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NZ Author & Private Investigative Blogger ~ Samoa, Barter & the King Country
In previous posts I have warned the public over the troubled Taumarunui Museum Trust and explained how their conduct in evicting local historian Ron Cooke from the Memory Bank has invited litigation. …
[Read more...] about King Country Corruption 13. TMT Above the Law
This post is the first in a series that offer direct challenges to people who call themselves Christians . . . In this series I take some of the more contentious aspects the Christian worldview and …
This update shares my recent experiences and activities having been based in Taumarunui now for almost a year. Enjoy. …
In a previous post I shared advice for activists seeking to save the Taumarunui & Districts War Memorial Hall. I continue to discuss the ways that activists can achieve their objectives. …
In this post I dive into the centre of a theological issue relating to truth (or Truth, if the Good Book is factual). I share the thinking of a truthseeker of more than fifty years when it comes to …
In this series exposing and discussing aspects of corruption in the King Country, I have shown lies and deception relating to Ruapehu District Council's dodgy Lotto application (that I correctly …
[Read more...] about King Country Corruption 12. Advice for Fighters
In this short post I explain why people in power deceive, using the King Country corruption as examples. In earlier posts I shared how my report exposed the Ruapehu District Council's top dogs …
[Read more...] about King Country Corruption 11. Why they Lie
This post is the tenth in a series discussing corruption in the King Country and it shares advice for those trying to understand things within the region that are weird, or different and indicate …
[Read more...] about King Country Corruption 10. The Psychiatric
This post shares my thoughts following Lotto's rejection of Ruapehu District Council's application for a million bucks of gamblers' spending. The boffins at RDC will be spinning things as best as they …
[Read more...] about Thoughts on RDC’s failed Lotto Application
A recent ruling on costs in the high profile defamation case, Craig v Slater is informative as it shows how the Judiciary views unidentified psychiatric issues. Essentially the Judge noted the …
[Read more...] about Psychiatric Issues in the Legal Environment
In this post I turn my attention towards the church and show how corruption enters God's people's hope, spoiling and polluting the church. This is not so much a direct hit on King Country people as it …
In this eighth in a series exposing and discussing corruption within the King Country, I dive into the relationship between the local rag and the Ruapehu District Council showing how the establishment …
This series exposing corruption in the local King Country leadership has shown the way that various vested interests work to misrepresent reality. In this post I show how deception has gotten a whole …
[Read more...] about King Country Corruption 7. Suing Taumarunui Museum Trust
They say that "pride blinds", and in this sixth post in a series, I share the human consequences of the corruption that I have detailed in the leadership of the Ruapehu District Council and other King …
[Read more...] about King Country Corruption 6. The Consequences
This Open Letter to Lotto summarises a report I wrote and supplied to Mayor Don Cameron of the Ruapehu District Council on 6 May 2019 in which I claimed that their application before Lotto contains …
[Read more...] about Open Letter – Lotto Grants Board re: Flawed RDC Application
This is the fifth in a series relating to Corruption within the King Country local politics, in which I have pinged two leaders within the Ruapehu District Council, the Mayor and the CEO, claiming …
[Read more...] about King Country Corruption 5. The Solution
In this post I dig deeper into the Provincial Politics of Taumarunui showing how corruption is manifest in the Western culture, human nature being the same across the globe and throughout time. I use …
[Read more...] about King Country Corruption 4. Behind The Scenes
In previous posts I have shared about the Corruption I have seen within the King Country, in particular with the leadership of the Ruapehu District Council. This corruption is not the corruption …
[Read more...] about King Country Corruption 3. Report on Flawed RDC Lotto Application
In the first post in this series exposing corruption in the King Country I explained that the trustees of The Taumarunui Museum Trust had (very kindly) donated the proceeds of the sale of The Memory …
[Read more...] about King Country Corruption 2. A Flawed Lotto Application
Chairman of the embattled Taumarunui Museum Trust (TMT), Weston Kirton is again in the hotseat, as the scandal surrounding the sale of The Memory Bank building and eviction of local Historian Ron …
[Read more...] about King Country Corruption 1. TMT Scandal Deepens
Harcourts Taumarunui has an auction tomorrow, Tuesday 30th April 2019 for three titles marketed as a fisherman's dream come true. While the smallest of the three sections is 20m above the height of …
My association with Ron Cooke, historian of Taumarunui has tightened my relationship with Taumarunui. This week I've just purchased his business (Abundant Past Ltd) and sentenced myself to a few years …
My latest book, OFF THE RAILS - The Taumarunui Museum Trust UNMASKED!! has now been released. I summarise the book, its contents and the circumstances surrounding its release. Enjoy. …
At a recent public meeting in Taumarunui I was asked to explain a phrase I used in my latest book, that "I blog from a Christian worldview". Here is a more detailed explanation than I was able to give …
In this post I address a statement from “rich prick” businessman Sir David Hay, whom I am in the process of suing for [to him] a paltry $1,500.00, who again said to me arrogantly, “I don't understand …
