link to page 1

14 July 2025
Maurice Gerbinald
By email: [FYI request #31286 email]
Tēnā koe Maurice
INFORMATION
REQUEST On 13 June 2025 you asked for communication regarding an annual rāhui for Mauao. Here is
our response to your questions:
1. Please provide me with any communications, reports, proposals etc from/to
staff, elected members and/or the Mauao Trust regarding any regular/annual
resting periods or rahui for Mauao
We have located one mention of an annual rāhui in a report from Mauao Trust at the
Ngā Poutiriao o Mauao on 16 October 2024. At this point there are no definitive plans
to hold a rāhui but it was proposed as a desire of the Trust. Please see figure 1 for
the excerpt of these minutes.
Figure 1 Excerpt from minutes 16 October 2024
This request and the response have been considered under the LGOIM
A 1 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.
1
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
Tauranga City Council Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143, New Zealand +64 7 577 7000
[Tauranga City Council request email] www.tauranga.govt.nz
If you have any questions about this letter, please contact me.
Ngā mihi
Kath Norris
Team Leader
Democracy Services
2