Code of Conduct Complaints against Elected Council Members at the NRC - Additional Information
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From: Paul Voigt
Dear Northland Regional Council
Thank you for your response to my OIA - can you please provide the same information for the previous 3 year term and also advise if any OIAs have been logged / progressed since the last OIA - given that some were unresolved.
With thanks
Yours faithfully
Paul Voigt
From: Bruce Howse
Northland Regional Council
Hi Paul,
Thank you for your email.
Where you refer to OIA’s (as highlighted below), I assume you mean code of
conduct complaints? Can you please confirm.
Ngā mihi
Bruce Howse
Pou Taumatua – Group Manager Corporate Services
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Northland Regional Council » Te Kaunihera ā rohe o Te Taitokerau
M 0274 538 168
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From: Christy Weightman <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 15 September 2025 8:45 am
To: Bruce Howse <[email address]>
Subject: FW: LGOIMA REQ.627757 Voigt P Code of Conduct Complaints against
Elected Council Members at the NRC Previous 3 year term 20250908
Another one for you Bruce.
Thanks and Regards
Christy Weightman
Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer
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From: Service Desk CS <[14][email address]>
Sent: Monday, 8 September 2025 8:55 am
To: Christy Weightman <[15][email address]>
Subject: Fwd: LGOIMA REQ.627757 Voigt P Code of Conduct Complaints against
Elected Council Members at the NRC Previous 3 year term 20250908
Kia ora Christy,
Paul Voigt is requesting additional information from previous request.
This has been loaded into Iris REQ.627757.
Ngā mihi,
Coralie Coop
Customer Services Coordinator
Northland Regional Council » Te Kaunihera a rohe o Te Taitokerau
On Fri, 5 Sep 12:08 , Paul
<[16][FOI #32241 email]> wrote:
Dear Northland Regional Council
Thank you for your response to my OIA - can you please provide the same
information for the previous 3 year term and also advise if any OIAs
have been logged / progressed since the last OIA - given that some were
unresolved.
With thanks
Yours faithfully
Paul Voigt
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From: Bruce Howse
Northland Regional Council
Hi Paul,
I am following up on my email below, can you please provide clarification
in order for NRC to process your information request.
Ngā mihi
Bruce Howse
Pou Taumatua – Group Manager Corporate Services
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Northland Regional Council » Te Kaunihera ā rohe o Te Taitokerau
M 0274 538 168
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From: Bruce Howse
Sent: Monday, 15 September 2025 8:51 am
To: '[FOI #32241 email]'
<[FOI #32241 email]>
Subject: FW: LGOIMA REQ.627757 Voigt P Code of Conduct Complaints against
Elected Council Members at the NRC Previous 3 year term 20250908
Hi Paul,
Thank you for your email.
Where you refer to OIA’s (as highlighted below), I assume you mean code of
conduct complaints? Can you please confirm.
Ngā mihi
Bruce Howse
Pou Taumatua – Group Manager Corporate Services
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Northland Regional Council » Te Kaunihera ā rohe o Te Taitokerau
M 0274 538 168
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From: Christy Weightman <[11][email address]>
Sent: Monday, 15 September 2025 8:45 am
To: Bruce Howse <[12][email address]>
Subject: FW: LGOIMA REQ.627757 Voigt P Code of Conduct Complaints against
Elected Council Members at the NRC Previous 3 year term 20250908
Another one for you Bruce.
Thanks and Regards
Christy Weightman
Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer
Northland Regional Council » Te Kaunihera ā rohe o Te Taitokerau
M 0276 111 430
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From: Service Desk CS <[21][email address]>
Sent: Monday, 8 September 2025 8:55 am
To: Christy Weightman <[22][email address]>
Subject: Fwd: LGOIMA REQ.627757 Voigt P Code of Conduct Complaints against
Elected Council Members at the NRC Previous 3 year term 20250908
Kia ora Christy,
Paul Voigt is requesting additional information from previous request.
This has been loaded into Iris REQ.627757.
Ngā mihi,
Coralie Coop
Customer Services Coordinator
Northland Regional Council » Te Kaunihera a rohe o Te Taitokerau
On Fri, 5 Sep 12:08 , Paul
<[23][FOI #32241 email]> wrote:
Dear Northland Regional Council
Thank you for your response to my OIA - can you please provide the same
information for the previous 3 year term and also advise if any OIAs
have been logged / progressed since the last OIA - given that some were
unresolved.
With thanks
Yours faithfully
Paul Voigt
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From: Bruce Howse
Northland Regional Council
Kia ora Paul,
Thank you for your LGIOIMA request, received September 5, 2025 12:08:25
AM, as follows:
Thank you for your response to my OIA - can you please provide the same
information for the previous 3 year term and also advise if any OIAs have
been logged / progressed since the last OIA - given that some were
unresolved.
For completeness, I note that your previous LGOIMA request (which has
previously been responded to), requested the following information:
Can you please advise of ALL code of conduct complaints raised against
sitting councillors and/or the Chairs and the outcome of such complaints
between 2022 and the present. In doing so, can you provide details of the
nature of the complaint and the outcome. If the details are 'in
confidence', then please confirm the existence of such a complaint and
whether it was upheld.
The following code of conduct complaint was received during the three year
period of October 1999 to October 2022:
Date Complainant Respondent Status Nature of
complaint
18 June Northland Toxin Cr Stolwerk The independent Complaint
2020 Awareness Group investigator ruled relates to
“the complaint is statements made
upheld but by Cr Stolwerk
non-material”. Also, where a motion
that as the alleged regarding the
breach occurred during use of
a council meeting that genetically
the complaint did not modified
meet the criteria to organisms in
be considered under the Coastal
the Code of Conduct. Marine Area was
being debated
at a council
meeting.
In your information request you also enquire ‘and also advise if any OIAs
have been logged / progressed since the last OIA - given that some were
unresolved.’ I have assumed by reference to OIAs you are referring to
code of conduct complaints, if my assumption is correct, then I can
confirm that no further code of conduct complaints have been logged or
processed.
Ngâ mihi
Bruce Howse
Pou Taumatua – Group Manager Corporate Services
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Northland Regional Council » Te Kaunihera â rohe o Te Taitokerau
M 0274 538 168
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Steve Marshall left an annotation ()
The formatting, here, of the NRC response is a mess. It looks like a table has collapsed. Here's my take on what the NRC says:
Date: 18/06/20
Complainant: Northland Toxin Awareness Group
Respondent: Cr Stolwerk
Status: The independent investigator ruled “the complaint is upheld but non-material”. Also, that as the alleged breach occurred during a council meeting that the complaint did not meet the criteria to be considered under the Code of Conduct.
Nature of complaint: Complaint relates to statements made by Cr Stolwerk where a motion regarding the use of genetically modified organisms in the Coastal Marine Area was being debated at a council meeting.
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