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Funding for Diwali event between 2017 and 2025

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From: Mohan Dutta

Kia Ora Wellington City Council,

1. Kindly supply how much funding has been awarded to the Diwali event between 2017 and 2025.
2. Kindly supply the details of how the Diwali event is designed, run and managed.
3. Kindly supply the minutes of the meetings to discuss the Diwali event between 2017 and 2025,
4. Is there a community advisory group that guides the council on the event? Who sits on the community advisory group? What organizations are represented on the community advisory group? How is the composition of the advisory group decided?
5. Has the Council received complaints about caste discrimination and racism around the Diwali event?
6. What are the restrictions related to food trucks for the Diwali event? How are these restrictions decided? Has the Council received feedback about the discriminatory nature of these restrictions? How does it respond to such feedback or complaints? If there have been complaints raised, how has the Council addressed them?
7. What is the Council's position on funding other religious events from the South Asian communities?

Ngā mihi nui,

Mohan Dutta

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Kia ora Mohan,

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Ngā mihi,
Chelsea

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