Immature and proud of it.
A Commission of enquiry has found no evidence of nepotism in Rongo Weteres management of Wanaga O Aoterearoa.
This, despite 17 of his relatives being employess or contractors of the Wananga (I love this name) and one, his daughter, rising from a civil servant earning $30,000 per annum to the head of a company that's earned around $17,000,000 from contracts with the aforementioned Wananga.
This country is not called the "Land of the Long Whitewash" for nothing.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
e mare libertas
Always the shit-stirrer, Lou... one of these days you'll need a new stick. It's getting a bit caked up.
Thing is, if in fact this chap's whanau were qualified for the positions involved, and due process was followed when hiring them, ain't nuffin' no Commission can do to change things.
Has anyone asked if any of these jobs-for-the-cuzzy-bros appointments actually resulted in people who didn't perform?
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Immature and proud of it.
That was one of the other findings, there was no 'due process', or many other procedures either.Originally Posted by Fish
Performance is difficult to quantify in this case. They did raise the roll from around 1000 students to 60,000. But with allowances for subjects like twilight golf and singing along to the radio on offer, I guess it would not be difficult to perform.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
e mare libertas
Really?
Be a good chap and link us to the report, eh?
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Immature and proud of it.
I can't do that from work. That counts as non-business related internet use.
But in an interview this morning, this was one of the few things that Mr Wetere did not deny.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Moped rider
e mare libertas
Goodness me.
A quick skim through indicates that that Wetere chap treated the Wananga's funds, and in fact the management of the entire thing, as though the entity was his privately owned business. Spending up large on the company card and not accounting for it, flying first class on personal trips on the Wananga's tab, and (yes, indeed) hiring family members without advertising positions first.
There must be a criminal breach in there somewhere. If I were the SFO, I'd be taking a close look at that report.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Still Ridin'
Technically, it's only nepotism if you give lucrative jobs to bastard sons whom you pass off as nephews in order to maintain your plum job as the a rich minister of the church.
Nepotism is the giving of jobs to "nephews" - quote marks entirely intentional...
Motorbike Camping for the win!
Immature and proud of it.
Is this the sarcasm that I've come to expect from you?
Or is it an apology?
If so, a new wooden spoon will suffice.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
e mare libertas
No no, I'm being quite straight-up this time. I hope that generally speaking, I manage to make my sarcasm a little more obvious. And funny.
For what? You didn't address my points in your initial post, which is why I raised them. Personally, I'd never bother to post summat like that unless I was backing up my points with extracts from, or links to, the report itself. Saves the hassle of people like me calling you on it.
No kidding, now, I remember mum and dad having a special stick, the Shit Stirrer (tm) that lived in the wee gap down back of the section between the gargre and the fence, used solely for toilet unblocking. After a few goes, you see, it smelled a bit off. Nobody ever wanted to clean it, either.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
has left the building
The people who benefited from Wetere's largesse (with taxpayer money), including his daughter and brother, were not involved in competitive tendering, performance monitoring, auditing etc etc. Things were done without paperwork, without proper checks and balances. Maybe they did an adequate job at a fair price...or maybe they did not, anyway it is irrelevant. Whether others could have done it better or cheaper will never be known because noone was asked. Therein lies the problem. Mr Wetere seems to struggle to grasp that public money and his personal money are not one and the same.
Kerry
e mare libertas
Quite; that was the point I made in my latter post after reading some of the report.
Now, I could make a rash generalisation about the apparent Maori disposition to such behaviour, but that would be awfully uncharitable of me, so I won't.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Deus ex ukulele
There's times when I fantasise about being a Ford dealer in Te Awamutu...
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
One hell of a ride.
Really? - I have more of a Hunter S meets Hugh Heff thing happening with Xena clones.
Forum whore
Just might have something to do with the Government up to its neck with so much shit being thrown at it by Maori; sea bed fore shore etc. that the commission has been nobbled.
Skyryder
Free Scott Watson.
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