hi guys/Badger, that is not what is good for our trades, is there anyway that the federation could help? what are the circumstances,i`m sure that we all wish him some luck in getting it sorted,cheers

My mates name is Gary Jones, the one from the Auditor Generals report, the report that Kern Uren referred to as "just one man's opinion, every one is entitled to an opinion" said in front of a solicitor taking notes and witnesses.... about the NZ Auditor General!!!!!.Unbelievable arrogance. Same guy bullies office girls.......nice.

Even though the OAG report was in Gary's favour and 14 out of his 16 complaints were up held and found to disadvantage him, the other 2 complaints found to fall outside policy(still may be valid, but outside policy) he still is being screwed by the Board. Even though he should have got his licences, he still has not been given his licences.... even though he is very good at his job and some pretty clued up people think he should have, perhaps he was done over because he was in direct competition with a certain MP president who laid the complaint....now remember my old boss was given his full craftsman after just one oral exam... by the man who was later appointed to NOT investigate my old boss..... at the site of an explosion with a dodgy cert that nearly killed someone.......corrupt.....

Gary appeared in the Plumbers Journal which highlighted him to a certain Board Member amongst others, and shortly after his sons apprenticeship was dissolved, all this shit he has been through is mostly, if not all, because of influential people making complaints so as to f**** over their competition, you know who you are, Gary asked me not to say, because he knows how vindictive they can be.

This man came to NZ to better his life and got royally shafted...........

I hope his wife all the best and a speedy recovery.........10 years of bullshit and stress......nice work the Board and your cronies.....we need a public enquire ASAP.......write to your local Member of Parliament if any that I have said is distasteful to you.....we need numbers, join the Feds.....do something because this is just wrong.......

I am just waiting to be set up again and shafted for being out spoken about these people, but I would rather live a week as a lion than a life time as a sheep..........

The guy circled on the left back row appears to be my ex-boss, John Darnley, stood next to him appears to be Mr Peter Jackson.....circled far left second row back, Mr Tony Hammond, front row Mr Stephen Parker and stood in front of who appears to be Peter Jackson is Anthony Salisbury.

This photo was taken in the year 2006, the same year I tried to complain about my ex boss Darnley by a letter from Nick Smith MP.......6 years later an explosion nearly kills someone and they appoint Mr Hammond to investigate (who also gave my boss his full craftsman status after just one oral exam some 10 years earlier). I tried to complain about the impartiality issues and was shot down by a panel consisting of Peter Jackson and another Master Plumber, Mark Whitehead.

Then they appointed Mr Parker to chair my disciplinary hearing.......a picture speaks a million words so they say......

I was found not guilty of 95% and only got done for one thing which is OK as per a British Standard......they basically said that the non mandatory part two......is mandatory....then publically said it was me that didn't know the fundamentals of my trade and now have to do a non existant course to up skill......and people wonder why I nut off and call them shithouses....

I have another 4 or 5 photos just like this with a similar crew of faces, taken each year.

Darnley resigned from NZIGE the month following the explosion.

Do you think these people have any credability?

They have shafted so so many people, wrong just plain wrong.

I don't think we live in a 3rd world country or a dictatorship....how long are we going to let these people get away with it....

They have done this to lots of people not just me......are you going to try to run the gauntlet of not pissing these people off? or perhaps you would like to join them and think they are doing a good job...I wouldn't advise this choice because WHEN we have a public enquire and all this comes out, you will be on the wrong side of right, these people are dinosaurs from a waining age.

Everyone knows who these people are, if we turn our backs on them they have nothing......think about it.

hey watchdog, getting change will  be a drawn out slow process to deal with this  bureaucratic ineptness. Maybe
if enough with the right credentials stand and refuse to be part of the bullshit and refuse to conform to the regime it would  have a effect.
or we just storm the board.. I just cant understand how we have a board that crucifies its members.... the honest guys trying to work the honest way .
Leadership and togetherness has to be a starter for change

And if all I said is true..........how do you all feel about living with the risk of these bullies coming after you if you, to quote one of the people who tried to make a threatening phone call, "piss some influential plumbers off"

If it suits them they will do it to anyone.....

I was talking about it with one of the biggest plumbers in my area, he said that I had probably got on the wrong side of someone and that that was a bad idea, I asked him if he ripped people off or did dodgy work, he rightfully replied, "no I do not"

My reply...........then why do you live in fear...