Proactive Release Response to LGOIMA request 2025 288 10 September 2025
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Requested Information:
Choose Clean Water understands that at the time of the Local Government New Zealand Conference on / around 16-17 July 2025 in Christchurch, your regional councillors may have been invited to and attended an evening event or dinner hosted by Fonterra.
Can you please answer the following questions under the LGOIMA:
1. Did any of your councillors and/or staff who attended the LGNZ conference meet with Fonterra representatives and/or attend any Fonterra sponsored events during the time they were in Christchurch for the event?
2. If so, what were the details of each of the events or meetings, and which regional councillors and/or staff attended them?
3. Did your regional councillors and/or staff receive any gifts or benefits from Fonterra during these events, including free meals or other food, beverages/alcohol, or any merchandise or products?
4. If so, what was received by whom, and what was the approximate monetary value of these?
5. If there are any meeting notes or if there were reports/presentations that were provided to your councillors and/or staff at any meetings or events, can you please provide a copy of these?
In addition:
6. Have your councillors and/or staff met with Fonterra representatives at other times in the past 12 months (note no detail is required on this at this stage, we just want to understand if this is a regular occurrence)?