1 September 2025
Agnes M
Dear Agnes
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT 1987 (LGOIMA)
REQUESTS
I refer to your official information requests dated 4 August 2025 relating to record keeping and
the recipients of grants.
Part of the information you have requested is enclosed.
However, with respect to the grant information requested, we are extending the time period
for our decision.
Recordkeeping and Retention Policies
1.
and were [sic]
complaints have arisen.
a. A copy of the ALGIM Toolkit T2 Retention and Disposal Schedule is enclosed with
this response.
2.
received.
a. Documents are retained and disposed of in accordance with the ALGIM Toolkit T2
Retention and Disposal Schedule. Officers will be considering additional policy
regarding documents that relate to complaints in due course as part of policy
development processes.
3.
Confirmation of whether it is standard HRC practice to delete grant application and
supporting documents after 7 years, regardless of complaint, audit, or land-related
relevance.
a. I can confirm that this is not
practice.
List of Grant Recipients (2010 2024)
4.
Please provide a list of all recipients (individuals or organisations) who received grant(or
between 2010 and 2024 for:
Fencing
Planting
Taumarunui | Whanganui | Marton | Woodville | Palmerston North | Kairanga
24 hour freephone 0508 800 800 | fax 06 952 2929 | email [Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council request email]
Private Bag 11025,
Whole of Farm Plan-related works
For each grant, please include:
Name of recipient (individual
Name of farm or organisation
General location
Date approved and/or paid
Amount of grantor gift (public monies /rates contribution)
Purpose (e.g., hill fencing, riparian planting)
We are required to advise you of our decision on your request no later than 20 working days
after the day we received your request. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time
limit, and an extension is necessary to provide our decision on these requests, to 15 September
2025.
This request is for a large quantity of information, which requires a search of a large quantity
of information. Council officers will need to be reassigned from existing tasks to do so within
the existing timeframe, and thi
We ask whether you would be able to clarify your request, which would assist us in responding
to your request. We also note that the amount of resource required to process your request
means that Horizons may consider charging for making any requested information available.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or Freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely,
On behalf of LGOIMA
Enclosure
ALGIM Toolkit T2 Retention and Disposal Schedule