So the question is does stuff check their facts and the validity of information? or more to the point do any of the larger media representatives. Earlier I took the opportunity to correct the reporter on a couple of things and after doing so rather than correct the information they continued on without alteration.
According to them they did not name us and therefore they can not be held liable for slander.
One would have thought that if you were aware that the information you posted was not correct your would have an obligation to correct that information regardless of if you named the person or not. Well not according to Danya Levy as she stated that if i have an issue with what was posted I needed to take this up with Housing New Zealand.
Now the error was not just incorrect based on my view but was also incorrect based on what was submitted to court. Is it the case that once you have been convicted of something you have no rights and the media can say whatever they like without checking its validity.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
stuff.co.nz article.
Apparently according to Stuff the minister "Phil Heatly" announced that..
"More than 300 state housing tenants were evicted in the past year for lying about their circumstances, including one couple that ran an internet business from their property which turned over almost $400,000."
I can only assume the $400K he is referring to is actually $400K total turnover over about 8 Years and this also included loans and assistance from family. Now take in to account that the raw network operating expenses for that same period were $336K you are left with $64K and divide that by the 8 years.
Its not as clear cut as the minister would lead you to believe is it. But the fact that our defense team had a budget of around $1700.00 and the crown had an unlimited budget shows just how fair the system is.
I would love to be able to say more but due to new evidence that has just come up we are in the process of lodging an appeal.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/7524975/More-state-house-cheats-being-caught?comment_msg=posted#post_comment
According to the stuff reporter who i spoke to today this information was provided to the media in a press conference today.
"More than 300 state housing tenants were evicted in the past year for lying about their circumstances, including one couple that ran an internet business from their property which turned over almost $400,000."
I can only assume the $400K he is referring to is actually $400K total turnover over about 8 Years and this also included loans and assistance from family. Now take in to account that the raw network operating expenses for that same period were $336K you are left with $64K and divide that by the 8 years.
Its not as clear cut as the minister would lead you to believe is it. But the fact that our defense team had a budget of around $1700.00 and the crown had an unlimited budget shows just how fair the system is.
I would love to be able to say more but due to new evidence that has just come up we are in the process of lodging an appeal.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/7524975/More-state-house-cheats-being-caught?comment_msg=posted#post_comment
According to the stuff reporter who i spoke to today this information was provided to the media in a press conference today.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Appropriate Behavior by Corrections
Now do not get me wrong on this We have been found guilty and I have at present accepted that and we are serving our sentence. This is not an admition of guilt by us but acceptance of our situation.
The big however here is that the case has several large issues in the way it was presented and conducted and afterwards the processes that we had to go through resulting in a huge degree of undeserved stress and anxiety for not only myself but our whole family.
Some of these matters were documented and handed up to the various relevant authorities and in one case we have received an apology for the huge mistake made. One of the complaints were toward the department of corrections who seem to have passed the complaint over to the person who the complaint was targeted at and yesterday I received a call demanding a meeting with her and she stated she wanted to write down exactly what I said.
She arrived where I was doing my community services then proceeded to grill me, several requests to for her to curb her attitude were ignored and she wrote on the paperwork what she wanted not what I was saying and refused to correct it.
I also was left with the feeling from comments that as I had chosen to exercise my right to lay the complaint I was going to be targeted and things were going to be made difficult for me. It sounded in all honesty like the person I was dealing with has some form of revenge planned.
SO in a nut shell, I complained to the minister, they handed the complaint to the department of corrections who then asked the person who the complaint was made about to investigate and clarify. A bit of a conflict of interests if you ask me and now i have to look forward to what for of revenge will be extracted.
The who saga left me is a real state yesterday resulting in the rest of the day having to deal with uncontrollable shaking and making an emergency doctors visit as I really did think something was going to pop.
Now to compact the issues there was another guy who had been waiting where I do my community service for the same person to meet him on site so he could begin with his sentence however much like when we had a meeting there she had forgotten that the meting was taking place and did not have the paperwork handy. Surely is people like this are not able to conduct their job in a professional manner they should not be working in such a position.
Mind you we are criminal's now so I am guessing we do not deserve any civilities.
The big however here is that the case has several large issues in the way it was presented and conducted and afterwards the processes that we had to go through resulting in a huge degree of undeserved stress and anxiety for not only myself but our whole family.
Some of these matters were documented and handed up to the various relevant authorities and in one case we have received an apology for the huge mistake made. One of the complaints were toward the department of corrections who seem to have passed the complaint over to the person who the complaint was targeted at and yesterday I received a call demanding a meeting with her and she stated she wanted to write down exactly what I said.
She arrived where I was doing my community services then proceeded to grill me, several requests to for her to curb her attitude were ignored and she wrote on the paperwork what she wanted not what I was saying and refused to correct it.
I also was left with the feeling from comments that as I had chosen to exercise my right to lay the complaint I was going to be targeted and things were going to be made difficult for me. It sounded in all honesty like the person I was dealing with has some form of revenge planned.
SO in a nut shell, I complained to the minister, they handed the complaint to the department of corrections who then asked the person who the complaint was made about to investigate and clarify. A bit of a conflict of interests if you ask me and now i have to look forward to what for of revenge will be extracted.
The who saga left me is a real state yesterday resulting in the rest of the day having to deal with uncontrollable shaking and making an emergency doctors visit as I really did think something was going to pop.
Now to compact the issues there was another guy who had been waiting where I do my community service for the same person to meet him on site so he could begin with his sentence however much like when we had a meeting there she had forgotten that the meting was taking place and did not have the paperwork handy. Surely is people like this are not able to conduct their job in a professional manner they should not be working in such a position.
Mind you we are criminal's now so I am guessing we do not deserve any civilities.
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