25 August 2025
Maurice Gerbinald
By email: [FYI request #31432 email]
Tēnā koe Maurice
INFORMATION REQUEST
On 29 June 2025 you asked for documentation and outcomes from the 2026 Annual Plan
Savings and Efficiencies Working Group. Here is our response to your questions:
Provide all communications, meetings notes etc involving the working group
stood up to find savings and efficiencies within council capital and operational
programs for the 2026 AP
Please provide a list of all "savings and efficiencies" that were output from this
working group
Please see attached the following:
Emails Collated
Attachment 1 – Data and information request for working group
Attachment 2 – 12 May Mayor Deputy Councillors CE CFO Meeting
Attachment 3 – 2025-05-12 Working group notes
Attachment 4 – 2025-05 Summary of financials
Attachment 5 – 2025-05-19 Data and information updated
Attachment 6 – 2025-05-19 Working group notes
Attachment 7 – 2025-05-12 Working group notes_1
Attachment 8 – Working group action schedule
Attachment 9 – 2025-06-03 Working group meeting notes
Attachment 10 – Working group action schedule 16 June 2025
Attachment 11 – 2025-06-26 Working group meeting notes
Attachment 12 – 2025-05-27 Working group notes
Attachment 13 – Data and information request for working group
Attachment 14 – Working group action schedule after 30 June 2025
A full list of funded projects and associated budget adjustments is available in the
adopted Annual Plan 2025/26 documents on the Tauranga City Council website:
https://www.tauranga.govt.nz/council/strategies-and-plans/annual-plans/annual-plan-
2025-2026
Tauranga City Council Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143, New Zealand +64 7 577 7000 [Tauranga City Council request email] www.tauranga.govt.nz
This request and the response have been considered under the LGOIMA1. Information has
been withheld as follows:
7(2)(a) protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural
persons
7(2)(f) maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through (i) the free and frank
expression of opinions by or between or to members or officers or employees of any
local authority in the course of their duty;
7(2)(h) enable any local authority holding the information to carry out, without
prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities
7(2)(i) enable any local authority holding the information to carry on, without prejudice
or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)
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
1 Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
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