Dear Warren

Thank you for your Request for Official Information received on 11 July 2025 relating to multi-council water services body with Palmerston North, Horowhenua and Rangitīkei.

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Regards

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From: Warren Murdoch <[FOI #31554 email]>
Sent: Friday, 11 July 2025 6:09 pm
To: Info <[Ruapehu District Council request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - multi-council water services body with Palmerston North, Horowhenua and Rangitīkei

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Dear Ruapehu District Council,

Could I please be provided with all documents concerning Ruapehu District Council investigating whether to be involved in a multi-council water services body with Palmerston North, Horowhenua and Rangatikei.

Could I also be provided with all of the Council meeting minutes where the above was discussed.

Could I also be provided how each councillor voted on this proposal.

Kind regards

Yours faithfully,

Warren Murdoch

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Dear Mr. Murdoch

 

Please find correspondence attached in this email.

 

Regards

 

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Dear Mr. Murdoch

Thank you for your email request which I have forwarded to the Governance Team for a response.
Please allow a little time for this to be actioned.

Regards

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Original Message-----
From: Warren Murdoch <[FOI #31554 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 19 July 2025 10:01 pm
To: Info <[Ruapehu District Council request email]>
Subject: Re: LGOIMA Ref: 000165 Decision and Response

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Dear Info,
I have looked throught the links you have provided but can't find how each counciller voted on the motion, Could you please direct me to the link that provides this information or provide the information to me.

Kind regards

Yours sincerely,

Warren Murdoch

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Dear Mr Murdoch,

Thank you for your follow-up query regarding how each councillor voted on the proposal to partner with Whanganui District Council in a two-council water services CCO.

To clarify, a division (where each councillor's vote is formally recorded) was not called at the meeting, so individual votes were not recorded in the minutes.

The motion, moved by Deputy Mayor Hoeta and seconded by Councillor Kahukura Hadley-Chase, was:

"That the Council agrees to partner with Whanganui District Council, in a two-council WS-CCO."

When the Mayor put the motion to the Council by calling “all in favour say aye,” several councillors responded in the affirmative. He then asked for any opposed — no councillors spoke — and the motion was declared carried, but not unanimously.

As a result, there is no formal record of how each councillor voted.

I trust this clarifies the matter.

Ngā mihi,
Tasha Paladin

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Original Message-----
From: Info <[Ruapehu District Council request email]>
Sent: Monday, 21 July 2025 10:16 am
To: [FOI #31554 email]
Subject: Further Query: LGOIMA Ref: 000165 names of each councillor and how they voted

Dear Mr. Murdoch

Thank you for your email request which I have forwarded to the Governance Team for a response.
Please allow a little time for this to be actioned.

Regards

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