[2018] NZSSAA 30 (15 June 2018) [pdf, 134 KB]
...failed to confirm that he would attend this hearing. When the case manager attempted to contact the appellant by telephone, his calls went unanswered and messages left on his voice mail were not returned. The appellant declined to provide an email address. He stated at the hearing that he did not like to answer phone calls from WINZ and did not want to give his email address which had changed. [19] The appellant argued that s 69G of the Act did not give the Ministry a right to...