Disclosure Statement

Business Interests

I am the Managing Director of several New Zealand registered private LLC companies, none of which have any significant debt outside of normal business trading practices. My primary businesses are currently [2021] the New Zealand companies Writing the Wrong Ltd and Wairua (NZ) Ltd.

Confidentiality

I will honour any commitment I make for retaining the confidentiality of specific information. I deliberately refrain from malicious or unnecessary disclosure of sensitive information. That said though, I willingly expose unrepentant ‘crooks’ if I believe that they are a danger to the business community or that it is ethically appropriate. In regards to any matter relating to journalism ‘Shield Laws’, I do not claim a single description/label. I do though, classify my investigative activities “professional journalism” and aspects of my website “news media” and informants using my Tipline [a general not technical phrase] to all be under journalistic privilege. In regards to the remainder of my blogging I consider myself an individual who simply shares his opinion.

Conflicts of Interest

I will declare conflicts of interest publicly when or if they occur.

Dealing with Adversity

Over the years I have had more opportunity than most to have very good reason to contemplate escape from adversity by way of suicide yet have always chosen otherwise. Let it be known that should I ever be found ‘suicided’ by non-natural causes that the perpetrators are likely to be among [or associated with] those listed on my Hall of Shame. Yes, when you deal with exposing crims, crooks and crazies that sort of thing just goes with the territory – just saying! My Deadman switch can be understood by contacting Bruce Murray from Vallant Hooker & Partners, +64 9 360-0123.

E & OE

I write in good faith and am open to correction, yet on this website will always retain the last word.

Freedom of Speech

I value my freedom to speak freely far more than any financial or material benefit (past, present or future) from any person, agency or company. In this regard unless clearly marked otherwise, by default I treat all information I receive as available for publication. In the event of a clash of culture between the [quintessential Samoan] desire to suppress factual but potentially embarrassing information and the [common Western] propensity towards conflict, I attempt to walk a middle path, but naturally err towards freedom of speech. I work hard to avoid defamatory comments and respect Intellectual Property (Copyright/Trademark) as well as commercially sensitive information.

Identity

I am a self-employed, New Zealand-based (Pakeha/Palagi) investigative blogger and author operating from Taumarunui.

Independence

Other than temporary low-income support on my initial return to NZ from Samoa, I am not employed by nor receive income from any Government agency, nor am I accountable to any government agency. In this sense I am independent. This independence cuts both ways though as this does NOT mean that I will submit to any imposed or arbitrary impartiality in all the matters that I cover. I let my creative work stand on its own in the context it was offered. If I reveal a crime or fraud, then the revelations stand on the evidence I have or have offered relating to that revelation. If offering advice or an opinion on a matter (even one that is strong), I exercise that right BECAUSE I am independent.

Strategic Advice

I make myself available to assist others in need, offering strategic advice as appropriate. If you require my assistance I will ask that you pay me $USD10.00 (via Paypal) which then puts our relationship onto a commercial footing, protecting you and bringing clarity to all future discussions. I always produce an invoice for this. I specialise in dealing with ‘nasty’ people who bully the little people using the legal system although I am not a lawyer. I can be an advocate, McKenzie Friend or simply assist people in difficult situations from behind the scenes, emotionally or practically.

Theological Position

I am generally classified a conservative and have what I describe as a strong personal Christian faith with serious aversion to institutionalised (i.e. structured) religion. This is explained more in my post Called Out.

I generally do not enter into theological arguments (preferring to focus on personal relationship building) and I attempt to position myself  outside of denominational conflicts and labeling, however if was asked to apply labels then I . . .

• am firmly Protestant;
• lean towards small church, house church, emerging church models;
• have major concerns with outcome-based religious teaching and activities (purpose driven, mega-church, commercialism etc);
• appreciate the clarity of the Lutheran teachings of “grace”;
• honour the Catholic stand on most issues of social justice (yet reject the Catholicism claims of church authority);
• reject the popular teaching of eternal torture in “hell” (but stop well short of universalism);
• reject the common teaching of the tithe, believing that this is entirely unbiblical and contrary to the heart of God;
• agree with the Seventh Day Adventist teaching that the Sabbath is actually Saturday (but stop short of their subsequent legalism);
• struggle with defining eschatological timelines and events however I cannot see anything to prevent a literal translation of “a thousand generations” (putting the end of the world a lot further out than many currently claim) and the likelihood of a literal, post-societal collapse, life of peace & prosperity, prior to the eventual return of Christ;
• approve of the growth in the Intelligent Design movement and hold to young earth Creationist views, impressed by and subscribing to the majority of the views expressed by AIG (www.creation.com);
• generally interpret the word “Go” of the great commission in Matthew 28 [Gk: continuous, present tense], to mean “as we are going [about our business]” rather than in the traditional missionary calling and common practices to vacate our current country & reach out cross-culturally;
• actively avoid proselytism but will actively stand to validate the Truth should it be invited, believing that if there is a God, and that if He could shoulder-tap me, then as long as I do what He says and be myself, then He is certainly big enough to shoulder-tap others if He wants to;
• am a conscientious but cautious “big-picture” conspiracy theorist accepting that there is a global conspiracy against the God of the Bible.