NZ Police are perfect

Or at least, that's their attitude.

When Bruce Hutton, a former senior police inspector died, he was eulogised by the Deputy Police Commissioner as having "integrity beyond reproach". This is despite the fact that he planted evidence that sent an  innocent man to jail for murder and may even have been the actual murderer.

For a senior police officer to describe him as having any integrity at all is simply laughable. If the New Zealand police insist on refusing to even consider that they make mistakes, they will lose all credibility.

David Bain Case

In yet another example of irresponsibility and misconduct in the seemingly never-ending David Bain saga, it has been revealed that the former judge hired to second-guess an independent report into the case used it to funnel money to a woman he was in a relationship with. This case has really shown how rotten the New Zealand justice system can be.

Meanwhile, the Dunedin police still have not taken any responsibility for their enormous screw-ups. Let me make this very clear: either the Dunedin police screwed up and put an innocent man in prison for 13 years, or the Dunedin police screwed up and let a multiple murderer walk free. Either way, they screwed up and refuse to admit it.

How can we have confidence in the justice system when stuff like this is going on?

Corruption: it begins with the schools

This article shows that corruption begins with the schools: a uniform seller is being threatened with a High Court injunction for selling school uniforms. The sellers says that after selling uniforms for Manurewa High School for years, she was last year asked to bid for an exclusive contract and to detail "incentive options" for the school. In other words, she would have had to tender for the contract, and specify what kick-backs she was going to offer the school.

How this is not corruption is beyond me. The best thing to do would be for the Commerce Commission to smack the school board down, then for the parents to revolt and replace the entire board. New Zealand is one of the least-corrupt countries in the world, but how can we maintain that good standing if we allow stuff like this to happen?