27 January 2026
Trevor Mil s
Email: [FYI request #33574 email]
Kia ora Trevor
OFFICIAL INFORMATION REQUEST - 369055
I refer to your request dated January 22, 2026, under the Local Government Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) regarding staff wages and salaries, employee numbers and
consultant expenditure for 2025.
We require clarification or amendment of your request to enable Council to respond under
the LGOIMA 1987 Act.
Clarification Required
As written, Question 2 of your request asks for “The total number of employees – salaried and
waged workers – on the day before the current CEO Nedine Thatcher-Swann commenced
with the GDC”.
To ensure we provide the correct information, could you please clarify whether you are
referring to:
When Nedine Thatcher-Swann original y commenced her Chief Executive role; or
When she commenced her new term fol owing reappointment
Once we receive clarification, we wil be better placed to process your request efficiently
and provide the information most relevant to your interests.
Should any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not
hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into account.
3. Important Note
If clarification or amendment is provided, it wil be treated as a new request for the purpose
of calculating the statutory timeframe for response (section 13(7) of LGOIMA).
Noho ora mai
Atiraira Thatcher
Official Information and Privacy Administrator