LGOIMA Request Details: LG1951

Date received: 12/10/2020

Requested information: Formal complaints on Elected Members

Status: Complete

Date responded: 14/10/2020

Response:

​Elected Member: Mayor

Date: May 2020

Nature of the Complaint:  Email exchange between three elected members

Complainants:  Withheld under LGOIMA section 7.2(f) 

Investigator:  Fitzherbert Rowe, Palmerston North Law Firm, Name of the investigator withheld under LGOIMA section 7.2(a) and 7.2(g)

Cost:  $6834.88 excl GST - being the full external costs of the investigation and reporting.

Outcome of the investigation:  On the basis that there may have been a misunderstanding and that no genuine conflict or perception of bias crystallised, my view is that the complaint is minor and otherwise nonmaterial.  I do not consider any further action is required.