last Month I made a LGOIMA request to Waitakere city , this is a request for information under the local government official information and meetings act .
I had received information from MAF that the trustees of AWINZ were no longer wishing to be an approved organization under the animal welfare act. This was expressed in JULY It is now DECEMBER and Waitakere City have just responded that the animal welfare officers who are employed by them are still accountable to AWINZ
This is the OIA I sent on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 edited so that I don’t defame Neil Wells. ( Truth is never defamation but truth has cost me $200,000)
Official information act request for Waitakere City and the minister of agriculture and minister of local government
In 2006, I questioned the legitimacy of the approved organisation AWINZ ( animal welfare institute of New Zealand)
I had discovered that the statements made to the minister in 1999 by the Baptist elder ( who also co wrote the act) were PORKIES and made with intent of setting up his own business venture being to utilise territorial agency employees for a private SPCA type organisation.
The only place in new Zealand that this existed was in Waitakere where Neil Wells as trustee of the trust AWINZ -contract to himself as manager animal welfare so that staff could be trained by him for extra remuneration and he could collect donations for the AWINZ account which only he had control over. ( it’s a fact I can prove it – I don’t believe that that is defamatory)
I have recently been advised by Maf that the trustees of AWINZ ( trust deed dated 2006 ) have decided to relinquish the approved status. ( in this case the trustees are not those on the trust deed but are different ones,, not to be confused with the ones who sued me they didn’t have a trust deed )
I am now informed that the former AWINZ officers have become warranted through the RNZSPCA.I believe this was facilitated through Tom Didovich a trustee of AWINZ and also National Education & Branch Support Manager of the RNZSPCA.
By virtue of the OIA could you please advise
1. The mechanism by which the council employees have now become Spca officers,
2. please provide all documents discussions, minutes of council meetings , correspondence with relation to this .
3. Please also provide a copy of the contract between council and the spca which allows council employees to be deployed as RNZSPCA officers.
4. Please also advise if this role as RNZSPCA officer is voluntary and if it is are your employees aware that it is a voluntary role.
5. In 1999 local government NZ was opposed to council officers being used in a central government role please advise if there have been any changes to this regard.
6. I would still like to know why making a false representation to the minister with regards to claims that an organisation existed when it did not is not viewed seriously . why is this acceptable when it led to becoming a law enforcement organisation based on the fraudulent statements. ( as opposed to john davies and Marianne Thompson who were prosecuted for their lies )
For more info see http://www.indymedia.org.nz/article/77852/animal-welfare-institute-new-zealand
The reply from Waitakere was as follows nothing has been heard from the others.
From: Denis Sheard [mailto:Denis.Sheard@waitakere.govt.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, 11 November 2009 10:58 a.m.
To: grace@verisure.co.nz
Cc: david.carter@parliament.govt.nz; Rodney Hide (MIN); Mayor Bob Harvey; Councillor Hulse; ceo@rnzspca.org.nz
Subject: official information act request.. council employees as spca officers.
Your email has been passed to me for response.
Questions 1 – 4
You are misinformed. Council officers have not become “SPCA officers”. Nor is there any proposal under consideration by the Council that this should occur.
The information requested in questions 1 – 4 does not therefore exist.
Those Council officers who hold Animal Welfare Act warrants continue to do so, under appointments made by the Director of Animal Welfare.
Question 5
I have no idea. You will need to address your question to LGNZ.
Question 6
This question is not a request for information but a request for the expression of an opinion. No response is proposed..
Denis Sheard
General Counsel
DDI phone (09) 836 8004
Mobile phone 021 946 310
Fax (09) 836 8046
Email – denis.sheard@waitakere.govt.nz
tomorrow.. my reply and the next replies from Waitakere .. still waiting on Minister f or local governemnt and minister of agriculture
