
1. Invitation
Walker
Please find attached the email –
‘RSVP for 2024 SCSE’
2. Itineraries
Please find attached –
‘2024 SCSE Schedule- AUCKLAND COUNCIL.pdf’
3 & 4.
The trip was partly self-funded and partly via the Taipei Computer
Association, the host for the event.
There was no cost to Auckland Council & Auckland ratepayers.
John
1. Invitation
Watson
Unable to locate the exact invitation sent to Cr Watson but it would be in the
same format as the one sent to Cr Walker.
2. Itineraries
Please find attached –
‘2024 SCSE Schedule- AUCKLAND COUNCIL.pdf’
3 & 4.
The trip was partly self-funded and partly via the Taipei Computer
Association, the host for the event.
There was no cost to Auckland Council & Auckland ratepayers.
The decision in relation to this response was made by
Andrew Pickering, Head of
Governance Services. You have the right to complain to the Ombudsman if you believe we have not responded
appropriately to your request. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you have any further queries, please contact me quoting official information request number
8140016148.
Kind regards,
Fernanda Maciel
Privacy and Official Information Business Partner
Customer Experience and Digital Services
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
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