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12 October 2022 
 
 
Peter Hardgrave 
[email address]  
 
 
 
Dear Mr Hardgrave 
 
LGOIMA RESPONSE - MEMBERSHIP AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 
 
Please find below New Plymouth District Council’s response to your LGOIMA 
response of 30 September 2022. 
 
1.      I request a current list of all NPDC local government staff who hold 
membership with any Freemason/Masonic Lodge or society. 
 
New Plymouth District Council does not hold this information. 
 
(a)   Please provide copies of the NPDC ‘conflict of interest 
questionnaire’ (Declaration of interests) for the past 9 years. 
 
A copy of the conflict of interest form (for those involved in contracting 
matters) is attached. 
 
(b)   NPDC register of interests, registers should be located within 
each council’s governance statement.  Making these registers 
public contribute to public confidence and to the 
accountability of the member and the local authority.  The 
primary reasons for creating such registers is to strengthen 
public confidence in public bodies like local government. 
Please confirm by year (for the past 9 years) how many 
members of NPDC have not filed or completed this 
requirement (by numbers and department). 
 
New Plymouth District Council has no record of conflicts of interest not 
being advised. 
 
 
 
 

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