Fraud probe over missing $700k
A senior manager at the Ministry of Transport, Joanne Harrison, was sacked last week for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' dollars. She's understood to have left New Zealand, possibly for Canada, after being accused of stealing money through false contracting arrangements. It's alleged Ms Harrison used false contracting arrangements to steal about $750,000 to $1 million after ministry management was reportedly alerted to the financial discrepancies earlier...
Justice Toogood hears appeal in a case he played a part in
July 21 (Wellington) - Justice Kit Toogood sits on the bench today to hear Affco New Zealand's appeal against an Employment Court ruling that the rights of seasonal workers were preserved in the off-season, a decision that overturned a precedent-setting case from 1992 that he played a part in. Toogood, who was admitted to the bar in 1973 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1999 before being appointed a High Court judge in 2011, represented the meat industry in NZ Meat Workers Union v Richmond in 199...
Former Minister for Courts charged with causing injury
Former policeman and National MP Chester Borrows, has been charged by police after claims he injured a protester with his car earlier this year. Mr Borrows, MP for Whanganui, and Deputy Speaker in Parliament, was driving through the town with Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett when they were confronted by TPP protesters.
Video has emerged of Mr Borrows' car moving towards the protesters, slowing to a crawl, then speeding up again while a police officer encourages...
Fraudster jailed after theft from school
Donald John Hancox, former executive officer at Upper Hutt College, has apologised for fleecing the school over seven years as he was sentenced to Mr Hancox has been sentenced to two years and three months' imprisonment
Hancox, 68, of Carterton, who worked at the college for 20 years, pleaded guilty to 10 criminal charges of obtaining $375,000 by deception over a seven-year period during which he was the school's executive officer. The role gave him responsibility for the financial...