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David Henderson to serve community detention for PAYE tax offences

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Failed property developer Dave Henderson’s last battle with Inland Revenue has landed him a sentence of community detention and community service.

Henderson appeared before Judge Gary McAskill in the Christchurch District Court on Thursday for sentencing on seven charges of aiding and abetting his company Dweller Ltd to apply tax deductions or deemed tax deductions for purposes other than payment to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue.

The charges were first laid about four years ago and involved about $163,000.

[ Read Earlier story: Bankrupt Henderson guilty on tax charges published 17/0915

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/72386302/Bankrupt-Henderson-guilty-on-tax-charges ]

Henderson was found guilty in September after a judge-alone trial that took place over short periods spanning nearly a year.

Judge McAskill sentenced Henderson to 200 hours’ community service and four months’ community detention, meaning he must stay in his apartment at Christchurch’s Heritage Hotel building between 7pm and 7am.

Henderson was also ordered to pay $143,633 reparation. [Read more…]

My Kitchen Rules contestant’s racy photos a ‘lesson’

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A story about her racy past being brought up seven years after the fact, has been “the worst possible thing” for one half of the Remuera sisters duo eliminated from My Kitchen Rules NZ last night.

Katrina Dunlop and Natasha Gorrie were described by fellow contestants as the snobby sisters from Auckland in this season of the cooking show, but failed to make the cut and were eliminated in last night’s episode.

On Sunday, a story broke that revealed Katrina Dunlop, 27, had been paid to pose in hundreds of hardcore pornographic photos seven years ago, published in the explicit porn magazine NZX and on the pay-to view website NZX Online,

Having bought a house at the age of 20, she was strapped for cash and took the porn photo job.

She did three saucy porn shoots, at various Auckland locations under the name K*Leigh, posing alongside another woman in a beach setting, Fairfax reported.

It is understood TVNZ did not know about the hardcore porn photographs until late last week and don’t screen for such things when interviewing contestants.

Read more: My Kitchen Rules NZ contestant Katrina Dunlop’s X-rated secret

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11542079

It was really hard to have that dragged up,” an emotional Katrina said.

“I was so naive, I was 20. To have it dragged up at this time is the worst possible thing.”

She hoped it would help young women understand the permanency of photos on the internet.

“I hope it could be a lesson for young girls, whatever you do when you’re young it can come back to bit you, even years down the track.”

Natasha supported her sister, saying the photos should have stayed in the past.

“It was so long ago, she’s changed a lot since then as a human being.”

Speaking about the competition, Natasha said the sisters really thought they could win.

They had studied and practiced recipes between eight and 10 hours each day in the lead up to the competition.

Full Story by Sophie Ryan published 11/11/15

http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11543794

‘Posh’ My Kitchen Rules star hid porn history. Published 8/11/15

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/73779648/posh-my-kitchen-rules-star-hid-porn-history

Man charged over request for underage girl

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A man who tried to buy access to an underage girl online has been caught in a police sting operation..

The man allegedly made the request for a 14-year-old girl while responding to an advertisement, but was arrested at a motel.

The man in his 50s has been charged with one count of using the internet to procure a child under 16, and was due to appear in Court on Monday.

AAP [Read more…]

David Lane, Wellington, NZ. “Caged Minds? Creation, Modern Science and Christianity”

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David H. Lane M.Sc. (Hons.), (Victoria University, Wellington), Dip. Tchg.

In Mr Lane’s published essay, based upon the opening address in the multi-disciplinary ‘Creation/Evolution Presentation ‘to the students and staff of The University of Melbourne, Australia;  he contends that Special Creation offers a superior philosophical conceptual framework to that based the doctrine of Evolutionism, in the study of biological diversity and its ultimate origins. Lane is a published author, President of the Wellington Christian Apologetics Society, editor of its Journal Apologia, and Director of the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards Inc. (SPCS).

David Lane SPCS

David Lane M.Sc. (Hons.), Dip. Tchg.

Link to Essay: http://creation.com/images/pdfs/tj/j12_1/j12_1_15-19.pdf

Essay published in Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal Vol. 12 (No.1). Other contributers to the public presentation on Special Creation held at Melbourne University were: Dr Clifford Wilson, Dr Charles Pallaghy, Dr Carl Wieland, Dr Jonathan Scheven, Dr Andrew Snelling and Dr Russell Humphreys.

Possible extended director ban for businessman following court conviction

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The Registrar of Companies is making the rare bid of extending the statutory company director ban of a convicted businessman to 10 years due to the seriousness of his offending.

And just when he thought his days in court were over, he’ll be back next month to hear the Registrar of Companies application to have his statutory five year ban from being a director of a company extended to 10 years. [Read more…]