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Snatch and Grab for the Spoils of War
Thursday, 16 January 2003, 11:37 am | Maree Howard
Howard's End: Plans to invade Iraq have been thrown into disarray as the Turks and the Kurds, key partners for the northern-front of the invasion, begin vying for spoils after the war to the point of rummaging through Ottoman Empire archives for the deeds ... More >>
ACC Shambles Ruining People’s Lives
Wednesday, 15 January 2003, 9:21 am | Maree Howard
Police are being congratulated by ACC support groups for promptly swinging into action on Monday night when a farewell message posted on an ACC support website prompted claimant concern about the safety of one of their own. More >>
Howard’s End: ACC Investments Open to Scamsters
Friday, 10 January 2003, 12:59 am | Maree Howard
The ACC is once again in the public spotlight following revelations that it plans to increase its NZ and overseas investments from the current $3.8 billion to $5.4 billion by 2005 while at the same time increasing petrol levies for motorists and ... More >>
Howard’s End - There’s Madness Afoot
Monday, 6 January 2003, 10:47 am | Maree Howard
Whom the God's wish to punish they first make mad. With the massing of troops and firepower for an invasion of Iraq there is madness afoot which will summon up a host of unforeseen dangers and unimagined consequences. More >>
US Readies Invasion Armada For Jan-Feb 2003
Monday, 23 December 2002, 9:21 am | Maree Howard
Removing the Iraqi government and installing a US military regime that would control the country's oil fields, is at least as important as eliminating weapons of mass destruction. That makes war with Iraq guaranteed around the end of January to mid-February. ... More >>
Raft Of ACC Claims Beaches At High Court
Friday, 20 December 2002, 1:00 am | Maree Howard
Scoop can reveal that the first of what looks set to become a raft of claims against ACC and current and former case managers is to be lodged in the High Court shortly claiming $300,000 in exemplary damages, $300,000 in general damages for distress, ... More >>
ACC Minister Ignores Call For ACC Inquiry
Thursday, 19 December 2002, 10:54 am | Maree Howard
Howard's End - While the Government has approved an increase in petrol duty to fund ACC, public and political calls for an inquiry into ACC continue to go unheeded by Government. It is time for the Minister to listen. More >>
Howard's End: What Our Country Can Do For Its MPs
Monday, 16 December 2002, 10:40 am | Maree Howard
News over the weekend that MP's have rushed through a clause in their pay and perks legislation putting them in the same class as the Governor-General in being exempt from some income taxes, again raises serious questions about the powers of our Parliament ... More >>
ACC: Three Stooges and the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 11:44 pm | Maree Howard
News that the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee is too busy to undertake an inquiry into ACC in the immediate future has gone down like a lead balloon with affected claimants. The select-committee or ACC itself should appoint a retired ... More >>
Howard’s End – Claimants Don't Share Confidence
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 3:57 pm | Maree Howard
On the eve of a decision from the Transport and Industrial Relations Select-Committee about whether to hold an inquiry into ACC, claimants are not sharing the confidence of ACC Minister, Hon Ruth Dyson, that the office of the complaints investigator has ... More >>
Howard’s End: Human Rights Day Revisited
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 8:40 am | Maree Howard
Today is Human Rights Day but it's not as well known as it should be, that this little country was responsible for adding these words to the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "All members of the organisation undertake to preserve, protect and ... More >>
Dumped ACC Claimants Must Be Reinst
Friday, 6 December 2002, 8:52 am | Maree Howard
Howard’s End – While the Transport Select-Committee deliberates about whether to hold an inquiry into ACC, the Minister should order that all claimants who have been dumped on the subjective whim of an ACC case manager be immediately reinstated. Trouble ... More >>
Howard's End: Nonsense Follows Nonsense at ACC
Monday, 2 December 2002, 5:06 pm | Maree Howard
On Thursday the Transport Select-Committee, which covers ACC matters, will meet to discuss launching an investigation into ACC after senior politicians demanded urgent action. In their deliberations they ought to remember that now and then one ... More >>
Howard’s End: ACC Examination Back To 1991 Needed
Friday, 29 November 2002, 9:45 am | Maree Howard
Public disquiet and media interest over problems in ACC has caused National's spokesperson, Dr Paul Hutchison, to join NZ First Peter Brown in calling for a public inquiry into ACC's practices. If the politicians are genuine then we should not see an inquiry ... More >>
Howard's End: What Is Natural Justice?
Monday, 25 November 2002, 9:53 am | Maree Howard
A Scoop reader was talking to correspondent Maree Howard and said; "You've written a lot about natural justice and ACC and although I am not on ACC, what is natural justice?" Maree is not a lawyer but Scoop thought the question was important ... More >>
Recourse to Independent Courts Most Valued Right
Friday, 22 November 2002, 10:58 am | Maree Howard
Access to the independent courts is one of the most valued and valuable human rights in New Zealand. But this was ousted earlier this week when the Government signed-off on a new code of ACC claimants rights which denies people access to the courts over ... More >>
Howard's End: ACC Vs Natural Justice
Friday, 15 November 2002, 12:00 am | Maree Howard
Dispute Resolution Services Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACC who conducts reviews of ACC decisions, is coming under fire from claimants with one preparing to lodge a claim in the High Court alleging breach of natural justice and procedural ... More >>
Peters, You Can’t Shake Hands With a Clenched Fist
Tuesday, 12 November 2002, 8:47 am | Maree Howard
Howard’s End: I was brought up to believe that acceptance of others, their looks, their behaviours, their belief's, brings you inner peace and tranquillity - instead of anger and resentment. This Scoop correspondent has a message for Winston Peters ... More >>
ACC Issue Wont Go Away
Monday, 11 November 2002, 1:25 pm | Maree Howard
Calls for a full public inquiry into ACC gathered strength over the weekend when the Sunday Star-Times exposed more revelations about the Corporation's practices which has caused claimants to write to ACC Minister Ruth Dyson advising her to make ... More >>
ACC’s Conscious Disregard for Claimants Health
Wednesday, 6 November 2002, 9:22 am | Maree Howard
In the latest development of the ongoing ACC saga, Scoop has learned from claimants and a central North Island lawyer, that class action claims are being prepared in both the North and South Island against ACC and some branch and case managers alleging ... More >>
