Use of dowsing

B. White made this Official Information request to Christchurch City Council

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From: B. White

December 20, 2017

Tēnā koutou,

I am interested in the use of dowsing techniques by employees and contractors used by your council when working with water, e.g. pipe leaks, water sources, etc.

Please release the following information:

1. If any Council or Council Controlled Organisations staff use dowsing as part of their job

2. If any contractors employed by Council use dowsing as part of their work when engaged by the Council

3. If any dowsing companies explicitly offering dowsing services have been engaged by the Council.

4. For any of the above, what costs were incurred by the Council.

Please give me this information for as long as records are available.

If any part of my request is unclear, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Ngā mihi,

B. White

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From: Official Information
Christchurch City Council

December 21, 2017

Dear B White,

Thank you for your email.

We are handling your request under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). Your request has been
forwarded to the appropriate Christchurch City Council staff, and we will
provide a response or update within 20 working days of the date we
received your request.

Please note, taking into account the summer holiday period under the
LGOIMA, the due date for our response is 9 February.

Yours sincerely,

Katie McFadden

Information Advisor
Office of the Chief Executive

Christchurch City Council
Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street, Christchurch
PO Box 73016, Christchurch, 8154

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From: Official Information
Christchurch City Council

January 29, 2018

Dear B White,

Thank you for your email, received on 20 December. You requested the
following information, under the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA):

“Please release the following information:

1. If any Council or Council Controlled Organisations staff use dowsing as
part of their job

2. If any contractors employed by Council use dowsing as part of their
work when engaged by the Council

3. If any dowsing companies explicitly offering dowsing services have been
engaged by the Council.

4. For any of the above, what costs were incurred by the Council.

Please give me this information for as long as records are available”.

Response

Dowsing is not a practice that is, or has ever been, used or promoted by
the Council. We do not pay contractors to undertake this practice.
Therefore, the Council has not incurred any costs related to this
practice.

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review our
decision. Complaints can be sent by email to
[1][email address], by fax to (04) 471 2254, or by post to
The Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.

Yours sincerely,

Katie McFadden

Information Advisor
Office of the Chief Executive

Christchurch City Council
Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street, Christchurch
PO Box 73016, Christchurch, 8154

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