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Good morning Maddison

 

I acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 23 July
2025 for information relating to penguins in council plans.

 

We received your request on 23 July 2025. We will endeavour to respond to
your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 20 working
days after the day your request was received.

 

If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of
an extension of that timeframe.

 

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any further queries.

 

Kind regards

Alana

 

 

 

    

From: [1][FOI #31716 email]

Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 1:36 PM

To: [2][Timaru District Council request email]

Subject: Official Information request - Penguins in council plans

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Dear Timaru District Council,

Please supply the following information under the Official Information Act
(OIA) / Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA):

Does council agree penguins exist on beaches in their area?
Does council agree penguins are adversely affected?
Have they got plan objectives concerning them? (biodiversity, fauna) or
similar?
Have they got plan policies concerning them? (biodiversity, fauna) or
similar?
Have they got plan rules concerning them? (biodiversity, fauna) or
similar?
If not rules, do they have other methods concerning them?
If any of the above plan matters apply, is it monitoring them?
Has it acted on monitoring?
Are there dog control bylaws over beach areas?

If you need any more information from me please let me know as soon as
possible.
I understand that a decision on a request for information under the
[OIA/LGOIMA] should be made within 20 working days of receiving that
request.

Yours faithfully,
Maddison Plumridge.

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