Alex Harris

via email: [1][OIA #129 email]

 

Dear Alex

 

Thank you for your request under the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act 1987, dated 5 April 2012, for the following information:

 

·         Does the Council open its meetings with a prayer?

·         If the answer to the above is "yes", then I'd like a copy of
that prayer (or examples, if more than one is used), when the practice was
first established, whether the council has considered abolishing it in the
wake of the Whanganui decision, and any advice the council may hold on the
prayer's compatibility with both the Human Rights Act 1993 and Bill of
Rights Act 1990.

 

Please find below information relevant to your request, which we have
released under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
1987.

 

·         Does the Council open its meetings with a prayer?

No, the Carterton District Council does not open its meetings with a
prayer.

 

·         If the answer to the above is "yes", then I'd like a copy of
that prayer (or examples, if more than one is used), when the practice was
first established, whether the council has considered abolishing it in the
wake of the Whanganui decision, and any advice the council may hold on the
prayer's compatibility with both the Human Rights Act 1993 and Bill of
Rights Act 1990.

Not applicable.

 

You have the right to seek a review of these decisions by way of complaint
to the Ombudsman, under section 27(3) of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Martin Sebire

Corporate Services Manager

 

 

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From: Alex Harris [mailto:[FYI contact email]]

Sent: 05 April 2012 12:18 PM

To: Sandra Hayes

Subject: Local Government Official Information and Meetings request: Does
the Carterton District Council open its meetings with a prayer?

 

     Dear Carterton District Council,

    

     As you may have read recently, the Whanganui District Council

     abolished its opening prayer after a complaint was made to the

     Human Rights Commission. I'm interested in learning how widespread

     this practice is, so I'd like to request the following information

     under the LGOIMA:

    

     * Does the Council open its meetings with a prayer?

     * If the answer to the above is "yes", then I'd like a copy of that

     prayer (or examples, if more than one is used), when the practice

     was first established, whether the council has considered

     abolishing it in the wake of the Whanganui decision, and any advice

     the council may hold on the prayer's compatibility with both the

     Human Rights Act 1993 and Bill of Rights Act 1990.

    

     I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about

     this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the

     fyi.org.nz website.

    

     Yours faithfully,

    

     Alex Harris

    

     

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