Far North District Council
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Q1: Do you provide communal single-sex changing and showering facilities?
Kawakawa – yes, Kerikeri – yes, Kaikohe - yes.
Q2: Do you provide single occupancy changing and showering facilities? If so, how many at each site?
Kawakawa – yes [x2], Kerikeri - no, Kaikohe - no.
Q3: Please provide any policies or procedures that apply to trans-identified people who wish to use the changing and showering facilities in your sites.
Council has no policies or procedures in respect of changing and showering facilities. So, as Council does not hold the information you have requested, it must refuse this aspect of your request under Section 17(e) of the LGOIMA – that is, “that the document alleged to contain the information requested does not exist […]”.
Q4: How are your different changing and showering facilities labelled and described?
In relation to the facilities provided at the Kawakawa pool (identified in question 2 above), the facility has a sign on the door noting that they are single occupancy changing rooms.
Q5: At your sites, which changing room and showering facilities is a trans-identified male permitted to use?
The single occupancy changing rooms at Kawakawa.
Q6: If applicable, do your facilities allow trans-identifying males to attend Women Only swim sessions?
N/A. There are no swim sessions that are restricted to Women Only at any of the pools.
Our Verdict
Only Kawakawa provides single occupancy changing rooms and, with no broad policy in place, this is the only facility safe and private for women only.