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Good morning,

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 7 September 2024, where you requested:

How many Freemasons in New Zealand hold public service positions and out of the ones that do, how many of them hold significant public service positions i.e party leaders and their advisors, high ranking positions in our judicial system, monetary system, health system, education system, high ranking positions in the Police and NZDF?

We received your request on 7 September 2024. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 4 October 2024, being 20 working days after the day your request was received.

If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice | Minister for State Owned Enterprises
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and Communications

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