This is edition 2025/31 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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1. The Stats report is the more damning one
David Farrar
- 📊 Misuse of Data: Report by Stats NZ highlights serious lapses in census data handling, with confidentiality protocols ignored.
- 📜 Whistleblower Credibility: Whistleblowers found credible, with claims corroborated by documentary evidence.
- 📦 Open Envelopes: Census forms left in open envelopes, violating Stats NZ’s policy requiring sealed forms to be placed in post boxes.
- 🏠 Marae Handling: Unsealed forms likely returned to Manurewa Marae, which admitted to accepting them.
- 📷 Photocopying Likely: Evidence suggests census forms were photocopied, violating explicit instructions from Stats NZ.
- ❌ Breach of Confidentiality: No confidentiality certificates signed by staff, and personal census data was mishandled.
- 🔒 Storage Failures: Forms left in non-secure areas, some even remaining at Marae a year after the census ended.
- ⚖️ Legal Implications: Citizens could challenge census enforcement, citing lack of trust in data security based on the report's findings.
