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Glad to see you doing an expose on Vandervis - the more people who know his true nature the better, and I hope for Dunedins sake he is never re-elected to Council.

Unfortunately many people seem to think he’s a ‘bit of fun’ and harmless - how else can his high polling be explained.

He is neither fun nor harmless as you’ve recently discovered - he is an obstructive bigoted menace.

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Hi, I was unaware of this story until reading just now. Good on you for standing up for ethical journalism and shining light on a journalist being unfairly abused.

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Cheers Michael. Luckily I've got thick skin

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Well done Hamish for laying out the facts. I will not cast my vote for this guy. He has no place governing in my city.

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Oh wow, that was all said from a council email account? One wonders what he sends from a private one 🤔

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Not from a council account. He doesn't have one, I understand. But if he uses his personal account for council business he is answerable under the LGOIMA

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Interesting, that would mean personal emails could end up being pulled under an OIA request right? Just sounds like playing with fire. I'm actually amused by the number if people who use work email accounts for personal matters, I guess this is just the reverse of that.

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Yes, but only if used for official business.

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Aaron Hawkins is deeply unpopular out in the community, Hamish.

It might pay to start writing articles on that for when he comes 5th in the Mayoral race. Instead of continuing your vendetta against the guy who is most likely to come 1st.

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Vdv is a very strange and angry man. Thank you for another fantastic read, if you are a fiction-writing creep then thank you for the words.

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I once had a short short story published. So half right. Allegedly.

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Stop picking on Barry Manilow. Some cracker lyrics like these: Oh, Vandy, Well, you came

And you parked without paying (allegedly), and they asked you to pay, Oh, Vandy

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Quite partial to Manilow. I think there are worst singers/songs to punish teens congregating in certain parts of CBDs.

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Talking about fiction writing, that would be the Company Registry data for Stuff Limited right?

Sold by Fairfax to Sinead. Meantime Fairfax picks up the NZH. Result they bypass the problems of a few years ago of one owner for both media.

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Fairfax didn't buy the NZH. To avoid conspiracy theories you can check out this helpful website. Google.

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LOL. Google as a fact check website.

Go to the Company Register, Hamish.

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You're a journalist no?

Dig a little deeper. Here's NZME's actual shareholding;

https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/1181195/shareholdings

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It is the same site, hardly digging deeper...

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Note all the Australian divisions of the big banks. Hint, it's Fairfax.

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Who is the Chris he refers to-Chris Staynes?

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Chris Morris. Former ODT reporter (covering council) and now a DCC comms' worker

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The material that Mr Vandervis is supplying is a journalist's dream. Ian Fleming would have been so jealous and he really was a fiction-writing creep. I'm always pleased to see another post from The Mish in my box, even though I'm a staunchly provincial Taranaki-ite.

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Love Taranaki, a special place.

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