Hi Alex,
This enquriy has been forwarded to the Governance and Support team leader.
Regards,
Customer Services
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From: "Alex Harris" <[FYI contact email]>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 5:33 PM
To: "LGOIMA requests at Palmerston North City Council" <[Palmerston North City Council request email]>
Subject: Local Government Official Information and Meetings request: Does
the Palmerston North City Council open its meetings with a prayer?

Dear Palmerston North City 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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To: Alex Harris

 

Response to your request is attached.

 

Kind regards

 

TRACEY NIELSEN  l  Governance & Support Team Leader
Palmerston North City Council  l  Private Bag 11034  l  Palmerston North
P: [1]+64 (6) 3568199  l  [2]www.pncc.govt.nz

 

-----Original Message-----
From: "Alex Harris" <[3][FYI contact email]>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 5:33 PM
To: "LGOIMA requests at Palmerston North City Council"
<[4][Palmerston North City Council request email]>
Subject: Local Government Official Information and Meetings request: Does
the Palmerston North City Council open its meetings with a prayer?

Dear Palmerston North City 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
[5]fyi.org.nz website.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Harris

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