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Explicit sex class divides school

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A school trustee has quit and a family withdrawn their child in protest at an explicit sexual education programme at a West Coast primary.

Blaketown School trustee Jo-Anne Sim resigned this month over the “unacceptable” and explicit class, delivered to Year 7 and 8 pupils in December.

Ms Sim said the children were told about oral and anal sex, flavoured condoms, and pleasure points – despite parents being told in writing beforehand that pupils would be taught only the basics.

“Eleven, 12 and 13-year-olds don’t need to know this stuff. That’s why we’re mad,” said mother-of-two Ms Sim.

Her daughter told her some children had their hands over their ears because they were uncomfortable with the lesson.

“They were too scared to say ‘we don’t want to hear this.”‘

See Full story by Nicholas McBride of the Greymouth Star published 29/02/14

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11211675

CV fraudster quits business council

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The former chief executive and business leader whose CV falsely claimed he had a law degree has quit as chairman of an influential business council.

Michael Vukcevic has resigned as chaiman of the Middle East Business Council, effective immediately, deputy chairman Stewart Germann announced this morning.

Full story see: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/9775241/CV-fraudster-quits-business-council

Act Leader Jamie Whyte stands by incest comments – NZ Herald

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New Act Leader Jamie Whyte is standing by his comments that incestuous relationships between consenting adults should not be illegal and says it would be “intellectually corrupt” of him not to be honest when asked such questions.

In an article published on The Ruminatorwebsite, [see http://ruminator.co.nz/mr-ryght/] former philosophy lecturer Dr Whyte was asked whether the state should intervene if adult siblings wanted to marry each other.

“Well personally, I don’t think they [the State] should”, he replied, adding it was “a matter of almost no significance because it just doesn’t happen”.

Dr Whyte told the Herald his response was based on his belief that: “I don’t think the state should intervene in consensual adult sex or marriage, but there are two very important elements here – consensual and adult”.

“I wonder who does believe the state should intervene in consensual adult acts?”

He said he was “very opposed” to incest.

“I find it very distasteful I don’t know why anybody would do it but it’s a question of principle about whether or not people ought to interfere with actions that do no harm to third parties just because they personally wouldn’t do it.”

He did not believe the increased risk of congenital disorders in children from incestuous relationships was a valid reason for it to illegal.

” The probability of having some problem with the children is greater when the mother is over the age of 35 but I’ve never heard anyone suggest that anyone over the age of 35 shouldn’t be allowed to have sex.”

His view was not Act policy and “nobody who votes for Act has anything to fear”.

Dr Whyte who was elected Act Leader earlier this month but officially takes over from John Banks this weekend said he was not prepared to avoid difficult questions like that about incest as other politicians might.

“Maybe I should, but it seems to me the people who find ways around it and avoid it are being less virtuous than me… I would have to be inconsistent, I would have to be intellectually corrupt.”

Source

Full story see:

Act Leader Jamie Whyte stands by incest comments. Article by Adam Bennett. Published 27/02/14

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11210373

Note:

According to The Ruminator (26/02/14), Jamie holds a PhD in Philosophy from Cambridge and his résumé includes Management Consulting and writing for The Times and Wall Street Journal.

Brian Damien Hunter, convicted serial fraudster, on trial for allegedly claiming to be a lawyer

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A man has gone on trial in Napier, accused of impersonating a lawyer.

Brian Hunter, 54, faces two charges of obtaining by deception, both of which relate to his hiring of removal firms.

He is alleged to have told them he was a lawyer from the Kapiti Coast named Michael O’Hara, acting on behalf of a client called Brian Shaw.

See full story: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/hawkes-bay/9758891/Man-on-trial-for-claim-to-be-lawyer

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Transparency International (NZ) past director – Michael Vukcevic – “a CV fraudster”

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High-level businessman’s CV false (Story by Phil Kitchin – Dominion Post 25/02/14)

The chairman of an influential business council with close links to the Government’s bid for a Middle East free trade agreement is a CV fraudster.

Fairfax NZ can reveal that Michael Vukcevic – head of the Auckland-based Middle East Business Council – falsely claimed to have a law degree from Victoria University.

Mr Vukcevic was also a director of anti-corruption agency Transparency International when he lied in his successful bid for the top New Zealand job at multinational law and patent firm, Baldwins.

The fraud will embarrass the firm, which was last year a finalist in the New Zealand Law Awards for a second year in a row.

It will also embarrass the Government because of the ties between the council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NZ Trade and Enterprise.

As chair of the Middle East council, Mr Vukcevic rubs shoulders with powerful figures from MFAT – including Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully.

Mr Vukcevic used the fictitious degree to become chief executive at Baldwins in 2012.

He resigned in November last year citing “personal reasons”.

Victoria University has confirmed Mr Vukcevic’s only qualification from Victoria was a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Mr Vukcevic has not responded to multiple approaches asking for an explanation.

His seven-page CV also includes a claim he was a director for a recruitment firm. That claim is also false.

When he was at Baldwins the company’s website claimed Mr Vukcevic was a “Registered Patent Attorney” in Australia and New Zealand but he does not appear on the registers for either country.

He also claimed to be a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand but he is not registered as either with the Law Society.

Mr Vukcevic’s CV describes him as a “dynamic Chief Executive with a proven track record of success.”

It says his experience is across large public and corporate companies, private companies and Government.

Under the education, the CV claims Mr Vukcevic obtained a law degree and a BA from studying at Victoria from 1989 to 1992.

See full story:  http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/9762437/High-level-businessmans-CV-false.

Note:

1. The New Zealand Middle East Business Council website’s “Governance” listings describes Michael Vukcevic as:

 “current chairman of the New Zealand Middle East Business Council, and a past director of Transparency International (NZ).” [Suzanne Snively ONZM is currently Executive Chair of TINZ.
See: http://www.nzmebc.org.nz/about/governance/
2. TI(NZ) is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promote transparency, accountability and integrity in Government and civil society.
3.  Mr Vukcevic has not been investigated by police in relation to his actions and has not been charged with any crime.Dishonestly taking or using a document with “intent to obtain any property, service, pecuniary advantage, or valuableconsideration”is an offence under section 228 of the Crimes Act.
see http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/293029/ceo-steps-down-after-fake-degree-revealed
Also see:
CEO [Michael Vukcevic] steps down after fake degree exposed. 25/02/14
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11209767
UPDATE: 26/02/14
CV Fraudster comes clean
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9767240/CV-fraudster-comes-clean