John Jamieson’s appointment as the head of the New Zealand Catholic Churches National Office for Professional Standards (prof.standards@xtra.co.nz) was not surprising. The media reports were quick to point out that Jamieson is not a Catholic; an attempt to imply true independence. Jamieson...
During the 1980’s and early 1990’s the local Gisborne media had a reluctance to damage their relationships with the Local Police. Radio New Zealand – Roger Hanford Even the state owned Radio New Zealand’s local journalist Roger Hanford was a...
Once it had been established how Jenni McManus had been contacted and by whom a number of calls were placed with the perpetrator Marianne Spence (Gillingham) at the Gisborne Herald. Of course Spence denied her part in the conspiracy, claiming that...
In 1987-88 seriously corrupt Police Officers conspired with a local newspaper to destroy three successful businesses. The reason they set about doing this? One of the owners had given evidence against a Police Officer in a trial four years earlier....