Dear Alex,
Thank you for your email on Monday 26 March with your Official Information
Request regarding the prayers at the beginning of meetings.

We have forwarded your enquiry onto our Issues Resolution Team for their
attention as they are best suited to follow up on your request. We expect
they will contact you directly in due course.

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Online Information Co-ordinator
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Wellington City Council
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----- Original Message -----
> From: Alex Harris ([5][FYI contact email])
> Sent: 26/03/2012 20:43
> Subject: Local Government Official Information and Meetings request:
Wellington Council prayer
>
>      Dear Wellington 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
>      [6]fyi.org.nz website.
>
>      Yours faithfully,
>
>      Alex Harris
>
>
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Dear Alex,
 
Please find attached the Council's formal response to your request for
information.
 
Regards,
 
Ian Hunter
Issues Resolution Office
Wellington City Council.
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
> From: Alex Harris ([1][FYI contact email])
> Sent: 26/03/2012 20:43
> Subject: Local Government Official Information and Meetings request:
Wellington Council prayer
>
>      Dear Wellington 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
>      [2]fyi.org.nz website.
>     
>      Yours faithfully,
>     
>      Alex Harris
>     
>     
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