Michael Swann’s parole hearing delayed due to threats against Parole Board
May 20, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
Convicted fraudster Michael Swann, who defrauded the Otago District Health Board of $16,902,000 over six years while he worked there as an IT specialist, is up for parole after only serving four years of a nine-and-a-half year prison sentence imposed March 2009. He spent almost $11.6 million of the stolen money on boats, flash cars and properties - buying some with suitcases of cash. In an … [Read More...]
Ministry opens up on case against US man convicted of “carrying on a business fraudulently.”
May 20, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
THE GOVERNMENT has revealed why it dropped charges against an American businessman, after an official information request from a private investigator. The reasons included: "The defendant consents to the withdrawal of charges." [Sunday Star Times 19/05/13] The … [Read More...]
Whistleblowers welcome at Serious Fraud Office
May 15, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
Stuff News Reports (12/05/13): When the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) finally called an end to its biggest ever investigation last month, it was up to acting chief executive, Simon McArley, to front the announcement. He described the 32-month probe into Hanover Finance … [Read More...]
SAFE: “Political advocacy advertising” by a registered charity – lobby group
May 11, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
SAFE (Save Animals From Exploitation Incorporated), a registered charity (CC40428), funded an expensive “political advocacy advertising” “campaign” on Television Four during 2012/13 – aimed at changing New Zealand law to bring an end to factory farming of pigs … [Read More...]
National Council of Women NZ a charity again but vows to keep bite
May 11, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
Timaru Herald (11 May 2013) reports: Timaru National Council of Women New Zealand members are celebrating the organisation regaining its charitable status after a 2 -year battle. NCWNZ lost its registration in 2010, one year after being first registered as a charity, … [Read More...]
Greenpeace declined charity status but now seeks Supreme Court ruling on its political advocacy
May 6, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
Greenpeace, after having lost its bid to the Charities Commission for charity status, has recently won a case in the Court of Appeal allowing it to reapply to the Charities Registration Board (now part of the Department of Internal Affairs, following the … [Read More...]
National Council of Women (NCWNZ) wins back charitable status
May 6, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
NCWNZ Media Release (19 April 2013) “The National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) is absolutely delighted that it has regained its rightful place on the charities register,” National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) President Barbara Arnold said … [Read More...]
Women’s advocate wins trust battle for charitable status
May 6, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
The Manawatu Standard (20 April) reports: Palmerston North women's advocate Barbara Arnold has led the National Council of Women of New Zealand [NCWNZ] to victory in the battle to get reinstated as a charitable trust. [As of 6 May NCWNZ has yet to receive the full … [Read More...]
HIV, Hepatitis C, banned “gay” blood donors & defamatory claims of “homophobia”
May 4, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
In Australia, about 2,000 people currently living with HIV are also living with hepatitis C. Figures from the New Zealand Ministry of Health (May 2012) indicate there were 721 people in NZ being treated for hep C in 2009, 578 in 2010 and 478 in 2011. The NZ AIDS … [Read More...]
Teachers should discuss porn to prepare children for adulthood says school watchdog
May 3, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
The Daily Mail (2/05/13) reports: Secondary schools should prepare children for adulthood by focusing on pornography, sex abuse and homosexuality, the schools watchdog has said. Too much time is being spent on the ‘mechanics’ of reproduction and not on … [Read More...]
Children need lessons on perils of pornography, say teachers
May 3, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
The Guardian reports (26/03/13). Conference backs call for teacher training in giving lessons to help counter 'dangerously unrealistic portrayals of sex' Pupils should be given lessons on the potential consequences of exposure to pornography as a way of countering … [Read More...]
Rodney Croome, “gay” blood donor ‘rights’ and “gay sex” HIV threat
May 3, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
It is a well documented fact that the HIV virus is spread primarily via unsafe sex practices engaged in by MSM (men who have sex with men i.e active homosexual men). In July 2012 National Media Manager of the Australian Red Cross, Kathy Bowlen, stated: “Sexually … [Read More...]
Number of HIV infections among young MSM rise dramatically 2008-2010
May 2, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
For males who have sex with males, or MSM, “The number of new [HIV] infections among the youngest MSM (aged 13-24) increased 22 percent, from 7,200 infections in 2008 to 8,800 in 2010,” reported the Centres for Disease Control. … [Read More...]
Australian Marriage Equality, Rodney Croome and “gay” blood donor ‘rights’
May 1, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
"Donating blood is not a 'right,' according to Australian Red Cross Blood Services, one of the safest blood services in the world. Because of HIV/AIDS risks, the blood service excludes donors who have had "male-to-male sex" within the preceding 12 months. Nor will it … [Read More...]
Australian Marriage Equality, Rodney Croome and Red Cross’s “gay blood ban policy”
April 30, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
In 2008 Rodney Croome, a Tasmanian-based LGBT (lesbian, gay. bi-sexual, transgender) rights activist and academic, accused the Red Cross of homophobia, aligning itself with right-wing hate groups, undermining its own credibility with dodgy statistics, and using … [Read More...]
Hard to prosecute white collar crime – says former SFO boss Adam Feeley
April 30, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
The Serious Fraud Office's decision not to lay criminal charges over the collapse of Hanover Finance shows how tough it is to prosecute white collar crime under the present law, former SFO [Serious Fraud Office] boss Adam Feeley says. The decision not to charge … [Read More...]
Australian pro “gay” ‘marriage’ lobbyists oppose referendum
April 30, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
Rodney Croome, national director of Australian Marriage Equality - a pro-same-sex 'marriage' lobby group - is reported in The Age to be opposed to a referendum being held to determine whether or not same-sex 'marriages' should be legalized. Croome, a Tasmania-based … [Read More...]
Christian groups welcome gay marriage referendum
April 29, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
Christian groups want a referendum on gay marriage, saying Australians will reject any change to the status quo if the question posed was a ''black and white'' choice on whether to allow ''homosexuals to marry''. As divisions emerged among the Greens and same-sex … [Read More...]
Family First NZ reaction to legalisation of “gay” ‘marriage’
April 28, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
Stuff News reports today on the reaction of Family First NZ director Bob McCroskie to the legalisation of "gay" 'marriage': He says the legalisation of gay marriage confirmed National had swung to the left and was no longer a conservative party. Labour was voted out … [Read More...]
Archbishop prays while topless “gay” activists shout curses and douse him with water
April 28, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
BRUSSELS, April 23, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In an astonshing display of gentleness in the face of a vile attack, the head of the Catholic Church in Belgium, Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, remained calmly seated with eyes closed in prayer Tuesday as four topless … [Read More...]
“Homophobia”, “Islamophobia” and the “incendiary comments” of the French Archbishop
April 27, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
American neuroscientist and neo-atheist, Sam Harris, according to a report in The Times (25/04/13) "has gone as far as to suggest that there can be no such thing as "Islamophobia" - a hatred akin to racism - any more than there can be Christophobia or … [Read More...]
Company Liquidations: Ex vineyard contractor owes $1m
April 27, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
A former Blenheim vineyard contractor about to be deported by Immigration New Zealand owes almost $1 million in unpaid debts. Companies Office documents show the two companies owned by Prubhjit Singh, 30, owed $989,175 to creditors, including ACC, IRD, and the New … [Read More...]
No fast-tracking to become charity for Just Zilch
April 27, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
Just Zilch's application to become a charity will not be fast-tracked despite an "overwhelming" response to news they are on desperate street. The free food store's management has been fighting to make it a charitable trust for the past 18 months, but have been … [Read More...]
Why does liberal Iceland want to ban online pornography?
April 26, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
The Economist Explains: Why does liberal Iceland want to ban online pornography? ON THE face of it, Saudi Arabia and Iceland have little in common. In the World Economic Forum's 2012 Global Gender Gap report, which compares progress towards sexual equality in 135 … [Read More...]
Naked ambition: Banning the sex industry [in Iceland]
April 26, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
Banning the sex industry: Naked Ambition Iceland is determined to outlaw the world's oldest business. Can it succeed? April 20th 2013. The Economist Report. Reykjavik ULTRA-LIBERAL Iceland wants to ban online pornography. It is just the latest step in its … [Read More...]
Take-up of unpopular “gay” ‘marriage’ by French “gays” likely to be below 5,000 p.a.
April 26, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
The Economist reports that only a very tiny number of "gay" couples are likely to get 'married' in France (<5,000 per year) despite claims by jubilant advocates of "gay" 'marriage' that securing the "rights" to get 'married' will make a huge difference to their … [Read More...]
Maurice Williamson MP: “Our own little gay icon” who voted against civil unions
April 26, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
Political Report by Barry Soper (NewstalkZB) on "Motormouth Maurice Williamson" who voted against Civil Unions. It was with a distinct lisp that John Key giggled about "our own little gay icon." The State Homie was of course talking about Motormouth Maurice Williamson … [Read More...]
“Queer agenda” post “gay” ‘marriage’: The queering of education policy and queerphobia
April 24, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
The passing of Louisa Wall's so-called 'same-sex marriage' [SSM] bill "represents a symbolic and semantic change rather than a transformation of the material conditions of people's lives" according to Anne Russell (Scoop 19/04/13). Furthermore, it is merely a … [Read More...]
Maurice Williamson MP: ‘Gay Icon’ must answer to a Higher Being
April 24, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
Dominion Post Letter to Editor (24 April) accompanied by colour photo of 'Gay Icon' Maurice Williamson delivering pro-same-sex marriage [Marriage Amendment bill] speech on 17 April 2013. In 2004, he voted against civil unions at the Third Reading of the Civil Union … [Read More...]
Poor Show to cast doubt on charity – Editorial: Manawatu Standard
April 24, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
OPINION: Poverty by Rob Mitchell - Acting Editor 24 April 2013 There are few words in the modern New Zealand lexicon that stimulate quite as much debate or polarise the populace as dramatically as this one. It appears that you either believe in its existence or … [Read More...]
Charity status declined – Free-food outlet is under threat
April 23, 2013 By SPCS Leave a Comment
Just Zilch could close in three months unless its application to become a charity is accepted or the community provides emergency funding. The free-food store, which opened in June 2011, has been fighting to become a charitable trust for the past 18 months, but has … [Read More...]
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