What involvement does Andy Foster still have with City Council?
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From: Brooklyn RatePayer
Dear Wellington City Council,
Please provide any and all information City Council holds about Andy Foster (ex Mayor) about his involvement in City Council affairs, and with City Council departments since he competed his tenure as Mayor.
By "information" we mean emails, positions held, any committee representations, expert witness, traffic and / or infrastructure expertise, official City Council meeting attendance, any requests and / or recommendations made by him directly or indirectly (through a person representing him). To narrow the scope, we want information specifically related to or involving Hawkins Hill Road, Wellington Natural Heritage Trust, Long Gully Bush Reserve, and Zealandia of which, according to the video below, Andy himself says that he is an avid environmentalist, one of the founders of Zealandia, the creator of much of the Green Belt, and a regular pest controller doing regular trapping control outside of Zealandia. The public video is sourced from Andy's own page dated May 2025.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=760463...
In this Facebook video, Andy refers to 500 existing projects and 300 future projects - can you confirm if Andy is involved in any of these projects with Wellington City Council (specifically in the Wrights Hill/Zealandia/Careys Gully/Long Gully/Te Kopahou areas; and if so, please list the name of the project, whether it is existing or future, and his involvement and whether that project has received any Wellington City Council funding, and value it received. We are only looking for data/information from October 2022 until July 2025 please (which is since his Mayoral tenure ended and he became an MP).
Brooklyn RatePayer
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Dear Wellington City Council,
Please provide any and all information City Council holds about Andy Foster (ex Mayor) about his involvement in City Council affairs, and with City Council departments since he competed his tenure as Mayor.
By "information" we mean emails, positions held, any committee representations, expert witness, traffic and / or infrastructure expertise, official City Council meeting attendance, any requests and / or recommendations made by him directly or indirectly (through a person representing him). To narrow the scope, we want information specifically related to or involving Hawkins Hill Road, Wellington Natural Heritage Trust, Long Gully Bush Reserve, and Zealandia of which, according to the video below, Andy himself says that he is an avid environmentalist, one of the founders of Zealandia, the creator of much of the Green Belt, and a regular pest controller doing regular trapping control outside of Zealandia. The public video is sourced from Andy's own page dated May 2025.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=760463...
In this Facebook video, Andy refers to 500 existing projects and 300 future projects - can you confirm if Andy is involved in any of these projects with Wellington City Council (specifically in the Wrights Hill/Zealandia/Careys Gully/Long Gully/Te Kopahou areas; and if so, please list the name of the project, whether it is existing or future, and his involvement and whether that project has received any Wellington City Council funding, and value it received. We are only looking for data/information from October 2022 until July 2025 please (which is since his Mayoral tenure ended and he became an MP).
Brooklyn RatePayer
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Kia ora Brooklyn RatePayer
Thank you for your email dated 11 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 8 August, being 20 working days of receipt.
The reference number for your request is IRC-8729
Please contact us if you have any further questions.
Kind regards
Official Information & Privacy Team
Email: [Wellington City Council request email]
Wellington City Council | W Wellington.govt.nz | |
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From: Brooklyn RatePayer <[FOI #31551 email]>
Sent: Friday, 11 July 2025 12:40 pm
To: BUS: Official Information <[Wellington City Council request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - What involvement does Andy Foster still have with City Council?
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Dear Wellington City Council,
Please provide any and all information City Council holds about Andy Foster (ex Mayor) about his involvement in City Council affairs, and with City Council departments since he competed his tenure as Mayor.
By "information" we mean emails, positions held, any committee representations, expert witness, traffic and / or infrastructure expertise, official City Council meeting attendance, any requests and / or recommendations made by him directly or indirectly (through a person representing him). To narrow the scope, we want information specifically related to or involving Hawkins Hill Road, Wellington Natural Heritage Trust, Long Gully Bush Reserve, and Zealandia of which, according to the video below, Andy himself says that he is an avid environmentalist, one of the founders of Zealandia, the creator of much of the Green Belt, and a regular pest controller doing regular trapping control outside of Zealandia. The public video is sourced from Andy's own page dated May 2025.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=760463...
In this Facebook video, Andy refers to 500 existing projects and 300 future projects - can you confirm if Andy is involved in any of these projects with Wellington City Council (specifically in the Wrights Hill/Zealandia/Careys Gully/Long Gully/Te Kopahou areas; and if so, please list the name of the project, whether it is existing or future, and his involvement and whether that project has received any Wellington City Council funding, and value it received. We are only looking for data/information from October 2022 until July 2025 please (which is since his Mayoral tenure ended and he became an MP).
Brooklyn RatePayer
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