Jacinda Ardern looks into stripping Ron Brierley s knighthood, Wellington College cuts ties
1 Apr, 2021 12:33 AM
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Sir Ron Brierley leaving a Sydney court after admitting possession of child sex abuse materials. Photo / Liam Mendes
Sir Ron Brierley leaving a Sydney court after admitting possession of child sex abuse materials. Photo / Liam Mendes
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has asked officials to begin work on a process that could lead to Sir Ron Brierley being stripped of his knighthood.
Confirmation of the step came this afternoon and followed Brierley s guilty plea today to charges of possessing child sex abuse material.
It immediately brought fresh calls for Brierley to have his knighthood stripped, or for him to resign from holding it.
Famed corporate raider pleads guilty to possessing child pornography
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published : 1 Apr 2021 at 13:40 Sir Ron Brierley will be stripped of his knighthood.
SYDNEY: Renowned former corporate raider Sir Ron Brierley pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in an Australian court on Thursday, his lawyer said.
The 83-year-old New Zealand-born businessman is best known for waging high stakes battles for control over some of Australasia s most recognisable companies, including Air New Zealand, supermarket chain Woolworths and energy company AGL Energy, in his decades-long career.
Brierley pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing child abuse material on Thursday in Sydney s Downing Centre Local Court, Brierley s solicitor Penny Musgrave told Reuters by telephone.
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Within hours of Sir Ron Brierley pleading guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material, the Prime Minister had begun the process of stripping him of his knighthood.
Jacinda Ardern has the power to advise the Queen to remove a knighthood if it is decided the individual s actions have damaged the honour system s reputation.
But she doesn t just give the Queen a quick ring.
The Kiwi businessman sold his units while awaiting trial on child pornography charges.
New Zealand businessman Sir Ron Brierley has sold his investment in the Orams marine development on Auckland’s waterfront while awaiting trial for child pornography charges in Australia.
The Overseas Investment Office approved the sale of 30% of units in the Orams NZ Unit Trust, which owns 75.95% of the shares in Orams Group Limited, which in turn has a 125-year leasehold interest in 3.5ha of sensitive land on Beaumont Street, Wynyard Quarter.
The land is owned by Panuku Development Auckland.
The OIO’s decision said Ariadne had demonstrated its investment would ensure efficient development of the marine facilities on the land ahead
Thursday, 1 April 2021, 1:22 pm
Today’s guilty plea in Sydney by New Zealand-born
businessman Sir Ron Brierley, to charges of possessing child
sex abuse material, should pave the way for the former
high-flyer to be stripped of his knighthood, says a
long-time campaigner and law reformer on such
crimes.
Stop Demand founder and barrister Denise
Ritchie, MNZM, said that given today’s guilty plea the
process should be relatively
straightforward.
According to the Department of the
Prime Minister and Cabinet, an honours award can be removed
on the advice of the Prime Minister and with the approval of
the Queen. Grounds for doing so include, but are not limited