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Good afternoon.

 

Thank you for contacting us at the Far North District Council.

 

I have forwarded your request for information to our Legal Department for
a response - correspondence number 3535845.

 

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Anja

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From: Alex Harris [[2]mailto:[OIA #136 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 2:14 p.m.
To: [Far North District Council request email]
Subject: Local Government Official Information and Meetings request: Does
the Far North District Council open its meetings with a prayer?

     Dear Far North 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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Good afternoon

In response to your query I would advise that the Council does not have an
opening prayer for its meetings and has not to my knowledge had one for at
least two terms.

On occasions when it holds a workshop or special meeting which has
particular Maori connotations it may open and close with a Karakia.

 

 

Richard Palmer

Council Advisory Services Manager

Corporate Services

Ph 09 401 5200 or 0800 920 029

 

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