His sentence ended in January 2019. Hawke s Bay District Health Board chief executive Keriana Brooking said she learnt this month that an employee of the Coffee Cupboard may have had a criminal conviction and “immediate steps were taken to establish the facts”. The space is leased from the health board by Moist Holdings Ltd, which was formed in December 2019, and lists Darroch as shareholder with 99 per cent of shares.
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Darroch’s coffee shop was near the children s ward, pictured, at Hawke’s Bay Hospital. (File photo) “The DHB met with the leaseholder to require steps to be taken to address the issue. The DHB was advised by the leaseholder on 16 June that the employee was no longer working there,” Brooking said.