At the other end of the scale, Murray Chong, Harry Duynhoven, Colin Johnston and Dinnie Moeahu had no conflicts listed as at the end of March.
Tony Bedford: Taranaki Electricity Trust (Trustee), Waitara Services and Citizens Club (Member), Hurricanes Alumni (Member), Hurricanes Schools Council (Life Member), Residential Property Owner, Family Trust, Taranaki Electricity Trust, Hurricanes Alumni (Trustee), Taranaki Elite Athletes Foundation (Council appointee).
Sam Bennett: Speaking Made Easy (Ownership of company and contract with NPDC), Full Circle Bespoke Life Events, Heart of Brooklands, New Plymouth Operatic Society (Sponsorship Manager), Celebrants Association of New Zealand, Residential Property Owner, APJ and DM Bennett and PJ Bennett (Family Trust), Star Gym (Council representative).
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Taranaki Regional Council said the loss of jobs in the oil and gas sector had been significantly understated by the Climate Change Commission.
Draft advice to the Government on reducing the effects of climate change by 2050 would disproportionately overburden Taranaki and hit jobs, regional council officers have warned. The estimated 600 jobs that would be lost from the oil and gas sector under the Climate Change Commission’s (CCC) initial proposals had been “significantly understated”, Taranaki Regional councillors were told on Tuesday. They were considering their officers’ initial response to the CCC s draft consultation report on transitioning away from fossil fuels.
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The Decks was designed to be a family-friendly area for a coffee, a bite to eat or just to hang out. He also thanked those who paid road user charges and filled up their cars – “this is actually a rebate”. “Basically this is your fuel taxes right here, Holdom said. “Normally it s just in the form of roads.” Councillor Stacey Hitchcock said businesses had come knocking on the council door in 2019 and asked what they were doing for the east end of Devon St. “It was driven by our local business community,” she said.
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