Elizabeth Knox Home – Ethical issues?

The Elizabeth Knox Home and  hospital is operated by  KNOX HOME TRUST BOARD, the trust was set up in  1911  deed knox home   with 15,000 pound  for the trustees to use  in such manner for the purpose of building and endowing and maintaining  a hospital or home for the poor  people suffering incurable diseases .

The deed leaves it open to the  discretion of the trustees  as to who  should benefit from the home  and now   over 100 years later the home has morphed into a facility which is primarily  for the aged.

The latest news letter lists  the   trustees as

Mr Warwick Peacock—Chairman shareholder FUNERAL DIRECTORS (AUCKLAND) LIMITED

Dr Alistair MacCormick- Professional Director, Management Consultant

Mr Andrew Smith..

Mrs Christine Hart

Dr Ross McCormick- TOHUNGA CONSULTING COMPANY LIMITED

Dr Bruce Foggo- Dr in Palliative Medicine

Mr Bal Matheson  partner Russell mc Veagh

Last year I was asked  by a staff member   to assist  in a  employment matter  where   Knox home had sent her  the following letter . (Please note that this letter has  been edited to preserve privacy  of natural persons   .)

What followed was five months   interaction with Knox home and their   EMA representative.  It was at all times   big money pitted against a  low income  earner. (Less than $15  per hour)

The trustees  did not wish to know what was going on or become involved, I kept them in the loop and they condoned  what was   going on.  I take   this  as proof  that they believed that there  was nothing wrong with their action and  felt it justified.

The  CEO  who is an advocate of the Eden principle    took charge of the matter   .

My client was  kept in the dark as to  the allegations against her, no specific incidents  were given to illustrate the  allegations against her   and we were  told that the  allegations were all in the supervisors head.   When the   Knox home management  had a meeting without my client  but  with the supervisor,  the 9 allegations  became two. Proving that they had failed to  investigate the matters in the first place.

Despite being warned on two matter  My client was not provided with   the minutes of  the meetings, the incidents which  had allegedly  been referred to or any specific details of the claims.

The  claims   arose from the very first day the new supervisor took over  and  he  had chalked up  5 allegations against my client on the first 4 hour shift  but   did not report these for  a further month.. presumably saving them up for impact but  failing to provide detail.

In my opinion  my client was actually being bullied by her supervisor  and   my suspicions were confirmed when she reported that he had sworn at her  and had   punched her hand bag  into a wall .( this is a reconstruction and Knox management  insisted that we destroy this evidence of violence directed at my client )

This was a frightening experience for my client but Knox management  tried to   hold  her responsible for this action.

We made a complaint to the police  and it transpired that the supervisor was known to them . The police  were very concerned that   he was apparently employed without  any pre-employment screening being carried out. A comment was passed that this person should not have been employed in these surroundings.

The supervisor “ resigned “ after this event   but   things were not  going to  go well for my client  who   on leaving  work for her Christmas holiday , was given a letter on the 23rd December   dated 11 November  alleging more nonspecific issues  that she could mull over , over her holidays . At a time of good will to men   Knox Management  chose to fire off an allegation without  investigation and  later transpired to be along the same  vein as the earlier complaints .. all non specific.

It was obvious to me  that Knox were trying  to remove my client from her  job   , they were in my opinion not  doing this ethically  and even resorted to spying on my client using the  security cameras , as she went about  her duties.We have  employment laws for exactly this reason  but  when   money  buys you rights   and lack of money limits other peoples  rights to justice   then the law is truly an ass.

After having the  meeting of the  17 January    put off by management   for a further period we  failed to  find resolution.  We were actually told my  a senior supervisor to hurry  up and file the grievance   and it  became  clear to me in mediation   that   the   confidentiality in mediation was  going to provide them  with   the opportunity  that they desired.

The matter went to mediation  and following this my  dissatisfied  client   refused to pay me as the  action  by Knox had  forced the bill up    and   she  had  not  had  her expected outcome ,  she told me “ I did not want to have to resign “

Faced with a  former client    who does not have 2 cents to rub together  and  account of now nearly $10,000   which reflected the 5 months work, I looked at  constructive means of converting my  many hours into   $$.  I could bankrupt my client  but   that will cost me more than it will deliver  and seemed   a rather harsh thing to do in the circumstances.

This whole scenario proved to me  that the scorched earth policy is alive and well  ,  it is one I have seen played out many time, where the  rich , or those using trust funds ,  can write things off to  a tax loss while  forcing the costs  to accumulate   against the other party  who does not   have those benefits.  The strategy  forces the financially weaker party into submission due to their inability to  pay more.  In this case it worked  my client  has no money and cannot progress her grievance .

I am   in the process of wring a number of e books  and I believe that the  correspondence  and   the manner  in which  this   employment matter has been conducted is typical and of public interest to show  how  a dispute progresses  and the stand which is taken . The fact that the  Trust board  and the management condoned this  action  means  that there could not have been anything  detrimental or  unethical about  the process  in their view.

As a matter of courtesy  I wrote to Knox home  and   advised them of my intentions of publication   and  provided them  with an opportunity    to  purchase the material  and the rights  to  the work which I had put in.

I was told  by management that I was breaching confidentiality   , I pointed out that I was not  contracted to them in any  way and invited them to show me how I   owed  a duty of confidentiality to them.

I gave them a period of time to respond they  asked for an extension of time and I granted this  , then half an hour before that time was  up I received a phone call from the police  stating that Knox home  vial Jill Woodward had filed a complaint of blackmail against me.

I have responded to  Knox home as  follows

From: Grace Haden [mailto:grace@verisure.co.nz]
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2012 3:52 p.m.
To: ‘Jill Woodward’
Cc: Peacockfamily@xtra.co.nz
Subject: re

Good afternoon   Jill

I have received  a phone call from the police   alleging black mail    for the record   blackmail is

237 Blackmail
  • (1) Every one commits blackmail who threatens, expressly or by implication, to make any accusation against any person (whether living or dead), to disclose something about any person (whether living or dead), or to cause serious damage to property or endanger the safety of any person with intent—
    • (a) to cause the person to whom the threat is made to act in accordance with the will of the person making the threat; and
    • (b) to obtain any benefit or to cause loss to any other person.

(2) Every one who acts in the manner described in subsection (1) is guilty of blackmail, even though that person believes that he or she is entitled to the benefit or to cause the loss, unless the making of the threat is, in the circumstances, a reasonable and proper means for effecting his or her purpose.

(3) In this section and in section 239, benefit means any benefit, pecuniary advantage, privilege, property, service, or valuable consideration.

Please advise  where an when    I have threatened in any way  to make any accusation against any person or  to disclose something about any person or to or to cause serious damage to property or endanger the safety of any person .

I have clearly stated  my intent  and that is to be paid for the 5 months   of work which I have put in.

You have failed to advise me of any confidentiality agreements I have with you   and  I believe that the  e book will be a valuable public resource.

I will commence writing my e book on the weekend  and hope to have it published  next week  .

I  will also mention that you have made a complaint of blackmail to the police .

I further  refer you to the bill of rights  S 14 Freedom of expression
  • Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind in any form.

I will be availing myself  of that right.

I  accept  by the  events of this afternoon that  you do not wish to purchase my work from me.   May I remind you that I extended the dead line for a week  to accommodate your  trip to Australia and you have not had the courtesy to reply.

All I can read into this  is  further bullying.   Directed  at me this time.    A charge against me would be good as it will well and truly get it into the press..

When things are  dealt with properly  surely there is nothing to  fear? .. that is what transparency is  all about.

Regards

Grace Haden

VeriSure

Because truth matters

Phone (09) 520 1815
mobile 027 286 8239
visit us at  www.verisure.co.nz

I wish the   above to serve as my statement to the police  and would  also like to know  why they are in a rush to investigate me  when   for 6 years they have not looked at the serious corruption in Waitakere city  .

My client in my opinion was  subjected to Bullying by  Knox staff , they condoned  it  , they condoned the action   they took against her   but now they are  alleging  that I intend them harm?

I have personally always found  it  a good policy to have ethics  and   hold to them   could  it be by this action that the Knox home management and trustees   feel that what they have  done is not  going to be perceived as ethical  in   the court of public opinion?    They can’t have it both ways.  Or can the rich   defeat the law  and  then use the police  to obtain a gagging order?

When transparency is not welcome.. you have to ask the question  Why?

 

Do Brookfield’s lawyers support corruption? – a formal complaint

Over the past  six years I have been before the court   because I questioned corruption.

Not just any corruption this would have been the perfect public fraud.

The only thing which could save the perpetrators neck was to discredit me, the inadvertent   whistle blower.  So  enter Brookfield’s  with  the solution.

I have  advised Brookfields of the situation many times  but  because they are not an incorporated law firm as defined by the  lawyers and conveyancers act , they  apparently can get away with  it ..  another one of  those silly loop holes in the law.

This how they physically  did it  and I   am making this complaint to all the lawyers int eh practice int he hope that one may have a  conscience  with regards to  the rules.

First  to  barristers make a complaint to a law clerk, the dedicated law clerk springs into action after hours and attempts to  secure a result through intimidation. ( hyperlinks reveal   each segment of the story )

When this fails The law clerk   gets her husband  Nick Wright involved  he happens to be a partner  at Brookfileds   (You will note  from the link that  he claims he is a solicitor in a law practice   but if you look him  up  on the register  you will find that its actually  just false advertising- shows integrity? )

Nick Wright    gets David Neutze involved, David is apparently one of those types  who signs anything without checking   and then when he does find out  about the very big oops  ,will go out of his way to  cover  up  even to the extent of  filing bankruptcy and liquidation papers on someone  who has him  before the LCRO  on  claims of negligence .

While there are rules of conduct for lawyers  you  will find  that  even large law firms  like Brookfield’s    are happy to  take  your money  to  defend the indefensible even if it means ignoring the rules all together.

Brookfield’s were very clever  they managed to win   a defamation case without  the need to produce those awkward documents  which really don’t say what they have   claimed they say.  Read the blog How to win with no evidence .

Basically if you take a leaf out of David Neutze book you can win at anything using his formula .

  1. File fictitious claims. Produce no evidence..
  2. use interlocutories to  trump up the costs,
  3.  demand the costs  in a short time frame
  4.  Have the defence on the   remaining matter struck out.
  5. With draw the fictional claims.
  6. Skip formal  proof
  7. Go straight to Quantum
  8. Deny  any opportunity   for appeal
  9. Seal the orders and go straight to bankruptcy and liquidation
  10. Continue liquidation and bankruptcy action   even though the   judgment is challenged  on  having been obtained by fraud.

The strategy in a way is  a bit like that demonstrated by Rowan Atkinson in the  skit Fatal beating  You take something trivial  and escalate it  and take something major and  trivialise it.

It was good to see that  Ben  ATKINS   did not  turn up at the high court this week  and for the first time  in 6 years  David Neutze   turned up in person.  It would seem that   Ben  recognises  that there is fraud involved  but   Brookfileds management  are still happy to  see the bankruptcy and liquidation go through  despite the facts.

The last time  I saw Ben ,he was holding a folder which contained the affidavit  which  I filed in support of the   claim of obtaining a judgment  by fraud  , the  folder   had the name of  the  fictional organisation AWINZ on it  .

This  brings about another question    since the funds which were used to  pay Brookfields  are charitable funds ( as shown in the annual returns )  how come only  Mr Wells is claiming it in his own name.. is that not money laundering.. are Brookfield’s  now complicit to this criminal act as  well?  Or are they so fixed on civil matters that criminal matters  don’t matter? where  do they get the imunity from to be using their office for fraud?

How do they get away with it?

Perhaps Brookfileds can answer the questions raised in this  video they  obviously support  these principals.

We would  love to her from Brookfields  .. why are you immune to the  rules ?

2 A lawyer is obliged to uphold the rule of law and to facilitate the administration of justice.
  • 2.1 The overriding duty of a lawyer is as an officer of the court.

    2.2 A lawyer must not attempt to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat the course of justice.

Proper purpose
  • 2.3 A lawyer must use legal processes only for proper purposes. A lawyer must not use, or knowingly assist in using, the law or legal processes for the purpose of causing unnecessary embarrassment, distress, or inconvenience to another person’s reputation, interests, or occupation.1

Conflicting interests
  • 5.4 A lawyer must not act or continue to act if there is a conflict or a risk of a conflict between the interests of the lawyer and the interests of a client for whom the lawyer is acting or proposing to act.

    • 5.4.1 Where a lawyer has an interest that touches on the matter in respect of which regulated services are required, the existence of that interest must be disclosed to the client or prospective client irrespective of whether a conflict exists.
    • 5.4.2 A lawyer must not act for a client in any transaction in which the lawyer has an interest unless the matter is not contentious and the interests of the lawyer and the client correspond in all respects.

Proper professional practice

 11 A lawyer’s practice must be administered in a manner that ensures that the duties to the court and existing, prospective, and former clients are adhered to, and that the reputation of the legal profession is preserved.
Misleading and deceptive conduct

11.1 A lawyer must not engage in conduct that is misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive15 anyone on any aspect of the lawyer’s practice.

Prevention of crime or fraud
  • 11.4 A lawyer must take all reasonable steps to prevent any person perpetrating a crime or fraud through the lawyer’s practice.

and the act itself

4 Fundamental obligations of lawyers
  • Every lawyer who provides regulated services must, in the course of his or her practice, comply with the following fundamental obligations:

    • (a) the obligation to uphold the rule of law and to facilitate the administration of justice in New Zealand:

    • (b) the obligation to be independent in providing regulated services to his or her clients:

    • (c) the obligation to act in accordance with all fiduciary duties and duties of care owed by lawyers to their clients:

    • (d) the obligation to protect, subject to his or her overriding duties as an officer of the High Court and to his or her duties under any enactment, the interests of his or her clients.— that is   court  first client second .

 

Open letter to Ben ATKINS lawyer of brookfields

From: Grace Haden [mailto:grace@verisure.co.nz]
Sent: Thursday, 26 April 2012 2:59 p.m.
To: ‘atkins@brookfields.co.nz’
Cc: ‘neutze@brookfields.co.nz’; ‘johnston@brookfields.co.nz’
Subject: Lawyers using their office for fraud.

Good afternoon Ben

I wish to make you aware that Mr Neutze is currently before the law complaints review  office on my complaint .

I spoke to you  at  court this week and Noted that you had the affidavit  which details how the fraud was perpetrated. As the officer   dealing with the case you  have an obligation to read the affidavit .

The  affidavit should  sufficiently warn you that you are dealing with  gross corruption and fraud.

We are again scheduled to appear in court next week for the liquidation in which you have appeared for  Mr Neutze.

It appears that  Brookfield’s are allowing their offices to be used for fraud and  you are facilitating it  . That is their  choice  as to your involvement  you have a choice too.

Mr Wells in the bankruptcy and   insolvency matters  is taking action  to pervert the course of justice and   for money laundering. I have filed a statement of claim  seeking to rescind the   decision on fraud.

If you  turn up in court next week and  continue to   act  on behalf of  Mr Wells   and not as an officer of the court with  duties and responsibilities to  your statutes and regulations,   I will make a complaint to the law society  .

I have warned you twice now , what you are doing is career limiting, you have to make your  own ethical decisions.

If anyone else from Brookfileds turns up   I will know that they have been instructed by Mr Neutze and will take   action   against him/her as well . Mr Neutze is being vexatious   after all I  have made complaints against his  conduct and he  has good reason to want to see me  liquidated and bankrupted.

I  have  suffered 6 years of  hell because David Neutze did not get the evidence  before he filed a statement of  claim.  Lawyers acting under his direction  produced   no evidence of any form  and   misled the court as to discovery.

Mr wells  in an attempt to exonerate himself and others including  Mr Neutze produced documents to the law society which  proved that the claims were meritless  and  an abuse of process.

I am making submission  next week   so that I can represent  my company  one of the reasons  lawyers are preferred is because they have accountability .. I will ensure that  you have that accountability , had lawyers been accountable to the  rules  from day one  I would not be in the position I am in today.

A reminder of  your rules

As officers of the court  the  barristers have fundamental obligations as set out in section  4 of  the lawyers and conveyancers act  2006  and to the rules of professional conduct ,I refer to  specific rules being Set out as follows :

  1.  chapter 2 Rule of law and administration of justice  2.1 The overriding duty of a lawyer is as an officer of the court.
  1.  2.2 A lawyer must not attempt to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat the course of justice.
  1.  2.3 A lawyer must use legal processes only for proper purposes. A lawyer must not use, or knowingly assist in using, the law or legal processes for the purpose of causing unnecessary embarrassment, distress, or inconvenience to another person’s reputation, interests, or occupation.
  1. Assisting in fraud or crime   2.4 A lawyer must not advise a client to engage in conduct that the lawyer knows to be fraudulent or criminal, nor assist any person in an activity that the lawyer knows is fraudulent or criminal. A lawyer must not knowingly assist in the concealment of fraud or crime.
  1.  Prevention of crime or fraud  11.4 A lawyer must take all reasonable steps to prevent any person perpetrating a crime or fraud through the lawyer’s practice.

Above all    refer to section  25  Crimes  act 1961

I will be posting this on my Transparency web site   along with the post  , which is a copy of  the open letter I sent to Mr Neutze as to his actions

Regards

Grace Haden

VeriSure

Because truth matters

Phone (09) 520 1815
mobile 027 286 8239
visit us at  www.verisure.co.nz

 

Rodney Hide on TAX

In response to Rodney Hide on NBR

If you were truly concerned about our taxation why did you not do anything while you were a minister?

There appears to be little or no accountability in the way that our Tax dollar is spent, If the government was to have the same degree of accountability in spending Tax funds as we have in paying Tax then we may just find that there is a surplus.

You advocate one law for all but those on the highest income bracket find ways to avoid taxation and the easy targets, the   low income earners, cannot defend their rights as it is uneconomical for them to employ accountants and lawyers. Those in the highest brackets don’t mind how much they spend  they simply  call their defence a tax deduction .

Taxation is only fair if we are all equally responsible to tax laws and if we have full transparency and accountability of payments made from the public purse.

If we simply began with transparency   which ensured that all those including who receive the tax dollar are identifiable so that we can see what our money is being spent on and who is cheating the system.

There is gross corruption in the way our taxes are spent; no one knows how many people are double dipping or how many fictional organizations/ persons are ripping us off.

You know  that it goes on  I spoke to you years ago and provided you  with evidence   of a form of corruption known as   public office for private pecuniary gain.

You were supportive of me until you became a minister, then you  would not let me  have an appointment with you  despite that fact that you were my local MP .

I have yet to find out how one makes a complaint about   corruption when the victim is “the public“.  Is it acceptable because there are so many feathering their own nests from our hard earned dollars?  Is my case being kept from the public because it will show how truly corrupt New Zealand is?

Rodney  You  ignored my  last post  will you  ignore this one too  and will you sign  my petition for an independent commission against corruption ? www.anticorruption.co.nz

Rodney Hide and the NBR

Rodney Hide  has returned to the NBR  and  I  have  responded  to his latest article

HIDESIGHT: Political principle lost in a circus run by monkeys

as follows …  I have yet to receive a response from him

It would appear that Facts and truth don’t matter. to politicians either and although you were very helpful when I saw you, with regards to the fictional law enforcement authority -AWINZ , as my local MP when you were in opposition, you did everything you could to avoid me when you were minister for local government .

I could not even get an appointment with you and you chose to totally ignore me.

AWINZ was operating as a parasite off the councils resources and infrastructure using the public funds to derive a private income for a council manager, yet knowing the facts you did nothing.

This was Gross corruption and you apparently condoned it with your silence and in activity.

Rodney do you not think that this is a very good reason for us to have an independent commission against corruption. Would you support my petition?

I think ethics are important and those who turn a blind eye, in my book are as guilty as those who perpetrate the offenses.

If ministers don’t seek accountability who does? How do we get to question corruption when corruption is ignored by our ministers?

my petition is down loadable from www.anticorruption.co.nz

 

Talking Works Tom Didovich!

Talking works Tom Didovich    perhaps you need to admit to the corruption you are involved  with  , corruption which is bringing about  a  rise in  dog registration fees …  See Council to hike dog fees   

I have been talking for years but  you who  claims that  talking works ,have remained silent  and now I find that you are a counselor for talking works. Which quite frankly I find quite hypocritical.

You see the real issue is that dog owners have been paying for a great deal more than   dog control  they have also been  paying for   animal welfare.And you  are right in on this scam up to your neck , in fact it would not have got of the ground if it wasn’t for your involvement.

To  differentiate between the two.. Dog control is a council responsibility  and Animal welfare is  carried out by the RNZSPCA, police and MAF.

Tom Didovich is a trustee of a trust called the Animal Welfare Institute of New Zealand , he became a trustee in 2006  but  while he was the manager of dog and stock control at Waitakere city council actively campaigned to set up  the animal welfare institute of New Zealand ( AWINZ )  and  approved payments   from the public purse to facilitate  the origins of this trust  ( full back ground can be found here with  supporting documents )

When Tom  Didovich left Waitakere  his associate Neil wells took over and quickly  changed the  branding on the building , vehicle  and gate

This coincided with   a  public fund raising  campaign sent out with the   dog  registration papers  the  logo   that  Mr Wells  used   are shown on the  top of the  flyer  which  was printed in green .donation request    The letterhead was  adjusted after I complained to the council    and became

Do  you  not think  that  this logo and the signage  on the buildings  and vehicles  are deceptively similar?

One is a council the other is a private enterprise run by the  council manager.  Who wold guess that there were two entities being  run   “symbiotically” close, prolonged association between two or more different organisms of different species that may, but does not necessarily, benefit each member. And true to form there was no benefit to the public/ratepayers/dog owners   just to you and Mr Wells.  refer  this letter to you  from Neil Wells

It just so happened that Mr Wells had written the  bill  leading up to the animal welfare act  and had been independent adviser to the select committee.  When the  law passed  he  made an application   for AWINZ to become an approved organization with the ability to appoint inspectors  who had  statutory powers  .

While Tom was manager he  had ensured that all the  dog and stock control officers had received training  through Mr Wells  who was paid  By Mr Didovich from the  councils   dog   control  budget through his discretionary spending.

The  dog control officers were required to  Volunteer their time   to  the approved organization   and prioritize the  work  to the approved organization. Animal welfare institute of New Zealand. So when you  saw the van driving about Waitakere  the staff and  vehicle were not necessarily on council business they were on private business paid by  you the  rate payer and  dog owners .

Problems arose in 2006 when  Lyn Macdonald  asked me to find out  who or what the animal welfare institute of new Zealand was   and   I discovered that there were no trust deeds or anyone associated with AWINZ except Neil wells  officially and Tom Didovich as support person.

On 27 April 2006  With two others we categorically proved   that AWINZ did not exist by legally  registering an identically named   organization .

On 10 May 2006 Neil Wells  claims to have had a meeting  at which  Wyn Hoadley is appointed trustee to the animal welfare institute of new Zealand, a   trust which has not met, had lost its trust deed ( if it had ever  had one before then ) and  by a section which does not appear in a deed which is eventually produced .

WYN Hoadley Neil Wells and Graeme courts to legal action which started with  a legal  executive , now lawyer Vivienne Holm  harassing  me to force us to give up the name of the   incorporated entity in which I was a trustee.

Her husband at the  time Nick Wright then became involved and   harassed our  web host, he then prepared a letter which David Neutze of Brookfileds signed without checking the accuracy of it . How could they ever have claimed passing off?  when they didn’t even get together before we had legitimately formed .

And so 6 years of court action which   relied on words and NLP  and not on evidence  began. ( Neil wells through the proceedings referred to AWINZ as having legitimate business dealings  when the reality was that  it was no more than a leach off council services.

Tom Didovich  turned up in court more often than any of the so called trustees   and    became a trustee  by signing a deed in December 2006 when    Neil Wells tried to get AWINZ charitable status but  failed to do so due to  lack of documentation.

This is a complex matter   a perfect fraud    more can be found on this  at http://anticorruptionnz.wordpress.com, some of the documents no longer open   but we are  going through and fixing that, if you  are interested in a particular docuemtn please let me know and I will update the link   or send you a copy.

More recent articles   are on  the anticorruption web site ANIMAL LAW MATTERS

But getting back to  rise in dog registration , this is due  to  persons such as Tom Didovich and Neil Wells   using council resources facility and staff for their own income.

Stop corruption and our costs will decrease.

Ask the question  why  is the dog control division of council  adopting out pets  , who is funding it and why?

 

why Have I not been able to expose this corruption of  Public office for private  gain

Tom  its time to  talk   talking works !

LGOIMA request why increase dog registration ?

Sent: Wednesday, 29 February 2012 10:09 a.m.
To: ‘Doug.McKay@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz’ (Doug.McKay@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz)
Subject: Lgoima request Dog registration.

Good morning

I would like to request information pursuant to LGOIMA  under urgency  with regards to dog licencing.

The reason for the urgency is  that  submissions are due by the 23rd March  and a number of people will need access to this information   for their  submissions.

Since the  council  has   suggested in  its   annual plan that the costs are  going to go up, this information should be readily at hand and  what I am asking should be the very  questions considered before making a recommendation that fees should increase.

These reports  and the collation of the information  would have formed the basis of the decision to increase dog  registration fees.  To that end  please supply by way of LGOIMA with respect to each of the  councils which formed into  the Auckland council  for each year of the past 7 years

All reports  on which the decision to increase dog  fees are based  and in the even that these reports do not contain the following  also

  1. Annual Costs for  the running and administration of the  dog control  division
  2. the method used to enforce dog control, ie
    1.  was it out sourced to contractors, if so please advise the full  details of the contractors  or
    2. was it  dealt with in house, if so  how many dog control officers were  employed  and what funding was used for their employment
    3. With regards to all  divisions which dealt with dog control please advise what other  duties  this division carried out for  council or any third party  e.g.
      1. did the officers also  do  stock control if so   how was that funded
      2. did the staff   undertake  animal welfare work i.e  were they  animal welfare inspectors under the animal welfare act  and f so how was that funded.
      3. The annual  income  from prosecution of dog by laws   for each area
      4. Total Revenue  brought in  by prosecutions and  licensing   per annum for each area
      5. The % of registered  and  unregistered dogs in each area.
      6. How the  process  by which dog  control officers are warranted , is it transparent  where can members of the public  verify that a person is a  dog  control officer?
      7. The number of    dog control officers  employed in each  region.
      8. How the income   from  prosecutions was distributed   did it go back into  general funds or were the  funds returned to  the dog control  division  for running expenses?
      9. What other  animals are catered for   by the dog control   division  and how is that funded?
      10. By what legislative procedure  and by what ruling of council was  any non-dog or stock related activity consented to  by  the territorial authority. E.g  why  are other animals catered for in  Waitakere at the concourse and by what lawful means. ( note that they adopt cats out )

I will be posting these questions on Transparency.net.nz  for the interest of the general public and will   attach the response as soon as it  becomes available.

Regards

Grace Haden

 

VeriSure

Because truth matters

 

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Corruption its a global thing- and not a load of rubbish

I have long had a theory that what ever happens in NZ  is   history repeating itself   from what is occurring over seas.

Years ago when    my local council  ( One Tree Hill Borough ) was amalgamated into    a larger  city  Auckland City and  our rubbish bins  shrunk in size I spoke out  .

Auckland city  has since been amalgamated  with  other cities to become Auckland Council    and again  they are talking about  changing the  way our rubbish  goes  out. Brian Rudman: Beware invasion of the wheelie bins

I was sent some links  about a lady by the name of Stacy-Lynne   and  although  she is in Colorado  her concerns and her  issues  appear to  be the same  as ours.    I also note that they have gone all  out to    immobilize her  having taken her son away from her, e this is all part and parcel of silencing the  whistle blowers.

the  lnks are

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1q_YdTMVQg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXWP0OpQtxw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCpSQH6zhh0&feature=related

http://coloradoan-anti-censorship.net/story/2011-12-21/sad-news-report-stacy-lynne-case

a further link sent on to me  which  will be of interest is  www.cmn.tv/news/new-world-currency/

It s  time the silent majority stopped being silent  and   stood together     it is a lot easier to   engage your mind  now  and  see what is happenign   than to allow  things to happen and be powerless to fight back.

Misleading Justice

Lawyers are meant to  be officers of the court   and the court   is supposed to be a place for truth honesty  and justice. But that is where the fairy tale   starts and finishes.

I have   long used the equation for  corruption  as

CORRUPTION= MONOPOLY + DISCRETION -ACCOUNTABILITY

Looking at the   equation in terms of the court  we see that lawyers   are a group of persons  who through the very legislation which  allows them  to practice  also  have exclusivity  to the court .

The court is run by rules  and there are rules which    dictate how  lawyers should act in the  rules of  conduct there are  specific references to Fraud .

Assisting in fraud or crime

2.4 A lawyer must not advise a client to engage in conduct that the lawyer knows to be fraudulent or criminal, nor assist any person in an activity that the lawyer knows is fraudulent or criminal. A lawyer must not knowingly assist in the concealment of fraud or crime.

  • 2.4.1 A lawyer may assist a client in seeking to avoid or minimise any penalty or adverse effects that flow from fraud or crime.
Prevention of crime or fraud
  • 11.4 A lawyer must take all reasonable steps to prevent any person perpetrating a crime or fraud through the lawyer’s practice. This includes taking reasonable steps to ensure the security of and access to electronic systems and passwords.

But where a lawyer  alters  or  manufactures documents  they  have protection from  allegations by the following   section .

Reputation of other parties
  • 13.8 A lawyer engaged in litigation must not attack a person’s reputation without good cause in court or in documents filed in court proceedings.

    • 13.8.1 A lawyer must not be a party to the filing of any document in court alleging fraud, dishonesty, undue influence, duress, or other reprehensible conduct, unless the lawyer has taken appropriate steps to ensure that reasonable grounds for making the allegation exist.
    • 13.8.2 Allegations should not be made against persons not involved in the proceeding unless they are necessary to the conduct of the litigation and reasonable steps are taken to ensure the accuracy of the allegations and, where appropriate, the protection of the privacy of those persons.
It can be argued that if a lawyer   alters or creates a  document as shown in this example on u tube   and he himself does not  gain financially from it then  the  lawyer is not committing fraud  as a  fraudulent  document  has two requirements   and that is   that  the document  must be false and  it is used  for pecuniary ( financial ) gain.
The correct offences which should be considered  are those which come under the heading  Misleading justice  in the crimes act.
When lawyers are not held accountable to the truth  either   by their  own society or by the police    then   we will not get the truth in our courts.
It follows that any decision made  on false evidence  will therefore  lack integrity .
It is time that we  called for  the  utmost honesty in our courts  and any one  who is  found swearing  a false declaration or affidavit  or any one  giving false  evidence  or  providing the court with   fabricated documents or evidence needs to be charged.  the penalties are there as a deterrent  but when no one is charged then the penalties are never  enforced.
the real problem in New Zealand courts  is  that  we  do not  enforce these  sections of  the crimes act as  we have  the issue     which is summarized in  John 8:7
This is the very reason why lawyers  cannot judge other lawyers  and   we need an independent commission agaisnt corruption.
The police in such cases do not prioritize this work as the police is now  a business and the priority goes to  ACC and LTSA who together fund the police   to ensure that  injury and traffic matters are dealt with  .
My recommendation to the  the person who posted the U tube clip  is to make a complaint to   the law society with regards to the lawyers concerned.    and if he has no  success there then   write to the minister of justice  and make her aware . If we all  independently bring our issues of corruption     to their  attention then they  will at some stage have to take notice.
Transparency New Zealand will happily  link to your  blog, u tube item or  what ever  you produce to prove the   offence.
Our aim is to give a public portal  of links  which illustrate    how often this occurs.
Please advise any one  who has suffered injustice that   you can put up a blog through WordPress,  put the evidence up there  and  we will   link to you .
this is the copy of the email I received.  may our  list begin

I have serious forgery problems commited by NZ lawyers, but NZ police refused to investigate it.

Please refer to my youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF5iht_EXEM

reply from David Neutze

Despite the fact that  I have  new evidence before the court   which shows that Mr Neutze is aiding and abetting fraud   he has sent the  following email through  a fellow   lawyer …  it appears that  a win is a win no matter how dirty  you play   and Mr Neutze has therefore  proved that he  plays dirty  .  But Lawyers  can apparently get away with murder  Mr Neutze is apparently a lawyer who will sign anything  without checking the facts.

its strange that the ordinary   Kiwi can see it  but Mr  Neutze can’t ….  the full story  can be found at

ANIMAL LAW MATTERS

From: Cathryn Curran-Tietjens [mailto:curran-tietjens@brookfields.co.nz]
Sent: Monday, 9 January 2012 3:30 p.m.
To: grace@verisure.co.nz
Subject: Re: open letter published on transparency.net.nz

Dear Ms Haden

Thank you for your call this morning.  I have now had the opportunity to make contact with David Neutze.

I can confirm that the sums demanded in the statutory demand are all judgment sums.  That is, they are sums that have been awarded by the Court.  In the event the amounts sought are not paid, then bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings will be filed.

As there is nothing further Mr Neutze wishes to add, please take this email as a response to your 7 January 2012 email.

Cathryn Curran-Tietjens

Senior Solicitor

Brookfields Lawyers

DDI: +64 9 979 2109

Fax: +64 9 379 3224

Email: curran-tietjens@brookfields.co.nz

Web: www.brookfields.co.nz

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P O Box 240, Auckland 1140

NEW ZEALAND

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