Dear Alex

No, Council nor any of its committees, sub committees or Community Boards open their meetings with a prayer.

David Adamson
Chief Executive
Southland District Council

Phone - 0800 SDCSDC | 0800 732732
Fax - 0800 SDCFAX | 0800 732329
E-Mail - [email address]
WWW - http://www.southlanddc.govt.nz

> From:Alex Harris[SMTP:[OIA #165 email]]
> To:General[EX:/O=SOUTHLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL/OU=SDC/cn=Recipients/cn=General
>
> Received-Date:20120418
> Received-Time:11:54:53 a.m.
> Sent-Date:20120418
> Sent-Time:11:54:43 a.m.
> Subject:Local Government Official Information and Meetings request: Does
> the Southland District Council open its meetings with a prayer?
> Dear Southland 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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