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Does the Waimate District Council open its meetings with a prayer?

Alex Harris made this Official Information request to Waimate District Council

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From: Alex Harris

Dear Waimate 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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From: John Larcombe
Waimate District Council

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Pursuant to your request under LGOIMA, I attach herewith a copy of Councils Opening Prayer which it uses at the commencement of each Council meeting.

We understand that this has been carried out since the inception of the Waimate District in 1989.

Our Council has not considered abolishing the Opening Prayer.

Regards
John Larcombe

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