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Does the Chatham Islands Council open its meetings with a prayer?

Alex Harris made this Official Information request to Chatham Islands Council

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From: Alex Harris

Dear Chatham Islands 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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From: Liz Day
Chatham Islands Council

Kia ora
Thank you for your email but no this Council does not start their meetings with a karakia - prayer

Kind regards

Liz

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Harris [mailto:[OIA #160 email]]
Sent: 18 April 2012 12:58 p.m.
To: LGOIMA requests at Chatham Islands Council
Subject: Local Government Official Information and Meetings request: Does the Chatham Islands Council open its meetings with a prayer?

Dear Chatham Islands 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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