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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Masterton, Manakau, near enough, for the incompetent and corrupt - and ironically named - NZ Ministry of Justice . . .

I recently sent the Manager for Courts another email:

"6/9/2013 
Tena koe Mr Frengley,

I'm writing regarding the matter of the news report at this link, regarding the conviction of a Police prosecutor for assaulting his former partner and her son.

Would you please send me a copy of the Judge's decision regarding this matter (by return email).

Also, I filed three appeals in the Masterton Court recently, can you tell me whether any dates have been set down to have them heard please, or provide me with an email address for the person dealing with those matters, it would be good if they were set down for different days.
Thank you for your attention to these matters.

Yours faithfully

Katherine Raue"
 
Today, I received this response:

"Dear Katherine,

I have been asked by Mr Alistair Frengley to respond to your query dated 9 June 2013 regarding the news report about the conviction of a Police prosecutor, please  expect the High Court to respond to you on this matter.
With reference to your three appeals these matters are being dealt with in the Manakau District Court in July, to obtain information on these matters please make your request to the Manakau District Court.

The court will refer your request to the Judge who will in turn oblige or deny your request.

Unfortunately, I am unable to provide you with any further information on these matters.  I trust you will be able to pursue the gathering of information on these matters as set out above.

It is my pleasure to assist you.

Warmest regards

Lauri Blyth-Carter 
Court Services Manager"


Friday, June 14, 2013

Australian GST law enables government officials to time travel:

The Australian Goods and Services Tax Act 1999 is a hefty piece of legislation to try and make your way through, but it's well worth it when you arrive at section 165.55, which states the following example of creative use of the Queen's English:

[The] "Commissioner may disregard scheme in making declarations. 
         For the purposes of making a declaration under this Subdivision, the Commissioner may: 
                     (a)  treat a particular event that actually happened as not having happened; and 
                     (b)  treat a particular event that did not actually happen as having happened and, if appropriate, treat the event as: 
                              (i)  having happened at a particular time; and
                             (ii)  having involved particular action by a particular entity; and
 
                     (c)  treat a particular event that actually happened as: 
                              (i)  having happened at a time different from the time it actually happened; or
                             (ii)  having involved particular action by a particular entity (whether or not the event actually involved any action by that entity)."
This is not unlike the recent decision of the NZ Court of Appeal in the matter of Criminal Bar Association v Attorney General in which the Honourable Judge uttered this:
"But the issue is not what is desirable as a matter of sound public administration, but what is lawful." 




Monday, April 29, 2013

John Banks prosecution referred to the Solicitor General - decision of Judge Mill:

The private prosecution of John Banks is proceeding through the Court, and has just been referred to the Solicitor General.  On 7 November 2012, and again on 16 April 2013,  Judge I G Mill found that there was sufficient evidence of a prima facie case against the defendant.

The Police investigation into allegations of electoral fraud arising from the debacle commonly known as the Kim Dotcom Disaster found that the defendant had transmitted an election return false in a material particular (the subject donations were not anonymous, and Banks knew they were not) and had sufficient evidence to charge him summarily under Section 134(2) of the Local Electoral Act. However they were statutorily barred from doing so under the provisions of the Summary Proceedings Act that required an Information to be filed within six months of the alleged offence.

The Police made sure that their 'investigation' found that there was insufficient evidence that the defendant knew that the donations were not anonymous, and then claimed that they were unable to charge him under Section 134(1) of the  Act, as well as delaying the investigation beyond the statutory period according to Section 134(2). For these reasons no public prosecution was commenced by the Police, and it was left to Wellington businessman Graham McCready to instigate a private prosecution instead - this is the state of democracy in New Zealand - very sad indeed.

Judge Mill has now referred the matter to the Solicitor General to prosecute.

The District Court Memorandum served on the Solicitor General on 29 April 2013 is attached, with the decision of Judge Mill:




Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Lawyer Louise Elder and Constable David Gallagher:

Louise Elder claimed in Court at the last fixture that she sent me a letter on 12th December 2012, the second paragraph of which said:
"I have received the initial disclosure from the Police about your case and enclose a copy for you to read through."
In fact, the letter she sent me was identical to the one she produced in Court apart from the second parpagraph, because the second paragraph of the letter she actually sent me on 12 Decembere - which I showed Judge Hobbs, together with the other letter - says:
"I am in the process of obtaining full disclosure from the Police about your case."
Judge Hobbs accepted that there was a serious issue of credibility regarding these letters.

Here's the rest of the correspondence between me and Louise Elder, the Court, etc:

In December 2012 I sent the following letters by email to my legal aid appointed lawyer, Louise Elder:


Subject: Court date, disclosure, etc

Hello Louise,


Hello Louise 
I haven't received the disclosure that you said you'd scan and send, which really upsets me.  I insist on receiving copies of every single thing on the file as soon as you receive it please, copies of emails regarding these matters, etc.

Please advise when I have to be back in Court 

Dear Louise,

Regarding the previous letter and email, I cannot stress the urgency of obtaining the information requested (all information about me, and in particular the police radio communication recordings, and all other information relating to the involvement of Constable Gallagher in these matters on the day I was corruptly arrested.  

Also I requested that you write to police regarding the fact that I requested ALL INFORMATION about myself and these matters months ago and all that was provided was a brief "dummy composite file" which police appear to have crudely created - it's nothing more than a few pages of computer data, there are no records of all the phone calls I've made to police, or all (or most of) the visits to local police stations and the repeated refusal of police to take my complaints.  

Also requested is the statements taken in Constable Wilton's notebook regarding the assault on me by Lenny Spowart - which was witnessed by Diane White, as she told Wilton and Cunningham), trespass, wilful damage, theft, blackmail, etc, by Spowart on both Diane White and myself - Diane and I have been to the police many times requesting that Lenny Spowart be charged for his ongoing violence and harassment, trespass and theft, etc, and they continue to corruptly refuse to charge him with any of it - the charges against me are corrupt, there is a pattern of police refusing to take or action my complaints - and those of lawyers acting on my behalf - and a pattern of police laying corrupt and unwarranted charges against me and I insist you write to police about this refusal to provide the information without delay please, because I requested it months ago, and I will NOT be pleading to a corruptly laid charge in a kangaroo Court in an old supermarket until I receive ALL INFORMATION about these latest corruptly laid charges!

Yesterday Diane White shared a letter from Leon with me, asking for Diane to ring Lisa and arrange for Lola to spend some time with Diane.  Diane told me that in spite of the many trespass notices served on Spowart he had recently been coming onto her property again and causing trouble and that she didn't feel safe in her own home because of him, she reiterated to me that the police continue to refuse to charge Spowart with breaking and entering her home on numerous occasions, wilfully damaging window catches and other items in the process and other processes, assaulting and threatening me and deliberately releasing our horse onto the road out of Diane's paddock and then ringing the Council Animal Control Officer and telling him that he (Spowart) was "Mr White" and the horse wasn't allowed in the paddock.  I INSIST that you write to the police on my behalf and demand police obtain the relevant evidence of this from the Council animal control officer and the telephone companies and charge Spowart with these criminal offences and cease their persecution of me - persecution which is evidenced by the report of Dr Justin Barry-Walsh, lawyers Ken Daniels, Michael Appleby, and a number of other well informed, well qualified, credible professionals.

Constable Cunningham lied to Dr Barry-Walsh, telling him I had a "pattern" of negative interaction with police "when she previously lived in Wellington" - please write to Cunningham and ask him for any EVIDENCE of this - it's DELIBERATE LIES cooked up by him and Alison Mulholland!  - The campaign of corrupt persecution of me by local police is well documented and it is beyond a joke!

I believe that a large part of the reason various parties conspired to imprison Leon and deny him bail, etc, was because he was present when Constable Wilton assaulted me and repeatedly refused to allow me to sign the statement and refused to record Diane White's witness statement regarding Spowart's assault.  The Department of Corrections told me, Diane, and Marlene McKenzie that his application for compassionate leave had been granted and we all want to know why it was abruptly refused at the last minute, especially as Corrections now say that "Leon's lawyer didn't provide the paperwork".

The police and IPCA have refused to acknowledge the main points in Michael Appleby's complaints, or those made by me and by other lawyers and I want to "have that conversation" with each and every Judge I appear before and I instruct you to bring it up at the next appearance regardless of who the Judge is, these charges are corruptly laid and an abuse of the Court process, and a blatant attempt to pervert the course of justice.

Diane told me yesterday that she doesn't feel safe from Spowart herself and feels - as I do - that Lola will not be safe with Spowart turning up whenever he feels like it and abusing, threatening and assaulting her and her guests - the refusal of police to prosecute Spowart is OUTRAGEOUS!  - Leon's been locked up to prevent him confirming that his mother told police she saw Spowart assault me and put the horse on the road and boast about it!  Diane White told Cunningham and Wilton that she witnessed Spowart assault me and I refuse to plead to a corruptly laid charge until police acknowledge that and charge Spowart with assaulting me!  

The Crown announced it had no evidence to offer regarding the charge of Perverting the Course of Justice after the Escaping from Custody charge was thrown out - like all the others! - because of my health - well they can't have it both ways - these charges are corruptly laid and I insist that police be required to provide the information I have requested according to THE LAW.  I also insist that the Court formally recognise the evidence that the IPCA and police have blatantly and corruptly refused to investigate or even acknowledge my serious complaints, and those made on my behalf by a growing number of lawyers.

Please send the disclosure as soon as possible, and copies of all other information on your file on an ongoing basis as soon as you receive it or create it, I recall you saying you were going to scan the disclosure and email it and post it but I have received nothing, your letter lists different charges to those on the informations and I need to see all the information that you receive or create please.  


My defence relies partly on establishing that the police have a history of treating me with prejudice which is supported by quite a lot of evidence, this is crucial to the questions of credibility, motive, etc.  Accordingly I request that you write to the IPCA and request a review of files relating to my complaints and those of Michael Appleby, which have been largely ignored or corruptly fobbed off (also supported by a lot of evidence).  The correspondence between the IPCA and Mr Appleby and myself is at this link and clearly and indisputably shows that the police have been corruptly refusing to address the serious specific matters raised in the complaints, and have a history of malicious prosecutions and of giving evidence proven to be false.

There is also the matters regarding Rachel Betteridge and her husband sending me messages saying "You need a bullet" and "Watch your back", and the corrupt actions of the police in charging me with sending messages to her when there was never any evidence of that WHATSOEVER, while police corruptly continue to refuse to charge Betteridge when there is indisputable evidence that she and her husband sent me the messages above AND OTHERS.  I insist on being treated fairly, there is clear and indisputable evidence to warrant Betteridge and her husband being charged - and Betteridge charged with PERJURY.

Carterton police are corruptly refusing to take my complaints as usual, it is completely unacceptable and I request you write to them and the IPCA about these matters - which involve Leon White's mother, as I mentioned last week.  Leon White was present when Constables Cunningham and Wilton were called to Diane White's house about Lenny Spowart assaulting me, Diane told police she witnessed it and also that Spowart had recently released my horse on the road three times and rung the Council animal control officer claiming to be "Mr White" - Spowart is delusional and police are refusing to charge him and I insist that you write to them about this BLATANT ONGOING CORRUPTION please without delay.  There have been serious threats made on the internet recently inciting me to commit suicide in great detail and threats to harm my horses and we want police to act!

Mrs White and I rang Dept of Corrections a number of times and were assured that Leon would be there to support his mother at the funeral of his uncle and would be granted compassionate leave for this and we want to know exactly why this was refused at the last minute after we had been told it would be granted because we have been told it was because Leon's lawyer [Louise Elder] hadn't provided the paperwork.  The repercussions of the refusal of the request for compassionate leave have been huge and Leon hasn't been fully informed of them yet, but his mother is extremely upset about this and so am I.  Apparently David and Marlene McKenzie of Carterton went to pick Leon up from the prison and were told he wasn't allowed to be released to them - is that because of the rape of the fourteen year old girl that occurred at their "Men's Refuge"? 

[- Some information has been withheld regarding the rape of the young girl at the 'Mens Refuge, for legal reasons' -]

Diane wants to make a formal complaint regarding the refusal of compassionate leave (I support that complaint, the funeral was a travesty, and the fact that Leon was locked up and Lenny Spowart wasn't is frankly obscene) - to whom should we write regarding that? 

Please confirm that you have no conflict of interest.
Regards
Katherine Raue
__________________________________________________________________

I received the following response from Louise Elder on 19 December 2012, this is it:
"yes disclure is on its way 
regards 
Louise"
________________________________

(These matters and others were discussed at Court with Louise Elder, at each of my appearances, and on other dates when I spoke with Louise at Court when I was there supporting other people.)  On 5th February 2013 at 8:47 a.m.  I sent Louise Elder this email, which was also sent to Kelvyn Alp, Benjamin Easton, Vince Seimer, and Maria Van Der Meel:

________________________________
"Dear Louise,
1.   Please email me copies of ALL correspondence and all information on your file.  If you send me a letter, please post it AND email it because of problems with the post (there is a xx High St South and mail is often delivered to the wrong address, and both post and email are often unreliable so sending both ensures I receive at least one copy).

2.   Regarding your letters of 25 January 2013, which I received this morning.  I did NOT advise the Court that you had failed to give me the disclosure at all!  I advised the Court that I hadn't received (or even seen) it.  When I said I hadn't received the list of witnesses, etc, I was referring to the witnesses to the alleged assault on Constable Gallagher - about a dozen people were present and they say that they saw Gallagher assault ME, not the other way around!  I want the list of witnesses to THAT charge - and the other information such as the radio recordings. - Gallagher knows who the witnesses are - he has been interviewing them!  

3.   In particular you are instructed to request ALL INFORMATION regarding these interviews between Gallagher and the witnesses to the alleged assault on him - whether written down or not - and the names of ALL people he has spoken with about these matters.

4.   Please rewrite the letter to the Police - deleting the words in the first paragraph "relating to this charge" - I requested ALL INFORMATION ABOUT MYSELF - not only the information the police might think is relevant to this particular charge

This request is long overdue and is the subject of complaints to the Ombudsmen, the police are perverting the course of justice by refusing/delaying.providing this information and you are instructed to tell the Court that, and as per my earlier instructions, you are instructed to tell the Court that there is a long history of complaints regarding police corruption against me, much of it involving Constable Gallagher's immediate family, and this matter is a  blatant attempt to pervert the course of justice, it is a blatant abuse of the Court process, it is a blatant attempt to continue the pattern of persecution and corruption against me which has been well documented in letters from other lawyers, and communication with the IPCA, and Constable Gallagher is LYING! 

You are further instructed to bring to attention of the Court that there is considerable information suggesting that it may be unsafe for the Court to enter a plea on my behalf according to the evidence that Constable Peter Cunningham appears to have lied in a report to the Court last year (after Court forensic 'nurse' Alison Mulholland corruptly directed the Court psychiatrist to Cunningham) when Cunningham described a fictional (delusional) pattern of behaviour/actions/involvement with police "when she previously lived in Wellington". 

This information requires correction and I instruct you to see that it is addressed, and that a complaint is made to the IPCA - when we had a Community Centre we had resources to enable us to communicate - I can't afford internet or stamps, don't have a working printer because police refuse to assist me to recover my property from my previous address, refuse to charge anyone with what are indisputably serious violent offences against me - you are instructed to bring to the attention of the Court that these matters are an abuse of the Court process and are a corrupt attempt to pervert the course of justice by Constable Gallagher and the Masterton police prosecution section - you are instructed to request all information regarding the statements Constable Cunningham made to Dr Justin Barry-Walsh, and to inform the Court that because of the Crown's application to dismiss the charge of perverting the course of justice last year, and the withdrawal of about eight other charges by the police, on the grounds that it wasn't in the public interest, and "the ongoing Court process might fuel her delusions and paranoia" etc, and because of the fact that my doctor will attest to the extremely detrimental effects of the stress caused by this campaign of corrupt prosecutions - including charges the police admitted in Court should not have been laid in the first place - as described in Ken Daniels letters - I require legal aid to take action about the indisputable police corruption and the refusal of the IPCA to address the complaints of me and other lawyers.  You are instructed to advise the Court of these matters.

5.   In particular, I request ALL INFORMATION regarding the attack described at this link, where you will find a witness statement confirming that Gallagher's brother in law smashed a window at my home - in front of a terrified witness and two police officers who refused to act, Gallagher's brother in law smashed the window and made serious threats and was never charged, police corruptly disposed of the complaint AND the witness statement (a copy of which is at that link) and refused to charge the attackers, because they were Gallagher's family, and because Gallagher's mother in law has been having an affair for years with disgraced ex Constable Stephen Wakefield.

There is considerable evidence of a background of personal animosity and illegal abuse of police powers regarding Constable Gallagher and his family against me, and evidence of a personal vendetta against me by Gallagher's family, and considerable evidence that Constable Gallagher has misused his powers to prevent his family being charged for crimes which include a violent attack on me in my home which was witnessed by a person who also witnessed the incident relating to the current charges, which is just one reason why it is imperative to obtain ALL information and NOT just that which police might consider relevant to the current charges. 

6.   Please send police prosecutions the following letter:

Please provide to the writer the following details and information in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 as set out in Commissioner of Police v Ombudsman (1988) 1 NZLR 385 and information pursuant to your Common Law Duties as set out in R v Mason (1976) 2 NZLR 122 and R v Wickliffe (1987) NZLR 55:  
1.   All Police job sheets completed by any Police Officer in connection with this case. 
2.   Briefs of evidence of all prosecution witnesses. 
3.  All statements made to the Police by potential prosecution witnesses including copies of any video interviews or any other recordings whatsoever. 
4. All statements or utterances made by the Defendant whether recorded or committed to memory or otherwise preserved whether or not signed or acknowledged by the defendant, and including copies of all video interviews made with the Defendant. 
5. The names and addresses of all witnesses to be called against the Defendant. 
6. The names and addresses of all people interviewed by the Police who can give evidence upon matters that may be helpful to the defence whether the Prosecutor considers such person or persons credit-worthy or not. 
7. Details of previous convictions of prosecution witnesses including any other matters that may impeach their characters. 
8. Details of any physical exhibits including those to be produced at the preliminary hearing and those not to be produced. 
9. Details of all expert reports including reports of technicians, laboratory assistants and all material relevant to forensic enquiries carried out at the behest of the prosecution. 
10.   Copies of any documentary exhibits which may be produced at the hearing including copies of all video recorded interviews of the defendant and any other person interviewed concerning the matter presently at issue. 
11. The name and address of each identification witness known to the Prosecutor whether or not the Prosecutor intends to call that witness to give evidence at the hearing. 
12. A statement of any description of the offender given by each such witness to the Police or the Prosecutor. 
13. A copy of any identikit picture or other drawing made by any such witness or from information supplied by them. 
14. Any other matters that appear to be in the interests of justice.
This request is a continuing one so that if any information comes to your attention in any of the categories listed above after your receipt of this letter than such information should be disclosed as if it had been on your file when this request was initially made.
If you are not prepared to disclose any information to us, could you please indicate what that information is and why it is not being disclosed.
I instructed you write to police requesting ALL INFORMATION, and in particular, all recordings of radio communications, and all recordings and all information relating to all phone calls I have made to police, NOT just the "Card Centre report"!

7.   I also instruct you to request all emails about me from the police in particular the ones between Sergeants Basher and Johnson about my website.

8.   I instructed you to make a formal complaint to the Court on my behalf regarding the practise of allowing Liz Harpleton and Gary Wilson to work together in the Court despite the fact that they are in a relationship and are conspiring to pervert the course of justice.  Why have you not done so?

9.   Regarding the letter you claim to have sent me on 12 December 2012.  The letter you claim to have sent me differs considerably to the letter which I actually received from you dated 12 December 1012 - which is a very serious matter as far as I am concerned.  This is further evidenced by your email (below) of the 19th December. 

10.   Please email me immediately all communication you claim to have sent me, and an explanation as to why the letter I received differs from the letter you claim to have sent me. The one I received from you states that you are still awaiting disclosure - NOT that it is attached.  I have never received any disclosure from you in the mail, just what you handed me on 17 December, when Diane White and I asked you for an explanation of why Leon's compassionate leave to attend his uncle's funeral was declined, after we were both told it had been approved.

11.   As you know, I showed you a piece of a page of Constable Mia Wilton's notebook when we spoke at the Court, and I instructed that you request all information regarding that matter - which involved Leon White - and in particular a copy of the rest of the statement from me in Wilton's notebook which was taken at 9 Plimsoll St regarding the assault on me by Lenny Spowart which was witnessed by Diane White and all other information regarding that matter, and all other information about the numerous complaints made by me and Diane White about Spowart - which police have corruptly ignored!  Leon and his partner were present when Diane White confirmed to Constables Wilton and Cunningham that she witnessed Spowart assault me and Wairarapa police are corruptly refusing to take complaints from victims and corruptly abusing their powers to persecute victims and evidenced by the considerable - and growing amount of correspondence confirming that from other lawyers.  You are instructed to bring this to the attention of the Court.

12.   Please send me a copy of the letter signed by me, Diane White and Marlene McKenzie, along with a response.

13.   The witness list, etc, I requested related to the charge of assault on Constable Gallagher - there were about a dozen witnesses to the incident, all in close proximity to me when the alleged assault occurred, Gallagher has been talking to these witnesses about the incident and I want ALL INFORMATION regarding these conversations between Gallagher (or any other officers) and the witnesses, because the witnesses tell me that they informed Gallagher that the only assault they witnessed was HIS assault on ME!

Yours sincerely
Katherine Raue

I've received no response to this email.  On 22nd February 2013 I wrote to Masterton Court Manager Mark Elliot requesting that he send me two postal articles which he alleges he sent me and he alleges were returned undelivered.  He arrogantly and rudely refused to do so, which caused me to have to write to the Manager of the local Courts:

Dear Sir
Mark Elliott of the Masterton Court continues to refuse to provide me with a letter and the envelope it came in which he claims were sent to me and returned by NZ Post as undeliverable.  According to section 19 of the Postal Service Act he is obliged to provide the original article according to legal advice I have received and I want the articles couriered to me immediately.  

Would you please advise me of all upcoming Court dates regarding my matters and what matter is set down for what day, and provide me with a copy of what was recorded by the Judge at the last fixture - I think it was Judge Hobbs who was on the bench on that date.  - This is urgent, it seems that nothing has been done about my complaints regarding the lawyer who was representing me or about providing me with another lawyer.  Thank you, Katherine Raue
 Mr Frenley wrote back:
"Dear Ms Raue

According to our records you have 2 upcoming Court appearances. The first is tomorrow morning at 10.00am at the Masterton District Court hearing centre at 4 Church Street, Masterton. This appearance is for a Criminal fixture hearing concerning charges of common assault and assault on the police.

The second appearance is at 10.00am on 17 April, again at the Masterton Court at the hearing centre in Church Street. This date is for your rehearing on the trespass charge.

I have forwarded your request for a copy of what was recorded by the Judge at your last fixture. I have assumed that you are referring to the status hearing appearance for the assault charges as this was in front of Judge Hobbs and that you want a copy of the converstaion of the hearing and decision in Court. The Masterton Court will follow up on this request and get the transcript to you as soon as possible. If this is not what you want, and you only want what the Judge wrote on the Court file, can you ask the Masterton staff tomorrow when you are court, and they should be able to supply you with a photocopy.

Lastly there are your comments concerning your lawyer. The District Court does not get involved in issues between lawyers and clients. If you have a problem with your lawyer, I suggest you lodge a complaint with the local branch of the Law Society. With regard your issue of getting another lawyer, again the District Court does not get involved in this matter. If you are on legal aid, then this is a matter you have to raise with them. Neither the Masterton Court or myself can get involved in these processes or issues concerning lawyers.

regards
Alister Frengley"
_________________________________________

On learning that the corruptly laid charges resulting from Constable David Gallagher's lies were being heard tomorrow I immediately rang Legal Services to find out why I hadn't heard from them or from any lawyer assigned to represent me.  They told me Louise Elder was still listed on their files as being the lawyer who was representing me.  I said that the Judge at the last fixture had seen two different copies of the same letter which Louise Elder had alleged that she sent me - one of them had a completely different paragraph, the rest of both letters was identical, including the date, and as I understood it Louise Elder then advised the Court she was withdrawing from the matter, the Judge asked me if I wanted another lawyer, I said yes, and that I had sent Louise Elder the above emails and I wanted them passed on to whoever was going to be representing me.  I said that numerous times, and everyone heard me, including Louise Elder, who assured  Judge Hobbs that she would advise the Legal Services Agency, ensure that a new lawyer was appointed and ensure that my correspondence was passed on to the new lawyer.

Brian Moore at Legal Services told me today that no lawyer has been appointed - after I was told by another staff member that Louise Elder was still representing me.  Callers to the LSA 0800 number are told to ring Napier or other toll calls, put on hold, cut off, etc, and then treated with extreme arrogance, incompetence and blatantly corrupt practise.

The letter to Louise Elder was emailed by me and received by her at prior to 8:45 a.m. on 5th February, well before any decision on her part to withdraw.  She was obliged to pass it on to another lawyer and advise the LSA that the Judge had confirmed that I needed a new lawyer because of her sudden withdrawal.



This is after receiving this letter from Tony Ellis after asking him to assist me to do something about the continued - indisputable corruption of the IPCA and police and the blatant corruption which resulted in the Crown suddenly deciding it would offer no evidence against me after corruptly locking me in a mental asylum for criticising local police:

"In respect of complaining about the IPCA, there is no process I know of short of the High Court in litigation.
However a new Authority is about to be appointed Sir David Carruthers previously Parole Board Chairperson, and before that Chief District Court Judge.  
You could complain to him that his staff have not done their job, as a new broom he might be interested. 
Other matters
Given . . .  changes in Legal Aid funding I should advise you I am not going to be able to take your case on legal aid. 
I have been doing criminal legal aid files for some time, but with the introduction of fixed fees and the associated administrative burden now required for legal aid, in order to make a living I am forced to reduce the amount of legal aid cases I can do.
Partly as  result of this tightening in the year ended March 2011 , i.e. 12 months ago and that I had my worst year ever earning less than the average wage, $50,000, as a result I have been forced me to reconsider the number of cases on legal aid I can take. 
In the civil area, where your case falls, the paperwork required from the Legal Services Agency is onerous.
It is does not surprise me that of 4000 lawyers willing to take legal aid prior to 31 December 2011 now only about 2000 will.
I regret given the time delay and still not having all your files,  and the new legal aid regime that trying to take on your case requires more time than I have.
Regrettably the payment offered form civil legal aid (which you of course are likely to be required to repay) does not provide a fair reward for work done.
Whilst I do not like to reduce the decision to a financial one, I regret having to be more selective in taking legal aid cases, and have turned down 10 in the last month, your potential case is not even ready to be considered and in addition to financial considerations I regret I don't have the time.
I will return your files.
Tony Ellis."
Of course, I wrote to the 'new broom' , Sir David Carruthers, as follows:
"Dear Sir 
Lawyer Michael Appleby made complaints to the IPCA on my behalf, responses were eventually received which clearly failed to even acknowledge substantial parts of the complaints.  False allegations were made by the IPCA investigator that I engaged in "incoherent dialogue" so I asked for meeting to be recorded between us to clarify the points that hadn't been addressed, such as the whole of the complaints regarding the serious corruption, fraud, etc, involving persons associated with the Carterton District Council and Carterton Community Centre.

The last letters I received advised me that the Authority was refusing to photocopy the brief communications between the Authority and my lawyer and refusing to communicate with me, this isn't good enough.  

Mr Appleby's complaint referred to letters from other lawyers such as Ivan Young-Gough and Ken Daniels regarding the fraud, particularly one payment to a single individual which involved money taken from several different bank accounts, each representing separate entities which had nothing to do with the one the alleged 'claim' was against - a clear case of criminal fraud!


The Police and the PCA responded to the complaint, completely ignoring paragraphs 3-5 (below) inclusive: 
  1. Further to Judge Borrin’s letter of 9 December 2005 (a copy of which is attached for your convenience and ease of reference), I write to confirm that all of the five charges have been thrown out by the District Court, and partial costs awarded against the New Zealand Police.
  2. I attach some relevant documents in connection with Mrs Raue’s complaint.
  3. Further background to the history of the treatment of Mrs Raue by the Masterton Police is the letter of 26August 2004 from Mrs Raue’s previous counsel, Mr Ken Daniels, to the Police calling their attention to what Mr Daniels himself believed to be fraud at the Carterton Community Centre.
  4. The only response to this letter seems to have been the brief e-mail dated 26 April 2006, from Police officer Murray Johnston, admitting that he couldn’t remember Mr Daniels letter, that he couldn’t locate the file, and scoffing at any allegations which might have been made in the letter from Mr Daniels, even though he couldn’t even remember receiving the letter. The e-mail states: “Any such allegation by Kate against the Community Centre management would take a very low priority from a Police perspective. Her allegations about the Community Centre have mostly proved unfounded, emotive and simply not credible”, even though Mr Daniels is a Lawyer, and had expressed his concern at what he himself believed to be fraud.
  5. The Masterton Police have, apparently, made no further investigations into Mr Daniels’ concerns about the fraud, nor do they intend to do so from the tenor of the email. This obviously requires further investigation by the Authority and constitutes a separate complaint.

I request an urgent review of the manner in which these complaints have been dealt with, and the ongoing corruption and refusal of police to acknowledge or investigate my complaints.

I also wish to complain about the refusal of police to provide all information they hold about me as requested, the recent assault on me in front of two witnesses by Constable Mia Wilton and her refusal to take my complaint and the manner in which she ripped the notebook out of my hand and assaulted me as I was trying to make the statement and her refusal (and that of Constable Cunningham who was also present) to take a statement from the witness regarding the assault on me, and the deliberate release of our horse onto the road, by Lenny Spowart recently.

There are a number of other outstanding matters which need to be addressed and I request a meeting with an investigator.  Lawyer Ken Daniels offered to act as facilitator but that offer was ignored, Mr Alp has offered to facilitate and witness the meeting in order to disprove these allegations of "incoherent dialogue".

I look forward to your urgent response.
I received this response:   
Good Afternoon Ms Raue,
 Although your email below contains no reference numbers or dates, a search of our records indicates that there  are no matters outstanding; and that all your complaint files have been closed; and you were notified in writing of the outcome or decisions of the Authority at the time they were closed.
Complaint Management Team IPCA   

Replied thus:
"And I notified you at the time, and repeatedly ever since, that the matters referred to in red below [in bold type, above in this post] have NOT been addressed by the Authority and - they have been ignored - like numerous other complaints!  These specific complaints, and the evidence of the corruption and incompetence of the so called "investigation" are at this link:  I repeat my request for a review!  To whom do I complain about this blatant corruption?"

Received this:

Good Afternoon Ms Raue,As explained in yesterday’s  email to you, although your email of 10 August 2012 (below) contains no reference numbers or dates, a search of our records indicates that there  are no matters outstanding; and that all your complaint files have been closed; and you were notified in writing of the outcome or decisions of the Authority at the time they were closed.In response to your query about complaining (we assume about the IPCA), you may wish to obtain professional legal advice on what options, if any, may be available to you. That of course is a decision which is entirely  for you to  make.Complaint Management Team  IPCA 

Which brings us back to Mr Ellis's letter above.   It's like being at the Mad Hatters Tea Party.  The Police and the IPCA are clearly corrupt and incompetent and are using our taxes to rip us off, bully and abuse us, and blatantly pervert the course of justice because they know that lawyers won't help us.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Ewen Macdonald, his brother, and the Clown prosecutor:


Hot on the heels of the Urewera fiasco and the Kim Dotcom circus, Clown prosecutor Ben Vanderkolk has stage managed the prosecution of Ewen Macdonald to make sure that the jury only got to hear half the facts.

It's been revealed that Ewen Hyde had a long history of deliberate and premeditated criminal activity, much of it malicious and violent and aimed directly at Scott and Kylee Guy, such as the graffiti he sprayed on their home saying "fucken bitch slapper", "you cheating whore, what comes around, goes around'', "stay away from him Kylee, you whore'', and "now you know how it feels to lose something you love''.(sic). Given that Macdonald has admitted this, and said he did it for fun, why has there been no request to have him examined by a psychiatrist, he is clearly psychopathic and a danger to other people!  It's now been revealed that Macdonald bashed 19 calves to death with a hammer. This behaviour is not normal - what's wrong with the Clown prosecutors and the police, just accepting this and not questioning his sanity - unbelievable that the corrupt police and their corrupt mates at the Court can conspire to lock me up for three months for alleging I'm a danger to myself instead of arresting the REAL criminals, but nobody seems to see anything wrong with Ewen Macdonald's mental health . . .

Here's a timeline of SOME of his recent activities:
December 30, 2006: Ewen Macdonald killed two trophy stags on Craig Hocken's Feilding property.

August 9, 2007: Intentionally destroyed 16,000 litres of milk at Graham Sexton's farm at Himatangi.

August 9, 2007: Intentionally killed calves causing loss to farmer Paul Barber at Foxton.

March 21, 2008: Damaged a duck-shooting whare belonging to Graham Sexton.

October 24, 2008: Damaged an old house by fire on Scott and Kylee Guy's property in Feilding.

January 30, 2009: Vandalism of Scott and Kylee Guy's new home in Feilding.

July 8, 2010: Scott Guy shot dead at the end of his driveway in the early hours of the morning.

April 7, 2011: Ewen Macdonald arrested for murder.

September 2011: Callum Boe convicted of arson, vandalism, etc, and sentenced to two years imprisonment.

June 5, 2012: Trial begins in the High Court at Wellington. Macdonald is acquitted a month later.



August 6, 2012: It is revealed that Callum Boe is already out of prison.

September 14, 2012: Macdonald to be sentenced in the High Court at Palmerston North on six remaining charges - the same charges that Boe was convicted and imprisoned for last year - Macdonald should have been jointly charged at that time with those offences!

The only reason Boe was not called to give evidence, and that the previous history or RELEVANT criminal violence directed specifically at Scott and Kylee Guy was hidden is because Clown prosecutor Ben Vandervolk exercised his personal discretion and conspired with his mates to make sure that the jury and the Court didn't hear about it - which amounts to a criminal conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in my opinion (and that of many others).

Ewen Macdonald's brother is a police detective, the corruption and incompetence of the New Zealand police is legendary, and it appears very likely that a combination of a police investigation aimed at making sure that no evidence was found, and a Clown prosecutor who conspired with the police to pervert the course of justice, has resulted in his acquittal for cold blooded, premeditated murder. Justice in NZ comes down to how much money you've got and who your mates are.

Macdonald lied and lied, over and over again, living a lie, like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
How many other women are living with monsters like Ewen Macdonald? Apparently "respectable" blokes. How many women like his wife just accept stories about night "missions" with "mates" like Callum Boe?

The suppression order regarding the other charges was supposed to be lifted when Macdonald appeared in the Palmerston North District Court for a callover on Tuesday 31 July 2012, but were continued by the district court judge, who declined jurisdiction to sentence Macdonald.

He will now be sentenced by the High Court later this year - a sentencing date will likely be set when he next appears in court on September 14.

The news report dated 6 August 2012 shows that despite being sentenced to two years jail last September, Callum Boe is out already - less than 12 months later - what an insult to justice!

Ewen Macdonald is a ticking time bomb. The arson and vandalism were committed "for retribution" after Macdonald and Boe were caught poaching Samba deer and were trespassed from the farms. Retribution for the fact that Macdonald and Boe were caught in the act committing crimes, not retribution for any OTHER act - it's not retribution, it's extreme psychopathic behaviour and Macdonald has never been subjected to a psychiatric examination - nobody thought it necessary to ask for one, but I think there is clear evidence of a serious mental illness and one which presents a clear and indisputable danger to the public!

Andrew Hoggard, Federated Farmers Manawatu-Rangitikei provincial president, said Macdonald's actions were "inexplicable".

"We genuinely thought crimes like this were committed by some low-life toe-rag who'd never worked a decent day in their life. It is a real shock to discover MacDonald has admitted to what are acts of sabotage. How many other "respectable" "pillars of the community", "award winning farmers" and members of Boards of Trustees are living lives that are lies? How many of them are malicious and psychopathic bullies? Ray Craig is, he's head of the Board of Trustees of the South End School in Carterton, and involved in the ongoing trouble and bullying and corruption that saw a Statutory Manager appointed last year, and the resignation of the former principal Rod O'Leary after O'Leary lied about the employment of me and of another staff member, and conspired with the Board to sack us over deliberately false allegations and further the political careers of their mates. Ray Craig is also thick as thieves with corrupt local Constable Stephen Wakefield, his son Constable Michael Wakefield, and the other corrupt local cops, who are conspiring to cover up the epidemic of child abuse by throwing hundreds of files in the rubbish bin and lying about it.

The so called investigation into this has not involved anyone from the so called 'investigation' interviewing Det Sgt Mark McHattie, the ringleader of the corruption, the one who threw hundreds of files in the rubbish bin and lied "Hand on my heart" they'd been "resolved".

McHattie and his mate, Area Commander Jack Johnston, have both been promoted instead of charged and imprisoned. - What kind of 'investigation' doesn't interview the main offender, the ringleader? A CORRUPT ONE! This so called investigation has been sucking up taxpayer's money for YEARS - feeding the pigs on the gravy train, with their snouts in the trough, while the media and the politicians and the middle classes spin out their attacks on "some low-life toe-rag who'd never worked a decent day in their life" and other attacks on "beneficiaries", "dope smokers", "Maoris" and other social groups.

Most chilling of all is the glimpse into the mind of someone who committed these atrocities just because he could. Ewen Macdonald had everything; a beautiful wife and a lovely family, a guaranteed future that was very rosy indeed. But he just couldn't stop himself. The blood lust of men who hunt for trophies, like he did, is unfathomable, never mind the blood lust it took to even think up the idea of killing nineteen calves with a hammer - never mind actually carry it out! I'd kill an animal for food if I had to, but that's not what Ewen Macdonald and Callum Boe were doing on their little "missions".

He joined the Board of Trustees of the local school AFTER murdering Scott Guy apparently, which suggests a degree of arrogance as well as a lack of remorse that is deeply disturbing.
The landowners pointed the finger at Macdonald, who originally denied it, but then he said it was "just that easy" and their property was not the only one he had been poaching on.

The motivation behind Macdonald and Boe’s crimes was revealed in September when Boe appeared in Queenstown District Court and was sentenced to two years’ jail for his offending. He served less than twelve months and was out before Ewen Macdonald's even been sentenced for the same crime.

The details of that appearance were suppressed until this week.

This looks like a blatant case of perverting the course of justice. George Gwaze was tried twice, so why can't Ewen Macdonald be retried? I know which one I think is guiltier.

Monday, April 2, 2012

High Court Application for section 84 Judicial Inquiry:


Two corrupt Carterton Constables arrested me on 4th March 2011 for not appearing in the Wellington Court for a minor fixture after WINZ declined to assist me with travel costs to get to Porirua to attend two appointments with psychiatrists, one of whom was 'Dr' Brenda Sally Rimkeit. WINZ refused the applications (in writing) on the grounds that "Work and Income cannot be seen to be assisting people who do not abide by the law."

This is obviously in blatant disregard to the established cornerstone of justice for centuries that a person is to be considered innocent until proven guilty! Two psychiatric reports were required by the Court, following one report written by eminent psychiatrist Dr Justin Barry-Walsh in November 2010, in which Dr Barry-Walsh says "I do not think this woman is suffering from any mental disorder, and in particular I don't think she is suffering from the onset of persecutory delusions."

Following my arrest I was pushed and shoved and groped and then locked in a cell in the Masterton police station, and taken before a Justice of the Peace, ONE Justice of the Peace, the following day, Saturday. I explained that my attendance had been excused because the reports had not been completed and that Judge Barry had agreed with me only days earlier that the appointments should have been made in Masterton not Porirua, like the appointment with Dr Barry-Walsh. He ignored this and ordered that I be sent to prison, and I was taken to Arohata Prison, strip searched, processed and locked up.

The following Monday I was taken to the Wellington Court, but the amicus curiae assigned to the matter (the corruptly laid charges of Perverting the Course of Justice and Escaping From Custody), Bryan Yeoman, didn't turn up, so I was taken back to the prison and brought back the following day.

On Tuesday 8th March I was taken back to Wellington Court, where I was visited in the Court cells by Yeoman and 'Dr' Brenda Sally Rimkeit, an American woman, who conspired with Yeoman, and wrote a certificate saying that in her opinion I needed to be locked up in a mental facility to have the reports completed! Judge Davidson supported this corrupt conspiracy, and as a result of this I eventually ended up locked in two mental asylums for a total of three months. While I was there I learned that Yeoman and others specialise in exploiting vulnerable mental health clients, with the co-operation of and corrupt "psychiatrists" like Drs Brenda Sally Rimkeit, Jacqueline Short, Sarah Romans, Gary Orr and others. A series of lawyers refused to do anything constructive about the scandalous situation, or refused to listen to my instructions about what to do about it, so I was finally forced to write my own application for a Judicial Inquiry under section 84 of the Mental Health Act.

I sat up in my cell at Rangipapa late into the night writing this out by hand, and then waited till there was an honest member of staff on duty to fax it to the Court. This in itself wasn't easy because I was being forcibly medicated with drugs designed to induce the effect of a chemical lobotomy and reduce well functional people to vegetative states, then there was the Management Plans of the doctors and nurses which stipulated that I wasn't allowed any phone calls or mail, pens, paper, copies of legislation, etc. Eventually I managed to contact friends who sent me writing materials, and after spitting out the medication that wasn't being forcibly injected, wrote the Application for Judicial Inquiry myself, late into the night after we were locked in our cells.

The Application named the Capital Coast Health Board and the Attorney General as Co-Respondents, and eventually resulted in my release, together with the support of a number of people in the community, who phoned, wrote letters of complaint, swore affidavits, came to Court and gave evidence, protested, signed a petition, and took a lot of other action to protest this scandalous abuse of powers and outright blatant corruption. Here is the Application for Judicial Review, and I urge others to take similar action if faced with the same corruption, first make application under section 16 for a judicial review, and if that fails, read section 84, and apply for a Judicial Inquiry. Of course, this is assuming you can get hold of a pen and paper, let alone copies of the legislation - phone a lawyer and instruct them in writing to get you a pen and paper and copies of the relevant legislation (the Mental Health Act and the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act), then instruct the lawyer in writing to make the two applications under sections 16 and then 84:

To Fax: (04) 914 3603 URGENT 19 April 2011
From Fax: (04) 918 2562 Rangipapa Unit, Porirua Hospital

To the High Court at Wellington:

May it please the Court:
I, Katherine Raue, wish to make an urgent application under section 84(2) and section 84(3) of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment Act 1992 to be brought before a Judge for examination and on the evidence of other witnesses, for the purpose of a Judicial Inquiry to establish that I am fit to be discharged from the hospital, (section 84(3)(b)).

I respectfully request that the Court consider such evidence as the attached affidavit from Witness X, and other documents, including several psychiatric reports and letters from lawyers relevant to this matter, and the evidence of several witnesses, including Witness X.

Judge DRW Barry of the District Court has already acknowledged that there are serious factual inaccuracies in at least one of the recent reports prepared for the Court. At a recent fixture in the Masterton Court Judge Barry acknowledged that reference to " a previous pattern" of involvement with police when she lived in Wellington" (report of Dr Justin Barry-Walsh, November 2009, and attributed to Constable Peter Cunningham) was erroneous and significantly misleading in that I had not lived in Wellington for about thirty years, and had had next to nothing to do with police all my life until having the misfortune to come to Carterton in 1999 and meet Constable Cunningham, who told Dr Barry-Walsh (and anyone else who will listen) this orchestrated litany of lies.

Judge Barry also acknowledged evidence from a number of lawyers which included a letter from one which stated that it was "obvious that you have been a lightning rod for Police attention since you arrived in the Wairarapa, and that has resulted in many unnecessary charges being laid and this was most unfair to you." This particular letter commented that the lawyer writing it (Ken Daniels) was pleased at the dismissal of a number of charges against me and that it was obvios that there had been no evidence to support them from the outset and they should not have been laid. Other letters from lawyers comment strongly on the refusal of Police take statements or formal complaints from me on a large number of valid matters including several matters directly relevant to the current charges against me. Police themselves have admitted repeatedly refusing to take complaints when questioned about it in Court.

I also wish to respectfully request a review or Judicial Inquiry or an Appeal of the recent decision of District Court Judge B Davidson's finding under Section 9 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003. With respect to Judge Davidson, it is perfectly clear that there is NOT sufficient evidence, on the balance of probabilities, to establish that I caused the act that forms the basis of the offence with which I am charged. For your ease of reference I attach the wirness statements, and transcript of the Depositions Hearing.

If I may draw your attention to the transcript of the Depositions Hearing, page 7 (also marked 12 in the upper right hand corner for some reason), refering to the numbers in the left hand margin, at (5) or thereabouts the principal Crown witness states that he "took no notice at the time" of what I was saying.

At (15) or thereabouts he states that he has ADHD and forgets things (ADHD is a mental disorder as far as I understand it).

At (20) or thereabouts the witness is again asked what it is thatI am alleged to have said to him and his response is: "She goes to me, she says - I don't know, it's gone."

And at (30) the witness agrees that he hasn't got a clue what I said to him basically. The matter should not have proceeded beyond Depositions let alone the Section 9 hearing!

Briefly, the background to this matter is that on 11th February 2009 I was attacked in my home by the Crown witness in the matter of the alleged Perverting the Course of Justice, Michael Francis Murphy, and others. Police refused to even take a statement from me regarding this violent attack, let alone charge Mr Murphy. The attack was in response to - or rather, a result of - Mr Murphy finding out that I had raised concerns of child abuse and violence involving him to the local police - another matter the Wairarapa police have refused to investigate.

Three totally independent witnesses to this attack on 11 February 2009 all rang emergency seriveces on 111 as they witnessed the violent attack as it was taking place, but despite this, Police refused to take a statement from me, or from two of the witnesses. I then requested the audiotape of the 111 call made by one of the witnesses, and Police refused to provide it. After complaining to the Ombudsmen I received a computer disk containing 46 Police radio tracks, including the call to 111 from the third witness, who I had been unaware of prior to receiving the disk, which also contained a number of other tracks which were potentially very embarrassing to the police as well as incriminating Mr Murphy.

Shortly after Police became aware that I had this disk (about two months after the attack) I arrived home one day and caught Murphy stealing a satchel containing the disk and some documents. I immediately rang police and made a signed statement to Constable Laura Rhymer, which was recorded in her notebook.

If I may draw your attention to page 12 of transcript of the the Depositions hearing (17 in the top right hand corner) reference is made to a statement allegedly taken a coule of hours later, also by Constable Rhymer, from Crown witness Aaron Brook (who can't remember what it is I am alleged to have said to him because of his ADHD).

This statement was NOT recorded in Constable Rhymer's notebook - and nor was it included in the Disclosure to the defence (me). I was unaware of its existence until that moment, half way through Constable Rhymer's evidence at the Depositions hearing.

Page 12 paragraph (20) Murphy's evidence alleges that he didn't go to my house since Christmas 2008 except for a couple of occasions "when we were friends" (page one of the transcript). - I specifically asked the amicus curiae - ex police officer Bryan Yeoman - to question Murphy closely about the attack on 11 February 2009, but Yeoman refused to do so.

Dr Brenda Sally Rimkeit wrote a certificate to the Court stating that in her opinion I needed to be detained in a psychiatric institution to have assessments done to see if I am fit to stand trial.

Judge DRW Barry had accepted my explanation only a few weeks earlier that the only reason I had failed to attend two earlier appointments was because they had been made in Porirua when they should have been made in Masterton (as the one in November 2009, with Dr Barry-Walsh had been), and also, I had been unable to attend the appointments at Porirua because I had received one days notice in one case and three days in the other case, and that WINZ had refused to assist me with travel costs on the grounds that "Work and Income cannot be seen to assist clients who do not abide by the law."!

Surely this is a breach of the cornerstone of justice for centuries, that a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty! I was unable to attend Court in Wellington on 28 February 2011 for the same reason,and mistakenly thought my attendance had been excused on that day, pending the completion of the psychiatric reports.

I explained this reason for my non attendance for the two recent appointments to Dr Rimkeit, but she refused to accept it (unlike Judge Barry) and the amicus refused to explain it to Judge Davidson, who didn't allow me to speak.

Dr Rimkeit's report to the District Court, dated 22 March 2011 states on page 9: "My concern that (sic) if she proceeds to represent herself at Court she may, through her delusional belief system falsely accuse certain parties of wrongdoing."

Dr Rimkeit's belief is that I suffer from "Delusional Disorder." Even if she was correct (I do not agree) this is not a major mental disorder, and I do not pose a danger to myself or anyone else. Just because I hold the view that the Police - certain specific police officers, not all police I hasten to add, are/have not treated me fairly, does not necessarily mean that I an delusional.

Dr Rimkeit's report and others contain a large number of factual inaccuracies. Just one example of this is the last paragraph of page 8 of her report, continued on page 9, where Dr Rimkeit goes on about the "headmaster of the local school in Carterton that she was fired from being paid off or bribed . . . " and something about a car. I clearly stated to her an entirely factual account about receiving a letter from the Board of Trustees of the school, sacking me because, according to the letter, the Board had recently received information from the local Police that I had "recently been charged with an offence involving a child."

I have never in my life been charged with any such offence! The writers of the letter are delusional, not me!

Dr Rimkeit raised the proposition that the Principal's new car had anything to do with the matter, I merely said it was a coincidence, and only after she asked me if I thought he was bribed with the car. She also mentions suicide in the third paragraph on that page - I have never EVER attempted or even intended to commit suicide, I have never planned or threatened to. I have repeatedly requested that discussions between me and the psychiatrists are recorded by audio or video and these requests have been continually refused.

The reports appear to be an orchestrated litany of lies, bearing no resemblance to fact, almost every paragraph containing significant FACTUAL inaccuracies, as opposed to matters of opinion.

My main concern is that any subsequent reports will take the inaccurate reports into account and be therefore tainted. My only involvement with mental health services previously was to request a referral from my GP to the "To Be Heard" program. This program assists people who feel they aren't being listened to (by Police etc) as I was/am suffering from depression (moderate).

Upon admission to Rangipapa, and on the orders of Dr Rimkeit - my "responsible clinician" the four medications prescribed by my GP were abruptly ceased, causing serious side effects.

I am not psychotic, or delusional. Witness X, my landlady, will give evidence that a rock larger than my head was thrown through the window of the "granny flat" I occupy at her address very recently. I did not imagine this, or the attack on 11th February 2009. I identified Michael Murphy at the time the rock was thrown, as did the three independent witnesses to the attack on 11 February 2009, and again Police have refused to charge him. Crown witness Aaron Brook has stated repeatedly that he saw Murphy in the near vicinity when I cought him burgling my house in April 2009.

Aaron Brook's evidence is consistent in that regard, unlike his evidence against me. Mr Brook came to my house and volunteered this information. I did not ever suggest that he tell Police anything whatsoever apart from what he actually told me he witnessed. His statements (witness statement, Depositions statement) and the Depositions transcript are very vague indeed about the crime I am alleged to have committed, saying that he "felt" I wanted him to lie.

I respectfully submit that Aaron Brook is more delusional than I am, or at best he is simply mistaken, or misunderstood what I said.

The section 9 Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 matter was not properly addressed if it was addressed at all. The amicus curiae told Judge Davidson that the Depositions hearing had established that the Court was satisfied of my involvement in the offence, but I respectfully submit that this was not the case and the amicus knows that perfectly well.

I am not a lawyer, but have developed an interest in the law and would like to continue legal studies (I passed introduction to law). I am currently being detained in a secure mental facility, having not been convicted of an offence, and have been for over eight weeks. I am not being permitted any incoming or outgoing phone calls or visits except from lawyers, and not permitted any incoming or outgoing mail I was told today.

For over two weeks I was detained in conditions that were frankly appalling - isolation, no excercise, sunlight, company or stimulus, although as I write this I am now in the "main ward" again and conditions are improved slightly.

While in the seclusion ward I had very limited access to my property, including basic items such as pen and paper. Pain in my hand and wrist makes writing difficult and I have no access to a computer, typewriter, etc. I apologise for the length and disjointed nature of this letter, the main points (in summary) are:

1. I do not suffer from any major mental disorder.

2. I am not a danger to myself, or others.

3.` The requested assessments could be completed if I were discharged from "hospital", and appointments scheduled in Masterton.

4. I have been here over eight weeks, and there have been four or five reports completed in that time, some of which suggest that I have "Delusional Disorder" for thinking that some Police officers are not treating me fairly, there has not been any consideration given to the possibility that this belief may be valid

5. I am being forcibly medicated with strong anti-psychotic medication, causing serious side effects. There has been no formal cognitive test done to support the "diagnosis" and no "treatment" apart from the medication.

6. I respectfully submit that I was fit to plead not guilty (as I did), I am fit to appear in Court, and fit to represent myself if necessary. I attach a copy of the decision of Judge DRW Barry on the matter of an application by the Crown pursuant to Section 344A of the Crimes Act 1961, dated 30 September 2010. I opposed the Crown's application and represented myself at the hearing of it. The application was in relation to a related charge of Escaping From Custody.

Paragraph 19 of Judge Barry's decision explains that this charge was included in the indictment for allegedly Perverting the Course of Justice.

During the course of the hearing the Crown made another application, under section 347 of the Crimes Act, that I be discharged of the offence (deemed to be an acquittal). I managed to conduct myself appropriately, under difficult circumstances, and represent myself competently. I prepared for the hearing as best I could, having only received the various precedent decisions less than a day before the hearing (at least one of these was handed to me after the hearing began, the first time I'd seen it) and I achieved the outcome I had planned to achieve. There were no "emotional outbursts" as referred to in Dr Rimkeit's report, not did I speak "out of turn" at any stage or have to be rebuked by the Judge. I was acquitted of the charge, after an application from the Crown to the Judge to do so under section 347.

7. An urgent inquiry is required into the factual inaccuracies in the psychiatric reports written since I have been incarcerated and forcibly drugged and the factually incorrect information given by Constable Cunningham to Dr Barry-Walsh. The Family Court has asked for yet another report now. The problem is that subsequent reports take the "previous history" - and the previous reports - into account, and are, and will be, therefore tainted. Another example of the factual inaccuracies is the claim on page 9 of Dr Rimkeit's report that I was abused as a young child. This is simply not true.

I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

(signed)
Katherine Raue
19 April 2011
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To Fax: (04) 914 3603 URGENT 20 April 2011
From Fax: (04) 918 2562 Katherine Raue, Rangipapa Unit, Porirua Hospital

To the High Court at Wellington:

May it please the Court:
Further to my application for a Judicial Inquiry pursuant to section 84 of the Mental Health Act, dated 19 April 2011.

I am being prevented from contacting anyone, including Legal Services, the Court, the Police, etc, and staff are being extremely obstructive and not facilitating communication with lawyers. Staff continually sat "later", or simply disappear for hour after hour, day after day.

Lawyers assigned by legal aid are refusing to accept or carry out instructions. Several such lawyers have been instructed to address the matter of the factual inaccuracies in the recent reports and to request a Judicial Inquiry into these matters, and sumply refuse to do so, perferring to delay and drag out these proceedings in order to extract the maximum amount of legal aid that they can they then inform me that the grant has been used up and for that reason they cannot continue to act. One "forgot" to attend yesterday's hearing.

This is a gross miscarriage of justice. I am the victim of crime - not the perpetrator! I am not delusional in believing that certain police officers are not treating me fairly. The failure and refusal of Wairarapa Police to investigate child abuse allegations has been well publicised recently.

I reported my concerns about Michael Murphy's violence (and that of his associates) to Police, who refused to acknowledge or investigate my allegations. Police then disclosed my complaint to Murphy, who then came to my house with his associates and attacked me. Police refused to charge him in spite of a mountain of evidence of the violent attack then corruptly charged me with Perverting the Course of Justice after Murphy broke into my house to steal the evidence of his violent attack.

Murphy recently threw a large rock through my window, Police refused to take a statement from me. Staff at the facility where I am being held are refusing to allow me to contact Police, IPCA, family, friends, my bank, my landlady, the Court, etc. The refusals amount to perverting the course of justice in themselves!

Documents which were in my possession at the time of my arrest on 4th March 2011 and others which were handed to me at the Masterton Police station have also disappeared including a copy of pages from Constable Rhymer's notbook and a Court Summons. Staff at Rangipapa Unit gave me two fax forms and told me to write faxes to Masterton Police and Arohata Prison specifically about this missing propperty, which I did on 10th April, but then staff informed me that they had received instructions from Dr Rimkeit and Dr Short and that they were not to send the faxes!

The Unit Prison Liaison Officer, Chris Norris, told staff and me that Arogata Prison staff were saying I had never been at the Prison. I was actually admitted there not just once, but twice - once on 5th March 2011, and a second admission was processed on the 7th March because the amicus curiae didn't turn up to Court that day and so I was remanded in custody until the following day.

The missing page of Constable Rhymer's notebook was found to be missing on the night on 7th March, I recorded this with a green highlighter given to me (loaned) by prison staff at Arohata.

The clear, heat sealed plastic property bag from Masterton Police station was shown to me by Prison staff on the evening of 7th March, it was opened by Prison staff in front of me and the papers given to me, the notebook page was obviously removed at the Masterton police station. It is the fifth of five pages written by Constable Rhymer about the burglary by Murphy, the subject of the current charge of Perverting the Course of Justice.

It is now considered a crime to fail to report child abuse. Preventing me from contacting Police and IPCA regarding the abuse by Murphy and his associates is therefore a crime.

Murphy demonstrated his violent tendencies when he smashed my door in in February 2009, and again when he threw a rock through my window recently. He did this because I raised concerns with Police regarding him and his associates in regard to child abuse and violent behaviour. My "responsible clinicians" are preventing me contacting police, IPCA, etc, to report these violent crimes, child abuse, etc, and saying I am delusional. I am not.

(signed)
Katherine Raue

Attached: 1 x affidavit from Witness X, - 3 pages
1 x decision of Judge DRW Barry dated 30 September 2010
1 x copy of the Depositions transcript of evidence .
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The application got me out of Rangipapa almost immediately. The High Court called it up within days, Rimkeit and Short tried to stop me attending the Court hearing of the Application, saying it would be bad for my health or some rubbish, the same excuse they used to stop me havin paper and pens, mail in or out, phone calls in or out, etc, etc, I had to phone lawyers and insist they phone the Court and tell them that the co-respondent was preventing me attending the hearing which was an ouotrageous act of corruption and a total breach of my human rights, the decision to allow me to attend was made at the last minute after a lot of outside intervention.

I got to the Court and found a group of supporters waiting which included Benjamin Easton, who were aware of the situation, fortunately for me. Benjamin had prepared a couple of Writs and other documents, and was eventually permitted to enter the Court and assist me to represent myself.

I was immediately moved to Te Whare Ahuru, to remove me from the jurisdiction of the Capital Coast Health Board, the co-respondent, and therefore invalidate the application, whereupon another corrupt and incompetent "psychiatrist" took over, Dr Gary Orr, who conspired with Drs Rimkeit and Short in continuing this corrupt detention, until Dr Wolfgang Kure put a stop to it after I demanded that the lawyer who had "discontinued" my application (Pamela Harvey) reinstate it immediately listing the Hutt Valley Health Board and the Attorney General as co-respondents. Once again I was released within days. I believe this was due partly to the instruction to the lawyer, in front of witnesses, to reinstate the Application immediately (as soon as she told me it had been "discontinued", weeks later when I asked her what the delay was in having it heard), and partly to a growing campaign of public awareness including protests outside the hospital, a petition, etc, almost daily visits and phone calls from concerned citizens, and a growing awareness of the corruption being perpetrated at the already damned local mental health service, etc. This community network did more to help than most of the lawyers, who pocketed thousands.

It's seriously concerning that honest, sane and law abiding citizens are being locked in mental asylums, because the police are telling people I'm delusional for criticising them. The unhealthy relationship between the Masterton Police and the Masterton Court staff is well known, as is the sleazy depravity of officers like ex Constable Stephen Wakefield, etc. Dr Justin Barry-Walsh's report documents how corrupt Court liaison officer Alison Mulholland told Dr Barry-Walsh to interview Constable Cunningham about me - she knew perfectly well that Cunningham is a corrupt liar! Cunningham then lied to Dr Barry-Walsh, telling him that I had a history of negative involvement with police "when she previously lived in Wellington" - this is complete and utter fiction and nothing but an orchestrated litany of deliberate LIES! I had next to nothing to do with police all my life till I moved to Carterton and became a target for the corrupt thieves on the Carterton District Council and the corrupt local police and their mates!

I was simply locked up to stop me making true statements about local police and other officials on this website, which is a breach of human rights. If anyone doesn't like what I write on here they are welcome to take defamation action - Georgina Beyer threatened to do it, the Director General of MAF threatened to do it, Gary McPhee threatened to do it - but the government has just passed the Search and Surveillance Bill and other legislation turning New Zealand into a Police state, while the same police who are the main cause of the local suicide rate being double that of the rest of the country because they have been throwing child abuse files in the rubbish bin..

Sitting on their backsides looking at how they can shut my website down!

This is an email from one local sergeant to another:
"Murray Johnston
Senior Sergeant
Masterton

Kevin Basher---07/09/2010 07:47:45---Something needs to be looked at regarding RAUE using her 'Blog" to make statements regarding our staff.

From: Kevin Basher/POLICE/NZ

To: Murray Johnston/POLICE/NZ@NZPOLICE

Cc:
John Johnston/POLICE/NZ@NZPOLICE

Date:
07/09/2010 07:47

Subject:
Fw: Formal Complaint, Information Request: Assault by police, refusal to take complaints or investigate them properly

----- Forwarded by Kevin Basher/POLICE/NZ on 07/09/2010 07:42 -----



- And this is while they are throwing hundreds of child abuse files in the bin and lying about it! Corruption is alive and well in New Zealand, join the FOCCCers (Transparency NZ, Let's Get Growing NZ and Circle of Love NZ, a Co-operative Community Network of community gardens and resource centres run by competent and transparent managers and governance) and do something about it.


I'm grateful to Dr Wolfgang Kure for having the courage to be honest. I hope that the dark history of the Hutt Valley Mental Health 'services" will change under his guidance and that Drs like Gary Orr, Jackie Short and Brenda Sally Rimkeit are sacked, and academics in the field like Sarah Romans are exposed for what they are - devious and corrupt liars, who ruin lives and actually CAUSE suicide - not prevent it, or treat it - read Dr Orr's "Treatment Plan" for yourself - after corrupt Dr Rimkeit said
"It is my opinion (and that of forensic psychiatrist Dr Jacqueline Short, currently my acting supervisor) that Ms Raue is unfit to stand trial. She currently has a mental impairment which is Delusional Disorder. Ms Raue has stated on a number of occasions during this assessment period that she feels capable of representing and defending herself against the current charges. She has suggested that her main line of defence is that the charges are the result of corrupt acts by certain parties and that she will name these parties in Court. My concern is that if she proceeds to represent herself at Court she may, through her delusional belief system, falsely accuse certain parties of wrongdoing."
Dr Orr devised a "Treatment Plan" saying - don't give her any paper or writing materials to prepare her defence or write to lawyers, etc, don't send any faxes or do any photocopying, - Drs Rimkeit and Short also cut off all communication with the outside world saying in their professional opinion this was the best "treatment" for my alleged "Delusional Disorder" - this was all an orchestrated litany of utter lies! Funded by YOUR taxes!