Whangarei Library Sunday Closure
Dennis Asgard made this Official Information request to Whangarei District Council
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From: Dennis Asgard
Dear Whangarei District Council,
I am requesting the following information about the decision made by council to close Whangarei library on Sundays from 1 March 2026:
A copy of the weekly staffing roster broken down into days of the week, showing required staffing hours for the current 7-day a week roster that operates up until 1 March 2026 at Whangarei Library.
and
A copy of the proposed weekly staffing roster broken down into days of the week showing the increased required staffing hours for a 7-day a week operation at Whangarei Library that was considered unaffordable.
and
A copy of the weekly staffing roster broken down into days of the week, showing required staffing hours for the 6-day a week roster that operates from 1 March 2026 at Whangarei Library.
All information is required at a facility level with consolidated/anonymised roles. I do not (and should not) want to see the details of named staff members who fill these resourced rosters.
Yours faithfully,
Dennis Asgard
Whangarei District Council
Tēnā koe,
Thank you for contacting us. Your request has been logged under the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.
We will respond to your request as soon as possible and in any case no
later than within 20 working days.
You can also call us freephone 0800 932 463. Please quote Request No.
OIA261997 if you require any further information.
If you would like to notify us about anything further regarding this
matter, you can reply to this email.
Ngā mihi,
Whangarei District Council
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From: LGOIMA - official information requests
Whangarei District Council
Tēnā koe Dennis,
I refer to your request of Dennis Asgard for Information about “Library
Sunday Closure”. Your request was referred to council’s Library Manager
for consideration to the following questions:
o A copy of the weekly staffing roster broken down into days of the
week, showing required staffing hours for the current 7-day a week
roster that operates up until 1 March 2026 at Whangarei Library.
o A copy of the proposed weekly staffing roster broken down into days of
the week showing the increased required staffing hours for a 7-day a
week operation at Whangarei Library that was considered unaffordable.
o A copy of the weekly staffing roster broken down into days of the
week, showing required staffing hours for the 6-day a week roster that
operates from 1 March 2026 at Whangarei Library.
Please review the attached documents supplied by Councils Library Manager
in response to your request.
The material represents our best efforts to locate relevant material.
However, the search process is by no means an exact science and given the
broad scope of your request it is possible that there may be other items
of relevance that have unintentionally been missed in the search.
I hope this information is of some assistance in responding to your
request. If you believe we have not responded appropriately to your
request, you have the right by way of complaint, under section 27(3) of
the Act, to apply to the Ombudsman to seek an investigation and review of
the decision.
Kind regards
Georgina Ellis
Official Information Requests Team
Whangarei District Council | Te Iwitahi | Private Bag 9023, Whangarei 0148
| [1]www.wdc.govt.nz
WDC Call Centre 09 430 4200
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References
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http://www.wdc.govt.nz/
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