Better Work Stories - Glen Taplin explains everything

The latest installment of the indisputable documented evidence of the large scale tax payer funded corruption evidence in Carterton and the wider Wairarapa.  It is in the public interest to publish this evidence and in the interests of justice:

Lo and behold - the latest orchestrated litany of lies from the corrupt Wairarapa Police!

- Sgt Taplin refers to letters from well respected lawyer Ken Daniels which are at this link,  which include the following:

From: Ken Daniels, Lawyer, Chapel St, Masterton

To: The Area Commander, New Zealand Police, P O Box 443, Masterton

26 August 2004     

Dear Sir
    Re: Katherine Raue 

    There have been numerous items of correspondence written between Kate Raue and yourself and correspondence with the Police Complaints Authority over a number of issues that she has raised in recent times.

    I must confess that I have not given what I believe was sufficient attention to some of the matters that Kate Raue had raised with me in the past mainly I suspect because the matters appeared to be far too complex and involved and I tended not to see any relevance in some of the complaints that she was making.

    On a recent visit to me however and after spending some time looking at documentary evidence that she showed me, I largely changed my view and believe that there genuinely are matters of concern that do need to be investigated.

    I have not got to the bottom of all the matters Kate Raue complains about but there is one instance that does seem to suggest that there has been fraud at the Carterton Community Centre which has diverted funds designed for one purpose deliberately to another.

    I enclose with this letter a copy of the accounts which appear to represent income and expenditure from the Carterton Community Centre for the financial year 01 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 as they related to the Community Gardens. You will notice how in the income received, there was a sum of $9,000 received from the Tindall Foundation. It is assumed that this money was received following an application for a grant from that Charitable Foundation. The monies would have been requested and received for purposes relating to the Community Gardens in Carterton. The sum of $9,000 was received in April of 2000.

    The following month in May there was a payment of $6,000.00 paid from the Community Gardens account for a personal grievance payment. The information that apparently exists although I have not personally seen it is that there were insufficient funds to pay a personal grievance from the Community Gardens and the funding that was obtained from the Tindall Foundation was immediately paid out as at least part payment on that personal grievance. The payment apparently could not be made at an earlier stage and the fundng received from Tindall Foundation was a necessary receipt to enable the payment to be made to settle the personal grievance.

    If the above set of circumstances is accurate then there is no doubt whatsoever that there was a fraudulent use of the monies received from the Tindall Foundation. There had been no budgeted allowance made for personal grievances. This can be seen from the budget column in the expenditure part of the accounts where an amount of only $220 was allowed for the twelve months involved. A payment of $6000 was needed and this was paid directly from the charitable donation.

    I believe that the affairs of the Carterton Community Centre are in disarray. There is currently an application before the High Court to have them wound up because of insufficient numbers. There are numerous other complaints as well about the way in which members of the public including members were excluded from meetings etc. This letter does not purport to address all those issues but I am deeply concerned after having seen the information supplied to me by Kate Raue that monies received for one purpose be used for an incorrect purpose.

    I have been advised that a similar improper payment may have been made in respect of the account that was run for the disadvantaged members of the community. This apparently exists under the copy of the account also enclosed which is headed up VOSP 2000 – 2001. You will see also that there is a “miscellaneous” payment of $1,000.00 made in September of 2000 following receipt of a substantial amount fromWINZ funding. It is understood that this also was a payment to an individual who claimed to have a personal grievance.

    I am not an accountant (as will be obvious) but I believe there are sufficient genuine concerns raised here to warrant some investigation. These are community funds which were largely received from charitable donations which appear to have been siphoned off improperly.
    I should add that according to Kate Raue there was possibly legal advice given to the people running the Carterton Community Centre that they should not make personal greivance payments in the way that they did. This is another matter that may need to be looked into because it would make the payments even less appropriate if they were done contrary to legal advice.

    I appreciate the fact that earlier complaints may have been thought to be ill-founded or frivolous or for whatever reason were not properly investigated but I believe that there actually does exist hard evidence to suggest that a reopening of the investigation should be made with urgency. As I have said the Community Centre and its funds are currently subject to a High Court Application.

    If it is more convenient for you to do so I would be happy to act as a go-between between yourselves and Kate Raue so that I can request further details from her.
    Are you able to assist with what I believe is now a genuine complaint?
    Yours faithfully
    Ken Daniels

And:

There are also a number of other formal complaints regarding these matters, such as the letters to the Police and IPCA from Michael Appleby.

The only response from the Police has been a contemptuous insult to the intelligence!

Kate for Carterton

I'm Kate Raue and I am running for mayor of Carterton. Feel free to check this blog regularly to be updated on events in Carterton. At the end of each text there is a small section were you to can have your say by leaving a comment.

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CANDIDATE PROFILE

CARTERTON MAYORALTY

KATE RAUE


I’m standing for Mayor because I see an opportunity to positively influence the future direction of our community.

I’ll work to facilitate business growth, social and economic development in Carterton, and work with the other Wairarapa Councils to implement a regional strategy to this effect. Clearly, an efficient and well-run Council will result in rates being utilised much more prudently and effectively.

There will be inquiries into the Carterton District Council’s involvement with the former Community Centre, Facility Focus Group, and information provided to the Council by individual members and employees of the Council.

I will ensure that we get an economically and socially sustainable Community Resource Centre.

For more information please contact me to arrange a meeting, I hold information that every voter should see, but unfortunately lack resources at the moment to make it widely available. I can fax documents to anyone who is interested. Phone 379 6894.

COURT ORDER SILENCES CORONER AND CONCEALS FARDELL SUICIDE FROM PUBLIC - Kiwisfirst exclusive:

27 August 2007 - Kiwisfirst.com
Late in July 2007 it was revealed that Auckland High Court Justice Paul Heath ruled last December - more than a year after Robert Fardell QC (right) fell to his death from the 15 metre high Takapuna Head cliffs into the rocky surf at high tide - that the Auckland Coroner's findings and the evidence into the bizarre circumstances of Fardell's death would be largely suppressed. This Court ruling by Heath J followed prominent barrister Harry Waalken QC obtaining a restraining order in July 2006 preventing the Coroner from releasing his written report while the family sought a judicial review designed to censure and obscure the Coroner's findings. Unfortunately for Waalken, the cat had already been let out of the bag at a special inquest conducted at the Auckland Coroner's Court in June 2006. This was when Auckland Coroner Dr. Murray Jamieson issued an oral report stating Mr. Fardell died from drowning, with the post-mortem examination revealing drowning was precipitated by massive injuries consistent with a fall immediately prior.

With foul play and suicide the likely scenarios facing police officers responding to report of a lifeless body on the rocks, foul play must reasonably be ruled out simply on the response of police that day finding a middle-age man unexpectedly dead. What is known is that the police and ambulance response to the call of a body found 6:30 pm 11 December 2005 as the tide receded was unusually brief for an untimely and, presumably, uncertain cause of death. Although Mr. Fardell was 52 years old and in good health at the time he died, neither cordoning of the scene nor forensic analysis in-situ was apparently conducted. The ambulance crew left shortly after inspecting the top of the cliff above where the body was found. Moreover, as Fardell was an extremely heavy-set man who additionally had to breach a fence to reach the edge of the cliff, it is highly unlikely that his fall could have been an accident or murder in this area active with people enjoying the early summer weekend.

Nonetheless, Barrister Waalken vehemently pressed the Coroner that suicide was not a finding the Coroner could legally make - or even mention. While the Coroner seemed ultimately prepared to delicately acquiesce to Waalken's demands, Waalken's subsequent legal motions that the Coroner permanently seal the evidence and his finding were rejected outright by the Coroner as incompatible with the fundamental precept of transparent proceedings and justice. It is this ruling by the Coroner that has now been overturned by Auckland High Court Justice Heath.

There has been some speculation, unproven, that Mr. Fardell had a life insurance policy, the death benefit from which may have been lost if the Coroner's findings indicated suicide. However, it is more likely for reasons that will become apparent deeper in this story that, given the tremendous media exposure to the death, concerns were heightened within the judiciary that allowing the circumstances of the death to be made public would only increase the public's curiosity as to what drove Fardell to such self-destruction. It was anticipated that attention into the deceased's sordid personal and professional life would then raise legitimate and troubling questions as to how such a person could reach the pinnacle of the legal profession and be next in line for a judicial appointment while those in authority had turned a blind eye to numerous disturbing complaints concerning his professional conduct for several years leading up to his death.

In the days immediately following his death, the New Zealand Herald ran front page stories claiming that Mr. Fardell died of a heart attack while swimming - irresponsible news reporting easily dispelled by facts that were immediately available to any reporter interested in accuracy. Other than the location of the body on rocks hundreds of meters from the nearest beach, Mr. Fardell was not dressed for a swim as he walked away from his house for the last time. The inquest officer assigned to the case said the body was found with shorts and no shoes but that his experience was "articles of clothing quickly get separated from the body in the water". And as any viewer of CSI can tell you, there are definitive forensic tests to quickly determine whether someone has suffered a fatal heart attack.

The inquest officer, Paul Herman of the Takapuna Police, immediately realized that he was in over his head on this investigation. The last person to talk to the deceased was Chris Morris, son of (now retired) High Court judge David Morris. Chris Morris admitted to Herman that he had come to Fardell's home this Sunday afternoon to discuss pending legal matters with the deceased but declined to grant a formal interview or provide further detail. Same with the widow. Also, as the press was widely reporting that ten High Court judges had attended the funeral, the estate hired Barrister Harry Waalken QC, widely regarded as a legal Houdini on medical cases, to advance the family's position on the death - and stymie the investigation. Faced with such powerful stonewalling Mr. Herman did not need to be a genius to identify that careers are made or lost on how someone might handle himself in an investigation where a litany of prominent lawyers and judges were not only expressing a keen interest in his approach to the investigation but were simultaneously speaking out effusively in the press about what a great man of integrity Mr. Fardell was.

Mr. Fardell undoubtedly had many fine qualities, but integrity was not one of them. It didn't help that Mr. Herman quite quickly uncovered this darker side to the man. Herman casually revealed to a private investigator early in his investigation that an Asian gang Fardell had a falling out with were phoning him in an attempt to gain information. Within a month Herman was also informed that Fardell was being sued in the Auckland High Court for deceptive practices by former clients Paragon Oil Systems Limited and Vince and Jane Siemer, and that an application detailing allegations that Fardell three times perjured himself had been filed and served less than two weeks before his death. Adding insult to a potentially career-killing injury for Fardell was the fact that Hugh Williams, a judge whom Fardell considered dim-witted and vain and, hence, was an irresistible butt of his jokes, was, as judge in the case, going out of his way to unduly protect Fardell. Fardell was a proud man whose career and legitimate standing among his peers meant everything to him. This graft from an unlikely ally whom he had been all too quick to dismiss as unprofessional was a tremendous blow to his ego as much as an inescapable symbol of poetic justice.

Yet another former client, New Zealand inventor Hugh Price, was also embroiled in a legal battle against Fardell before he died. Mr. Price had years earlier obtained a ruling from the Lay Observer that overruled the Law Society's dismissal of a formal complaint he had lodged against Mr. Fardell for deceptive practices and seeming incompetence. Despite this ruling of the Lay Observer, the Law Society refused to act on the complaint. Now, in December 2005, Mr. Price was again challenging Fardell in a current case for acting in a conflict of interest capacity.

Topping off all this was Fardell's close personal and business relationship with powerful Auckland insolvency practitioner Michael Stiassny, a relationship he would come to ruefully regret in the weeks before his death This was due in large part to (what Fardell was obviously convinced to be) an intentional release of information by his former friend that helped expose Fardell's legal scams. This information put Fardell's career at risk in addition to severely undermining his credibility. Whether this was the straw in the mountain of straw that broke the camel's back is difficult to say. However, given the significant betrayal by someone he had put so much trust in, it is not difficult to surmise this weighed heavily on Fardell as he solemnly walked to the precipice this otherwise sunny Sunday. Ironically, as Stiassny was trustee of the Fardell family trust (Delfar Holdings Limited) at the time of his death Fardell could not escape his clutches even in death.

In this pressure cooker where the powerful legal community's obituary contrasted so sharply with the unfolding facts of the man's real life, Officer Herman did the only thing he considered safe under the circumstances - he went to ground. As the Coroner's representative, Officer Herman was responsible for publicizing the public inquest. Despite the tremendous number of contacts he had received from media and financially interested parties, Officer Herman informed only the widow and Harry Waalken QC of the public inquest that he had hastily convened barely 2 months after the death.

Officer Herman would arrogantly respond later to those who felt slighted by his subterfuge regarding the public inquest that he was under no obligation to inform interested parties of the date or setting. This was simply untrue. The Coroner's Act 1988 specifically required him to notify in advance parties who may have an interest in the inquest. In the winter of 2006 Judge Borrin issued a ruling on behalf of the Police Complaints Authority of New Zealand stating Herman was derelict in his obligations under the Act. The Coroner had earlier been compelled to conduct a special inquest due to Herman's railroading of the public one.

The year 2006 saw significant changes in law for the Coroner's Office. The 1988 Act was repealed in favour of the Coroner's Act 2006, which was passed into law in August 2006, and the establishment of the Coronial Services of New Zealand was formed on 1 July 2007. Perhaps this chaos explains why the Coroner - having a year earlier been ready to issue his written inquest findings before a cease and desist order of the Court prevented him from doing so - released his report on 20 July 2007, seven months after Judge Heath finally gave him the approval to do so - sans the evidence and guts of the report. Perhaps the Coroner's delay was a demonstration of conscious indignation at the Court imposed coverup.

So it was that what started as a whitewash intended to be quickly disposed of in record time was eventually whitewashed by judicial order more than a year and a half after the fact. And when one reads the Coroner's brief final report, it is obvious that Mr. Waalken earned his substantial fees on this one. In legal speak, lawyers deceive by omission. This is obvious in this case when one reads the Coroner's two page report. This reporter's favorite line from that report is "No evidence was located to suggest that Mr. Fardell harboured any intention to commit suicide. Indeed, his work on forthcoming cases suggested to the contrary". It is as perverse as it is ironic that the Coroner could not write massive injuries from a fall directly contributed to the drowning but was encouraged to get into the highly speculative (let alone non-medical) realm of saying busy people do not have time to commit suicide. Read Coroner's censured report.

In obvious double-talk the new Coronial Services website states on its' front page, "The (new) Act was designed to enhance public confidence in the integrity and independence of the coronial system." All too sadly, the net result has proven the opposite true.

Corruption at the Community Law Centre:

The following are true copies of two documents which were signed, witnessed and sworn and submitted to Police and the Community Law Centre administrative committee as formal complaints following further corrupt bullying from the manager of the Masterton Community Law Centre, an ex Police officer named Murray Henderson.

Murray Henderson had an extraordinary 'meltdown' a few days ago in response to a simple request that he hand over some Police Disclosure which had been faxed to the Law Centre by the Police for a defendant to collect.

Here is a copy of the signed, sworn statement of Angus James Lennox Lindsay, the defendant refered to:

To Whom It May Concern:           

My name is Angus James Lennox Lindsay, of 59 Trelissick Crescent Ngaio.  My date of birth is 14.3.60.

I hereby swear that:

1.    I made an arrangement today with the Wellington Police Prosecutor’s office which involved the Police faxing disclosure of documents regarding the Court case I am involved in to the Wairarapa Community Law Centre in Masterton for me to uplift from there.

2.    I went into the Wairarapa Community Law Centre today to collect the documents and obtain other information, with my drivers license for identification, as arranged with the Police and the Law Centre beforehand.

3.    I explained my request to the receptionist and sat and waited as she requested me to.

4.    The manager of the Wairarapa Community Law Centre, Murray Henderson, then came and stood over me while I sat in the chair, jabbing his finger in my face.  He was rude, intimidating and abusive to me in response to my request, he demanded to know details of my involvement with Katherine Raue, and refused to hand over my documents.

5.    His manner was bullying, obstructive, angry and unreasonable.

6.     After 25 minutes, Kate Raue came into the Law Centre.  She walked through the front door and over to the wall facing the door and looked at the pamphlets there.

7.    Murray Henderson continued to question me about my business and Katherine Raue’s business, and intimidate me until I called out “Hi Kate” to Katherine Raue, and he turned around and realised it was her who was looking at the pamphlets.

8.    He then began to question and bully her instead of me, asking her “Who do you think you are, advocating for people?” “How dare you make arrangements to have those documents faxed here without my permission?” “What has his business got to do with you?” (indicating myself), etc.

9.    Kate said that she had just come in to collect a pamphlet regarding the Ombudsmen’s office, not to discuss my affairs.  She referred to me as Mr Lindsay, and under continued questioning and bullying from Mr Henderson she said that as she understood it “Mr Lindsay has made an arrangement with the Wellington police prosecution section to have his documents faxed here for him to collect,” and apart from helping him to write the letter, and driving him to the Law Centre, Mr Lindsay’s business was nothing to do with her which was why it was inappropriate for Mr Henderson to be discussing it with her, and that she had only come in to get a copy of the pamphlet regarding the Ombudsmen’s office, and asked him if he could give her the pamphlet because it did not appear to be included in the myriad of pamphlets available on display.

10.    Mr Henderson became extremely angry and intimidating, demanding she sit down and answer his questions regarding the matter of my information.  Katherine Raue sat down as ordered by Mr Henderson, she remained calm, polite and pleasant while Mr Henderson displayed rude and aggressive behaviour bordering on hysteria.

11.    He continued to rant and rave and went and got a piece of paper and wrote on it, then he came back and thrust the paper into Mrs Raue’s lap saying “This is all you’re going to get from me, now get out and take your mate with you because I am calling the police.” 

12.    I began to protest at this outrageous and unjust treatment, and ask for my documents, but Kate gently took my arm and steered me out the door.  I looked at the paper, it was a trespass notice.  We then went to the Masterton police station where we spoke to Sergeant Rix.

13.    He basically refused to do anything about Mr Henderson’s refusal to hand over my documents, and instead arranged for the Wellington police to fax them again, this time to the Masterton police station. 

14.    I said that I was not satisfied with this arrangement because for one thing it was a serious breach of Mr Henderson’s duties and a serious abuse of his position, and for another thing, the documents had been sent there for me to collect and were now in the unauthorised possession of Mr Henderson, and I wanted them handed over immediately.  I was becoming very upset and so was Mrs Raue.  Mrs Raue and I had to waste over three hours because of Mr Henderson’s outrageous behaviour.

15.    Sgt Rix said that Kate Raue would be arrested if she returned to the Law Centre because of the trespass notice, and that I should not go there either or I might be issued with a trespass notice too.

16.    Katherine Raue told Sgt Rix that Mr Henderson’s behaviour was an attempt to pervert the course of justice and that he had no right to possession of my documents, and if the police tried to arrest me for attempting to collect them as arranged it would be further perverting the course of justice and we would complain to the police complaints authority. 

17.    Mrs Raue told Sgt Rix that I intended to return to the Law Centre immediately and collect the documents I was entitled to while Mrs Raue waited in the foyer of the police station, and that if I did not return with them in ten minutes she and I would lay formal complaints of theft and threatening behaviour against Murray Henderson.

18.    She asked Sgt Rix to ring Mr Henderson immediately and make sure that he understood that he was not entitled to possession of my documents, he was withholding them unlawfully, and he was to hand them to me immediately.

19.    I then returned to the Law Centre to collect my documents.  Murray Henderson gave me the attached page and ordered me to sign it.  I refused to sign it as it contained an incorrect statement.

20.    The documents were faxed to the Law Centre at my request not at the request of Katherine Raue, as Mrs Raue and I had already told him repeatedly. 

21.    Mr Henderson refused to amend the document and again refused to give me my documents.

22.    I told him to give me my documents or I would call the police and charge him with theft and perverting the course of justice.

23.    He eventually handed my documents over and then I returned to the police station to collect Mrs Raue.

24.    I wish to make a formal complaint against Murray Henderson regarding this matter, and hereby authorise Katherine Raue to act as my agent regarding this formal complaint.

Signed: _______________________

Angus James Lennox Lindsay                17 May 2007

__________________________________________________

And here is a copy of the second signed sworn document handed to Police and Mr Southey of the Law Centre administrative committee:

Moreton Road

R D 2

Carterton

17 May 2007

To Whom It May Concern:

Mr Angus James Lennox Lindsay and I wish to lodge a formal complaint regarding the ‘service’ received at the Wairarapa Community Law Centre today, from Murray Henderson the manager.

Mr Lindsay approached me for some assistance with obtaining information from the Police disclosed with regard to some charges Mr Lindsay is facing in Court. Evidently he has appeared twice already and is expected to plead at his next appearance in about two weeks time, but he has not seen a summary of facts or anything, and cannot find the summons.

Mr Lindsay does not have a solicitor acting for him as yet, he is concerned at the potential cost of legal representation and he says he is unsure of the exact nature of the charges. Mr Lindsay has an illness which affects his ability to communicate with people sometimes, which he finds stressful, which can sometimes exacerbate this condition. Mr Lindsay asked me to help him write a letter to the Prosecution Section of the Wellington Police requesting that information such as that normally disclosed and a copy of the summons be provided to him, that letter is attached “A”.

We rang the Prosecution Section to confirm that they had received the fax, they were very helpful and co-operative and agreed to fax the material to the Wairarapa Community Law Centre according to Mr Lindsay’s request, and promptly did so, on the understanding that Mr Lindsay would collect it from the Community Law Centre, producing his drivers license as confirmation of his identity.

Out of courtesy I rang the Wairarapa Community Law Centre for Mr Lindsay as asked, to advise them of this arrangement. By the time I got through to their phone the fax from the police had already arrived. I recognised the voice of Murray Henderson, who has been obstructive and unco-operative to me in the past regarding other matters. He had seen my name on the letter from Mr Lindsay to the Wellington Police and immediately started asking questions about what Mr Lindsay’s business had to do with me, so I said it had nothing to do with me except that Mr Lindsay had asked me to call and advise the Wairarapa Community Law Centre of the arrangement out of courtesty, and that he was on his way to collect the documents. 

I was extremely courteous and polite to Mr Henderson, who then said that he would not be providing the material to Mr Lindsay, and when I asked him why not, he said “Because I’m sick of you giving people legal advice.” I said that I don’t and I never have, I just help them to access information, and facilitate communication to empower them to make up their own minds about things, and help themselves using public resources. 

Mr Henderson reiterated that “We won’t be giving Mr Lindsay his documents.” I asked why, Mr Henderson said “Because I’m sick of you using the Law Centre like this.” I said “Like what?” He replied “If you come in here I’ll give you a trespass notice.”

Mr Lindsay went alone to the Wairarapa Community Law Centre to collect the material, and produced his license and asked politely for the documents. Mr Henderson refused to give them to him, told him to sit down, and began questioning Mr Lindsay about who was representing him in Court, what my role in the matter was (“You tell me what this has got to do with Kate Raue” being one of several such comments we both heard), why Mr Lindsay wanted the disclosure material, why he didn’t have a lawyer, why he hadn’t made other arrangements regarding the disclosure (because Mr Lindsay wished to collect the information from the Law Centre so that he could collect or access other legal information regarding the charges from the same place), why Mr Lindsay hadn’t asked Mr Henderson’s permission before making arrangements with the Wellington Police, etc, etc. He demanded Mr Lindsay sit down (Mr Lindsay is rather imposing and Mr Henderson isn’t) then stood over him jabbing at him with his finger and interrogating him in a bullying, intimidating manner.
 
After I had done a few errands and Mr Lindsay had still not returned from the Community Law Centre 25 minutes later, I went into the Centre to collect some information regarding the Ombudsmen’s office.

Mr Lindsay was sitting in a chair with Mr Henderson standing over him, jabbing at him with his finger in an intimidating manner, shouting at him and asking him a whole lot of questions that I thought were none of his business, such as “You tell me what Kate Raue said to you!” I ignored this and began looking at the display of pamphlets. Mr Henderson had his back to the door and did not immediately see that I had walked in the door, until Mr Lindsay called out “Hi Kate” after a few more questions of this bullying interrogation from Mr Henderson.

Mr Henderson then turned on me with his jabbing finger and cross-examinations, demanding that I sit sown and answer similar questions to those he had apparently been asking Mr Lindsay for over 25 minutes.

I explained that I understood Mr Lindsay had come in to pick up some documents, faxed to the Law Centre by the Wellington Police, and that it really had nothing to do with me apart from helping to facilitate communication between Mr Lindsay and the Wellington Police by helping him type the letter, and that I had just come in to pick up some information regarding the Office of the Ombudsmen.

I offered to help facilitate communication between Mr Lindsay and the Community Law Centre if there was a problem, but it was quite clear, it was a simple straightforward matter of just giving Mr Lindsay his documents without harassing him any longer, as he was becoming quite upset and frustrated at this grossly unfair treatment, which had been going on for quite a long time by now and was completely unnecessary.

Mr Henderson served me with a trespass notice instead of providing me with the pamphlet about the Ombudsmen which I went into the Centre to get, and I would like the notice revoked please as it seriously limits my access to vital community resources. The notice is completely unwarranted, there has never been anything whatsoever wrong with my behaviour or manner when I have gone to the Wairarapa Community Law Centre. Mr Henderson’s attitude to the law, and his role in the administration of the law in the community was demonstrated by a letter he wrote to the editor of the local paper about his dog, which many people found quite disturbing.

When Mr Lindsay and I went to the Masterton Police Station we were told that Mr Henderson had told the Police that he had behaved in such a disgraceful manner because he thought I had told the Police that I worked for the Wairarapa Community Law Centre. This is utter rubbish. I told him the first time he made the accusation to me that I had certainly never said any such thing, it is a figment of his imagination.

Attached “B” is a letter which Mr Henderson tried to force Mr Lindsay to sign when he was finally given the material. I take strong exception to this statement and so does Mr Lindsay, who said so at the time he was forced to sign it in order to obtain his documents. The information was faxed to the Community Law Centre at Mr Lindsay’s request, the letter to the Police makes that quite clear, and Murray Henderson should apologise for this extraordinary letter.

I simply went to get a pamphlet about the Ombudsmen, Mr Lindsay went to pick up his papers, it is absolutely outrageous that we had to waste all afternoon because of Mr Henderson’s spiteful petty attitude and we would both like an apology as soon as possible and an urgent review of this matter and the tenure of Mr Henderson’s appointment.

Yours sincerely

Katherine Raue __________________

I have read the above account of the facts and swear this is a true and correct account of what happened.

Angus Lindsay _____________________

Coral Ellen Burrows murdered by Police associate Robyn William's son:

On Tuesday 23 September a small yellow coffin decorated with flowers made its way through Featherston from a memorial service at St. Teresa's Catholic Church, and then to Matamata a day later for a funeral and burial.


Inside that coffin was the battered and bruised little body of a sweet bubbly six year old girl who should have had her whole life in front of her.

Her father Ron Burrows had repeatedly contacted CYFS - the government agency tasked with protecting children - but his concerns were ignored.  The murderer's mother Robyn Williams is thick as thieves with local Police, and despite all the warning signs, Police protected the murderer and his mother, who owned a local pub, and ignored or minimised all complaints against them, in return for drugs, money, sexual favours and other incentives. 

Coral Ellen Burrows was murdered on 9th September 2003 by Stephen Roger Williams - the darling of local Police and journalists, along with his drunken, drug addicted mother Robyn, who was a close friend of Police spin doctor Glenda Hughes, - "Hughes got involved in the case of Coral-Ellen Burrows, the six-year-old murdered by her stepfather, Steven Williams. She knew Williams' mother "from a former life" - Hughes rushed to the scene in the run down and God forsaken Wairarapa town of Featherston to support the Williams family and run damage control for them and the local Police who were equally culpable for the murder - if they'd done their job and taken proper action against the numerous complaints about the family Williams would have been in prison where he belonged instead of running riot assaulting and murdering anyone who be believed had "got cheeky" to him. 

Instead of protecting Coral Ellen Burrows, local Police protected Stephen Williams and his mother, a drug dealing prostitute who had six children to different fathers and proved to be a complete and utter failure as a parent.  Her daughter Anamari Margaret Stone is also a convicted murderer - she took a plea bargain and admitted to the charge of manslaughter rather than face trial for murder.  She was sentenced to just three years.

Coral's disappearance was not noticed until 4pm when she failed to get off the school bus to her waiting mother. Returning to the school to collect her daughter, her mother was then told that she had not attended school that day.

A search was started a matter of hours later and a helicopter was brought in to support the ground search of waterways and farmland in rural areas. Coral’s natural father, Ron Burrows arrived soon after from Te Puke to join the search. As the night wore on the search was cancelled - to be resumed the next morning.  A 30 square kilometre area of farmland, tree lines, buildings and properties were combed. As darkness came and the rain continued to fall, the search was again called off for the night.

Detective Inspector in charge of the case, Rod Drew, claimed he spoke to "almost everyone in the community" and requested “to hear from people who were travelling through the South Wairarapa”.

10 September 2003 - Coral’s School bag found
During an aerial search of Abbott’s Creek last this afternoon, the backpack belonging to Coral was found. The bag was said to contain Coral’s uneaten lunch and some schoolbooks when recovered from below the Featherston rail bridge.

The discovery of the bag is significant in regards that it reduces “the likelihood of Coral simply wandering off because of the distances involved.” It is believed that the bag may have travelled some distance. Aerial and ground searches will be directed into the areas from the double bridges at the base of the Rimutaka Hill Road downstream towards the edge of Featherston township.

The police are now appealing for any sightings of people seen in the area or vehicles parked on Tuesday along the main highway, near Double bridges, scenic lookouts or adjoining roads.

12 September 2003 – Coral’s stepfather remanded in custody
It has been revealed that the police had paid a visit to the family home the day that Coral went missing. The Dominion Post claimed it was a drug-related raid. Cars related to the property have also been impounded. Unemployed Stephen Roger Williams, 29, of Featherston appeared in Masterton District Court charged with 2 charges - one of assault and one of the using white Lada motor vehicle as a weapon. The incidents occurred on 2 September and the assault was related to Coral’s mother’s brother.

13th September 2003 – Mannequin displays Coral’s clothes
Hoping to prompt more public help, the police released a more detailed visual and written description of the clothes Coral was last seen wearing, including a mannequin dressed in the same clothes she was wearing. Police have also lowered Lake Wairarapa’s water level from 4m to 2m to continue search using a jet boat.

14th September 2003 – Forensic search of Coral’s home, Rest day for searchers
Although searchers have been given a rest day, the family and friends of Coral are still out there searching and calling her name.

Meanwhile police and forensic experts are searching Coral’s home in what they describe as standard procedure. Coral’s mother and 2 brothers moved out of the home they shared with Stephen Williams and the home is being guarded. It has not been revealed if the family are still in Featherston.

15th September 2003 – Williams appears in Court as search continues
Steven Roger William appeared in Masterton District Court and agreed to be remanded in custody. Meantime forensic search continues on the stepfather’s car and home.

16th September 2003 – Coral’s disappearance most likely 'an abduction'
police revealed today. "I am led to the inevitable conclusion that Coral has been abducted and taken from the immediate area by another person." Says Inspector Drew as he appealed for more sightings of a beige/fawn coloured Lada sedan in the Featherston, Greytown, Martinborough or South Wairarapa on Tuesday last week between the hours of 12.30pm and 3.30pm. However searches have by no means been called off. Divers, helicopter and search teams continue to various areas, including a tented off area at Coral’s house.

17 September 2003 - Coral's stepfather jailed for eight months
Steven Williams pleaded guilty in the Masterton District Court to assault, threatening to kill a 16-year-old in Featherston and causing grievous bodily harm in July. In addition he crashed a car into a power pole while extremely intoxicated and will serve a further two months for that. His lawyer Jock Blaythwayt says Williams accepts his sentence and is willing to stand up when he has done something wrong - however while handcuffed and being led to a prison van Williams yelled to media that his sentence was a joke.

18 September 2003 - Police request burnoff info
Police investigating Coral Burrows disappearance seek information about rubbish fires or burnoffs in the south Wairarapa area in the week Coral went missing. Inquiry head Detective Inspector Rod Drew says there is nothing unusual in the request, describing it as simply 'exploring all possible information sources'.

19th September 2003 – Coral’s body recovered and stepfather charged
As police cordoned off a 30 to 40 metres square area in bush near Lake Onoke (Ferry), Coral’s family learnt of the death of the six year old and the arrest of Steven Roger Williams (Coral’s step-father).

The police waited until daylight to begin their search of the area. Coral’s body was discovered at 9.15am and recovered early in the afternoon. A preliminary post mortem was started and is expected to be complete later in the weekend. Meantime the police and forensic expects will remain at the discovery site to conduct a “thorough and meticulous examination of the scene”.

29 year old Steven Roger Williams appeared in Masterton District Court charged with the murder of his stepdaughter. Coral’s family stood quietly during the hearing but others outside hurled abuse and food as Williams left. He will be held on remand until October 17.

UPDATE:  Six years later nothing has changed - Police continue to actively protect child abusers and crucify the victims: