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12 October 2022 
 
 
Peter Hardgrave 
[FYI request #20698 email]  
 
Dear Mr Hardgrave 
 
LGOIMA  RESPONSE  –  USE  OF  CIVIC  INFRASTRUCTURE  BY  FREEMASONS 
AND MASONIC LODGES 
 
Please find below New Plymouth District Council’s response to your LGOIMA request 
of 30 September 2022. 
 
 
1. 
Please supply information for each of the last six years; These 
facilities might include, for example, use of accommodation, council 
transport, car parking, use of any other council owned, or hired, 
items.  Should any of the above be made available to Freemasons on 
a private or commercial basis, then this should be stated (with 
details). 
 
a) 
Has NPDC provided any facilities of whatsoever nature, to any 
Freemasons, or Masonic Lodges? What were these? 
 
There has been one booking of the Bowl of Brooklands Stage for a 
morning tea in March 2018.    This was a hireage fee of $117. 
 
2. 
Have there been any fiscal transactions of whatsoever nature, 
between NPDC and Freemasons, or Masonic lodges? (Definition of 
"transactions". This means any transfer of goods, services, or funds, 
a communicative action, or activity, between the council and 
Freemasons, or things that reciprocally affect or influence each 
other).  Transactions does not include any "services" common to all 
residents of the city.  It asks specifically for matters between the 
council and Freemasons which are being transacted due to the 
mutual relationship that exists between the parties. 
 
a) 
What were these transactions by event which they occurred 
and during what financial period? 
 
Refer Question 1a. 
 

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3. 
Have there been any gifts received by NPDC from Freemasons, or 
Masonic Lodges? (Gifts received, this includes both corporate and 
individual gifts). 
 
a) 
How were these gifts accounted for when audits have been 
conducted? 
 
Nil gifts received. 
 
Yours faithfully 
 
 
 
Julie Straka 
GOVERNANCE LEAD 
 
 

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