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The organisation is voluntary and is made up from public enquiry. EUFA has been formed to find some accountability for Investors with nowhere to turn to seek restitution. www.eufa.co.nz Our Mission: To seek out victims of financial abuse by irresponsible Financial Advisors To bring people power to the industry and demonstrate the human devastation by way of presenting the evidence of poor advice To expose those who have helped their clients lose their hard earned savings To hold accountable the industry and Government, for failing to ensure customer protection and advisor accountability. Our Goals: To Expose the perpetrators and the system To seek accountability To seek Recovery http://www.eufa.co.nz

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Court 3 May 2010
Bryers Sentencing

AUCKLAND CITY — The up and coming sentencing for Mark Bryers, scheduled for Thursday 20th May at 2.15 pm in the Auckland District Court, has caused a stir of emotions for investors as they put together their Victim Impact reports.

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Finance 29 Apr 2010
Government announces 'super-regulator' for financial markets

New initiative being introduced by Government, announced by Simon Power tonight, is an insult to the many investors who have lost their life savings in the finance industry mal practices.

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Finance 15 Apr 2010
A bad week for Lombard

The Securities Commission today confirmed that it has laid criminal charges against Lombard Finance & Investments directors Sir Douglas Graham, Michael Reeves, William Jeffries and Lawrence Bryant.

528 views

Finance 15 Apr 2010
EUFA Meeting Human Rights Commission In Wellington Today

WELLINGTON CITY — Eufa Representatives are meeting with the Human Rights Commission in Wellington today to demonstrate the states failure to provide protection to investors.

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Finance 14 Apr 2010
EUFA - Lombard Finance & Investments (in receivership)

In April 2008 the Prime Minister was made aware of alleged misrepresentations made by Lombard at investor meetings.

532 views

Finance 16 Mar 2010
Securities Commission sleeps, while Strategic Finance dines on investors

On December 16th 2009 New Zealand’s House of Representatives was advised that Strategic Finance had misled its investors in order to gain votes from investors to agree to a moratorium.

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Finance 9 Mar 2010
EUFA calls on Minister to Suspend Donal Curtin

EUFA are calling on Hon Simon Power, as Minister of Justice and Commerce, to suspend Commissioner Donal Curtin from all duties within the Commerce Commission.

667 views

Finance 5 Mar 2010
Government 'pussy footing' over Kiwi Saver

EUFAs concerns over KiwiSaver were foolishly ignored by Government in 2007.

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Finance 4 Mar 2010
Investors will demand deliverance of Bill of Rights

Investors must demand deliverance of the Bill of Rights, as Authorities are responsible without doubt for the Finance Industries lack of compliance and many Directors and shareholders are walking away with other people’s money.

766 views

Finance 24 Feb 2010
Justice system needs to wake up over Bryers!

The guilty pleas by Mark Bryers, are first signs of reality that the BlueChip empire is over for Mark Bryers.

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Finance 15 Dec 2009
Minister states his hands are tied over Hanover. But by whom?

On the twilight of the vote for the Hanover Allied deal EUFA members continue to call for Statutory Management of Hanover Finance Ltd, to ensure investors are protected.

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Finance 8 Dec 2009
Call to honour obligations to Hanover - Allied Finance

EUFA call on the Government to ensure Authorities honour their statutory obligation to Hanover Finance Ltd investors, by implementing their powers under current legislation, for example the Corporations (Investigation and Management) Act 1989.

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Finance 25 Nov 2009
Hanover only received Allied Farmers Proposal

Hanover today confirmed it had only received the Allied Farmers Proposal for Hanover and United Finance investors.

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Finance 18 Nov 2009
Companies Offices Revelation

EUFA member Ron Jensen of Hamilton has headed the research over securitised mortgages and will lead a EUFA complaint to the Securities Commission against lenders in the BlueChip debacle.

666 views

Finance 15 Nov 2009
Investigations inadequate

The Securities Commissions investigation and investigations into Hanover Finance Ltd appear to be skimming only the surface of the issues.

684 views

Finance 14 Nov 2009
Demand put on Government over Hanover

EUFA coordinator Suzanne Edmonds has written to Minister of Commerce Simon Power today, calling on the Government and Authorities to put Hanover Finance Ltd into Statutory Management.

558 views

Finance 12 Nov 2009
Accountability needed over Hanover-Immediately

The cop out and lack of intervention by Government and Authorities by saying the Hanover moratorium that investors voted for now stops intervention is intolerable.

581 views

Finance 11 Nov 2009
Hanover Fails Investors

EUFA members are not surprised of Hanover's inability to meet their commitments to their investors.

521 views

Finance 6 Nov 2009
Consumer Financial report not a surprise

EUFA welcomes the Consumer report on the finance industry, as it confirms the ongoing message that EUFA have been delivering at every juncture for over two years.

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Finance 27 Oct 2009
What actually does the Commerce Commission do in protecting the general public?

A further complaint laid with the Commerce Commission has been rejected.

646 views

Finance 27 Oct 2009
Momentum Builds Against Money Managers

EUFA is pleased to announce the development of a website focused on addressing the needs of Money Managers clients both past and present.

878 views

Finance 16 Oct 2009
Hon Simon Power making announcement for victims Friday

Televisions Close-Up programme has revealed that Minister of Justice Hon Simon Power is planning to make an announcement tomorrow in regard to “victims of crime” .

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Real Estate 10 Oct 2009
10 Property Law Act notices (PLA's) to be served in the Waikato by GE Custodians ( BlueChip)

WAIKATO — BlueChip victims, members of EUFA, received a phone call this morning from a Private Investigator representing GE Custodians, saying he had a “letter” to deliver.

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Finance 6 Oct 2009
Loans Voided in Australian Court calls for Victim Funding

In the wake of a NEW SOUTH WALES SUPREME COURT ruling last month, where a Judge ruled to void loans made by lender Tonto Home Loans Australia Pty Ltd, Suzanne Edmonds of EUFA has written to the Minister of Commerce and Justice calling for a legal fund to be set up urgently for BlueChip Victims.

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Finance 2 Oct 2009
GE decisions a shattering blow to Blue chip victims

Following the news over the much publicised Bartle case ruling over their dispute with GE, EUFA are once again calling on the Government to take urgent action to freeze recovery action while the SFO and other authorities investigate BlueChip and their associated parties.

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Finance 26 Sep 2009
Authorities need to postpone Mondays Radius AGM.

Investors concern that current managers and directors of Radius Properties Ltd are exhibiting a continuing pattern of poor judgement and seriously prejudicing investments is being challenged.

527 views

Finance 25 Sep 2009
Securities Commission established report

EUFA welcomes the penetrating report of the highly qualified Independent Panel, chosen by the Securities Commission.

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Finance 23 Sep 2009
An appeal to President Barack Obama

As leaders head to New York to meet as part of the United Nations, New Zealand investors suffer from their own country’s failure to honour its commitment to the UN Charter.

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Finance 16 Sep 2009
The Money Managers evolution?

Money Managers have recently distributed a letter to their clients celebrating their “new” direction.

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Building 13 Sep 2009
Governments committments to Leaky homes crisis sets precedence to finance company investors

The Governments recent handling of the leaky homes crisis sets precedence over Government responsibility, reinforcing Investors claims that Government has a duty to investors over the finance company crisis.

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Finance 12 Sep 2009
Historical cases tabled at Commerce Select Committee

EUFA representatives met with the Commerce Select Committee last Thursday to make submissions to the petition tabled in Parliament in March 2009 for a Royal Commission of inquiry into the finance crisis.

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Finance 8 Sep 2009
Why do we need an inquiry?

Lack of resources leading to the failure of the legislative authorities has lead to a crisis.

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Finance 4 Sep 2009
In 2005 the RBNZ warned the Minister about the finance companies

Why were the public not warned or informed of the escalating risk of investing in Finance Companies?   The public were not protected even though the RBNZ warned the Minister in 2005.

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Real Estate 1 Sep 2009
Media Marketing Strategy

AUCKLAND — The Real Estate company, Bayleys Auckland and Bayleys Orewa are marketing a mortgagee sale of property at Gulf Harbour, through a media release.

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Finance 21 Aug 2009
Inquiry into finance company failures

The media release put out by Chairperson, Hon Lianne Dalziel, advises that ‘ the Commerce Committee has agreed to conduct an inquiry into finance company failures’.

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Real Estate 13 Aug 2009
Outrage over BlueChip PLA's

It has been reported that a large number of Property Law Act notices (PLA) have been served on BlueChip victims by a company of the TEA custodian group.

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Finance 20 Jul 2009
IRD v BNZ outcome of significance to Treatment of Investors.

The IRD v BNZ High Court ruling is positive news but comes with a certain amount of frustration for the EUFA organisation.

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Finance 21 May 2009
Where is our Governments support as promised?

In a letter given to a victim of the finance crisis, written on joint National and House of Representatives letterhead, the following was written; “The government will do what it can.

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Finance 22 Apr 2009
New Zealand Authorities way behin the eight ball

In March this year, American Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to serious fraud charges after operating a sophisticated Ponzi type scam.

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Finance 30 Mar 2009
Look alike Ponzi could be in Moratorium

The report by the Companies Office opens the lid on the finance industry.

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Finance 27 Mar 2009
BlueChip Mortgagee Auction postponed /Tasman Mortgages in Liquidation

TAURANGA — An elderly Tauranga couple have received a small reprieve from being forced from their home by a mortgagee sale.

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Finance 24 Mar 2009
TV3 60 Minutes indirectly reveals - NZ Authorities ignored warnings and coming in too late

The TV3 60 minutes story out of America last night, on the performance of the U.S.A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is chilling to EUFA members.

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Finance 22 Mar 2009
Progressing Royal Commission of Inquiry

The Sunday Star Times has reported today that Act MP John Boscawen is pushing for an inquiry into the Finance Company disasters.

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Finance 11 Mar 2009
Petition tabled in Parliament for a Royal Commission of Inquiry

A petition was presented to Parliament today for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Finance Industry.

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Finance 3 Mar 2009
EUFA calling for ROYAL COMMISSON OF INQUIRY into Finance Company Collapse

The Mascot Finance demise and the governments’ bailout for Mascot investors, has resulted in a strong and furious reaction from investors of all other troubled finance companies.

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Finance 25 Feb 2009
Harcourts Real-Estate silenced by GE Money Law Firm over BlueChip

EUFA Coordinator Suzanne Edmonds wrote to the Minister of Commerce, Mr Simon Power and the previous Minister of Commerce, Ms Lianne Dalziel, today informing them of a further BlueChip fiasco.

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Finance 23 Feb 2009
BlueChip Link to Tower?

Hamilton BlueChip investor Ron Jensen has spent a year investigating the files of Trustee Executives Ltd, in relationship to BlueChip and Challenger Mortgages.

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Politics 23 Feb 2009
National Party links in BlueChip suggest Political interference

Trustees Executors which is chaired by Jim Bolger is the key player in the BlueChip scam.

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Finance 9 Feb 2009
Government breaches its obligations over BlueChip Victims

TAURANGA — A very distrort Tauranga woman Margaret Rasmussen phoned coordinator of EUFA offices this morning following a call from her local MP Simon Bridges.

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Finance 7 Feb 2009
Directors Cash up on Investors Money

AUCKLAND CITY — It has come to the attention of angry Dominion Finance Investors, that the home of Hayden Butler, son and ex employee of Dominion Finance Ltd Directors Terence (Terry) and Anne Butler - is to be Auctioned on site by Kellands Real Estate this coming Sunday 8th Feb at 2.00pm.

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Finance 3 Feb 2009
Down under attitudes to Crime

The US and Britain administration are bailing out, not the companies, but the victims! The New Zealand Government could do the same and recover from the fraudsters and the greedy finance company beneficiaries and their hierarchy.

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Finance 2 Feb 2009
Carelessly-New Zealand has followed America

New Zealand has been a follower in the finance world by failing to provide adequate policing and policy, allowing the fearless freewheelers no bounds.

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Finance 27 Jan 2009
Finance Industry tribunal called for

The EUFA organisation is publicly calling on the government to set up a tribunal to address all troubled finance company investor complaints.

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Finance 27 Jan 2009
EUFA approach Australian Competition and Consumers Commission over BlueChip Mortgages

Following a protest outside the homes of BlueChip Victims last Friday, EUFAs active member Margaret Rasmussen was encouraged to learn that Challenger Mortgages have committed to review her file over her BlueChip dealings.

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Finance 21 Jan 2009
Friday protest against Challenger Mortgages and GE Money (Bluechip Tauranga)

TAURANGA — EUFA member 91 year old Tauranga Woman Mrs Gwen Harrison and her family and friends are heading the charge to protest this coming Friday morning, against recovery action by BlueChip and Associated financiers, in particular Challenger Mortgages and GE Money.

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Finance 16 Jan 2009
History repeats and mirrors aftermath of 1987 crash

Following the 1987 financial collapse many of the perpetrators simply reinvented themselves and have been a part of New Zealand’s current demise.

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Finance 14 Jan 2009
Hanover Commerce Commission Investigation

Hanover investors need to assist the Commerce Commission with their investigation into Hanover finance.

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Finance 18 Dec 2008
Sanderson and Weir go back on their word over Bluechip case

TAURANGA — Margaret Rasmussen, the daughter of the 90 year old Tauranga woman that was served with a PLA notice earlier this year, has been delivered a Christmas present from Auckland Law Firm -Sanderson and Weir.

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Finance 8 Dec 2008
ERIC Watson's past bites

Director?? and Shareholder of Hanover Mr Watson was fined in 2001 in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA before the SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION SECURITIES EXCHANGE The documentation states “ERIC JOHN WATSON, Respondent.

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Finance 8 Dec 2008
Sincerity v Hanovers fear of Receivership

Todays reported statement of Mr Mark Hotchins- I feel a moral obligation to help could turn into legal obligations under law if Hanover Company directors have a duty of care and many commentators and professionals are claiming director responsibility has failed in the Hanover organisation.

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Finance 6 Dec 2008
Injunction over Hanover moratorium planned

AUCKLAND CITY — EUFA executive can confirm that members have been working tirelessly with prominent Barrister Paul Dale and others in a plan to file a court injunction application this afternoon in an attempt to delay next Tuesday's vote on the Hanovers restructuring proposal.

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Finance 5 Dec 2008
Hanover DO NOT want Receivership

The polished delivery at the final Hanover Road Show meeting today will undoubtedly have placed further fear and a possible dilemma for some inexperienced voting investors.

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Finance 2 Dec 2008
HANOVER - Says No to Statutory Management

The Manawhatu evening Standard Website has an article that states Hanover has dismissed demands by an investor interest group to put the failed finance company under statutory management.

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Finance 1 Dec 2008
Hanover Investors react to Director arrogance

EUFA members sent a record number of email messages and left phone messages yesterday as a result of the Sunday papers stories of Mark Hotchins birthday party in Fiji.

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Finance 30 Nov 2008
EUFA call for Statutory management of Hanover

In light of the information sent out by Hanover to investors, in a bid to push through a moratorium, EUFA members have become increasingly worried and concerned.

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Finance 21 Nov 2008
Campbell Live treats investors to Full Scale Hanover advertisement

Campbell Live delivered an infomercial tonight for the Hanover Finance debt restructure proposal.

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Finance 21 Nov 2008
Trust in Hanovers plan shaky

Initial reaction to today’s restructure plan from Hanover has been mixed.

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Finance 19 Nov 2008
St Laurence Investors shattered

St Laurence’s latest plan to repay money has come as a huge shock to investors, who thought a decent and genuine attempt to resolve their losses would be realised.

202 views

Finance 12 Nov 2008
Group pressure on VESTAR liquidators

EUFA (Exposing Unacceptable Financial Activities Inc Soc) have written today to EUFA members who have been victims of the Vestar Group, as a result of the very quiet liquidation of Vestar.

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Finance 28 Oct 2008
248 Investors pursue Vestar

The number of disaffected investors to register their interest with the Exposing Unacceptable Financial Activities group in pursuing action against Vestar has grown to 248.

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Finance 20 Oct 2008
Finance Crisis needs collectiveness

In April, when the writing was on the wall that New Zealand was facing financial woes, EUFA called for a meeting with all political party leaders.

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Finance 15 Oct 2008
Candidates won't face Investors

TAURANGA — As coordinator of EUFA I wrote to all Tauranga candidates to invite them to a ‘Meet the candidates’’ meeting.

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Finance 15 Oct 2008
Reported Hanover breach - stirs investors

EUFA members which include Hanover investors are calling for Gray Eatwell, EUFA finance spokesman to be appointed to the Hanover Board as an investor representative should they go into moratorium.

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Finance 14 Oct 2008
EUFA on finance industry changes

EUFA applauds the government’s actions to protect the finance industry, however from experience our members find it hard to trust the process.

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Finance 11 Oct 2008
Vstar investors to lose again

Having already lost up to a quarter of a billion dollars in failed finance company investments, clients of the now defunct Vestar financial planning group are about to lose again, according to the Exposing Unacceptable Financial Activities group.

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Finance 1 Oct 2008
USA crisis mirrors New Zealand

Killing the bail out in the USA has bought reaction from EUFAs members.

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Finance 13 Sep 2008
Donal Curtain saga leads New Complaint to Commerce Commission

The reaction from Vestar investors relating to Donal Curtin being stood down from the Commerce Commission has come as bitter- sweet news to the many investors who lost their savings, while he was chairman of the investment committee of Vestar.

462 views

Finance 11 Sep 2008
Dominion Finance Receivership - Investors Have Mixed Reactions

Dominion Finance Ltd receivership has received mixed reaction from Dominion finance investors.

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Finance 5 Sep 2008
The worm seems to be turning

The worm seems to be turning for BlueChip Investors.

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Finance 3 Sep 2008
Bluechip victims anxiously awaiting PLA notices

Bluechip Victims who have loans through Tasman mortgages, TEA custodian, Challenger and GE money - who have not paid their interest payments, are now anxiously waiting to be served PLA notices.

378 views

Finance 26 Aug 2008
EUFA turns the heat on Auditors and Trustees

Auditors and Trustees of all failed finance companies have a responsibility to investors to seek accountability from the Directors and company management.

281 views

Finance 25 Aug 2008
Call to expand not discard (SFO)

White Collar Crime has at least quadrupled since 1990, yet the Government are getting rid of the SFO.

278 views

Politics 24 Aug 2008
Past documents will haunt MPs

A discovery of 20 year old documents last week in a basement will haunt many MP’s and political parties in the coming weeks.

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Finance 22 Aug 2008
Old documetns discovered - Investors should respond

The speech copied below was presented in 1990 in the lead up to the election.

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Finance 22 Aug 2008
Reserve Bank Statement - EUFA

The support group Exposing Unacceptable Financial Activities (EUFA) struggling to achieve accountability for victims of the Finance Industry crash is concerned at the purpose of the Reserve Banks public Statements about the current safety of the foreign owned Banks.

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Finance 18 Aug 2008
Christchurch Hanover meeting a success

CHRISTCHURCH — A successful meeting was held in Christchurch yesterday with Hanover investors committed to work under the EUFA umbrella.

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Legal 18 Aug 2008
Complaint laid to Law Society against Wellington Barrister

Last week on behalf of the EUFA organization, coordinator Suzanne Edmonds laid a complaint with the Law Society against a Wellington Barrister.

941 views

Finance 16 Aug 2008
Investors reaction to Greg Muirs Public comments

Following the appearance on the TV3 Campbell Live show, of Greg Muir, Chairman and Independent director of Hanover Finance last night, investors have reacted with considerable caution.

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Finance 14 Aug 2008
Urgent  Short notice  addressing a crisis

TAURANGA — EUFA invite and appeal to representatives of all community groups or interested parties to attend a meeting (details below) The objective of the meeting is to create a collective force to avert the pending travesty of justice seriously affecting the lives of the victims of the finance and investment industry collapse.

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Finance 13 Aug 2008
PLA notices served on several elderly

Call to Community organisations to get behind EUFA.

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Finance 13 Aug 2008
Hanover meeting to be held in Christchurch

CHRISTCHURCH — Hanover investors will get a chance to attend a EUFA Hanover meeting this coming Sunday 17 August 2008 in Christchurch.

458 views

Finance 10 Aug 2008
Lenders profiting from obvious fraud

TAURANGA — At a sombre meeting held in Tauranga yesterday for BlueChip Victims, many of whom are elderly, it was evident that people are seriously suffering as savage recovery notices are being delivered to people who have been caught up with huge loans as part of the BlueChip scam.

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Finance 8 Aug 2008
Grimshaw to address Hanover investors

AUCKLAND — Grimshaw & Co’s partner Tim Rainey, is going to present to Hanover investors an unbiased appraisal of the pros and cons of Moratorium at the EUFA Hanover meeting this Sunday in Auckland.

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Finance 8 Aug 2008
Investors coordinating a legal challenge to Hanover.

AUCKLAND — EUFA are negotiating with an Auckland Barrister to look at taking a group action against a Director of the Hanover group.

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Finance 8 Aug 2008
Investors coordinating a legal challenge to Hanover

EUFA are negotiating with an Auckland Barrister to look at taking a group action against a Director of the Hanover group.

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Court 7 Aug 2008
Petricevic Judged Bankrupt in High Court

AUCKLAND — Suzanne Edmonds has just returned from the Hight Court in Auckland- where Petricevic has now been judged 'Bankrupt'.

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News 7 Aug 2008
Elderly Couple face eviction even though they are allegedly victims of fraud

TAUPO — Yesterday an elderly couple in Taupo had a PLA notice served on them by Auckland law firm, Sanderson and Weir, the same law firm who served the PLA notice at the bedside of a 90 year old.

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Finance 6 Aug 2008
Hanover straw breaks camels back

Many professionals /Business people who have sat and watch the EUFA organisation from afar have had enough and have offered help to investors through supporting the work of EUFA.

318 views

Finance 6 Aug 2008
Auckland Firm offers BlueChip investors a lifeline

AUCKLAND — An Auckland law firm, Grimshaw and Co are heading to Tauranga to meet with BlueChip investors this Saturday.

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Finance 5 Aug 2008
EUFA calling to meet Hotchin and Watson Urgently

As representative for many investors New Zealand-wide, EUFA ( Exposing Unacceptable Financial Activities) are calling for Messrs Watson and Hotchin to make good on their promise to put money towards covering the Hanover Group Losses.

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