Pete George a Nark Board Member from its beginnings. I wasn't going to post on this, as it would be just fueling the abuse, hurled at us by Mr George's postings. But this is very much part, of this story (he is also a Nark Board Member). He is also a political blogger, a candidate for Dunedin with United Future, and a great business man.
So we will touch lightly on this subject, about Nark and its inconsistencies.
Many people who were with Nark, never knew who were the Board Members, no transparency of monies donated, missing monies from Nark, the T-Shirt debacle and basically lack of Transparancy with anything to do with Nark and its founder.
When our questions to Cherie and NARK were not answered (8th January 2012), with "Evidence" and people where being removed from the Nark Private Page, for simply asking questions. People started to become very concerned, as many were given the "run around", no proof of where peoples monies had gone to? And the many inconsistencies that followed. A month or so later (on the 16th of February), we began a Facebook Page, Cherie Nark NZ (Show NZ the Money!), after concerns where raised to Ms Cherie's "Mortgage Plea",
We found an interesting note: Mysterious Note for NZ?
Also an Email: Strange Email to Ms Cherie?
The lack of "Mortgage" evidence that Ms Sweeney said, she would provide the next day. Apart from (a copy of a statement of the funds donated), we found it a real concern. That night, we found a lot of inconsistencies with what Ms Sweeney was telling the people on her "event".
The link of that Plea:
A total lack of Transparency with that "Plea", just like with the Nark "monies donated" by the NZ public, to her Nark Org for the most important child abuse issue, which is so prevalent in NZ.
More information on this link:
So many questions needed answers, and we began our Facebook Page. From the beginning of our Facebook page, we had been attacked, abused, bullied and removed. All of this because the Public needed to know, what was going on with this Org and why we were not getting any "evidenced" answers or responses from Cherie and the Nark Board. The public themselves (on our Facebook Page), were having their profile pages attacked, reported etc..for simply asking questions or commenting on posts. We knew as the Public, we must look more into this issue.
We found "Evidence" of Ms Cherie's previous lifestyle and also confirmed that Mr and Ms Cherie Sweeney are still members of a well known gang in NZ. When posting our "Evidence" up on our page, they were reported and removed. We also found "Evidence" of Ms Cherie's business ventures and Charity Events she had previously managed. She has been an actor, model, worked in Media (her business) and also does sponsorship and funding. These were all kept from the NZ Public. Why? We do not know. But when the media got wind of our page and two articles were published:
Ms Sweeney and Nark responded on Voxy.
These were the first responses, we were given from Cherie and Nark, since the 8th of January, which many members, were removed with no answers.
You will see our findings contradict, what Ms Cherie Sweeney and Nark have said via Voxy.
NZ public are not naive, check our response link here: Falsely Accused?
Back to the subject of Mr Pete George. Some of us, did not know who he was, also that he was a Board Member of Nark. He posted his first public response about us on the Stop Abuse page:
It's been sad to see a few wobbles and wobblies in the Nark and wider anti abuse circles. While nearly everyone has had the best of intentions there have been frustrations and grizzles, some justified.Unfortunately some of you may have also seen abuse and accusations, some of which have escalated recently to a level that's very sad and sick. I think most of us realise this is totally at odds with what we are trying to achieve in reducing abuse.
I stuck with Nark through some rough times because I believed in people and ideals and hoped things could be sorted out. I think that things have tidied up as well as they could be and are on track to make a difference for children.
Being put in the spotlight has been particularly challenging for Cherie, and it has attracted a few knockers. That's tough for someone who had the guts to stand up and set an example where standing up is badly needed.
I'm still on the interim board of Nark and am familiar with what has been happening, internally and around Nark. I want to say that I have full confidence in Cherie and what she's done. From what I've seen and know I believe she has acted with honourable intent in the best interests of this cause, at significant personal cost. She deserves the respect most people give her.
We need to be positive, be respectful of others, and do what we're here for, whatever we can to help our kids.
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- Cherie Stopdeath Byabuseofourchildren and 60 others like this.
Megan Murphy it's amazing that anyone puts their head above the parapet when it means getting slammed so publicly. good on you, Cherie.
7 March at 06:56 · Like ·
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Vanessa Caseley Absolutely huge respect for Cherie. A courageous move to put herself out there and stand up for our children.
7 March at 06:59 · Like · 12
Ananda Callaghan We have some among us who put ego above truth, racial defensiveness above children, and hatred above love. Ignore them and stay focused. Join STOP CHILD ABUSE IN NEW ZEALAND/AOTEOROA and KIA KAHA NZ CXX
7 March at 07:16 · Like · 7
Brian Gallagher I am amazed that in the matter of stopping child abuse that ALL people are not united in this cause. GO Cherie and GO! Nark.May the power be with you!
7 March at 07:39 · Like · 6
Renee Stone We need to stand united in the cause not pick apart those leading the charge. What sort of message are we sending if we are picking Cherie apart when she put her neck out in the beginning and spoke out when no one else had the guts??
7 March at 08:09 · Like · 3
Karen Goa Cherie, you have my utmost respect. Any social media site always attracts some people who don't respect the intent and only want to push their own barrow. Please ignore it - hard I know - and let's get on with making changes to stop child abuse.
7 March at 08:16 · Like · 1
Whakamana Tangata '...what is true of th individual wil b 2morro true of th whole nation if individuals wil but refuse 2 lose heart & hope...' Ghandi - do not lose your heart or your hope Cherie... sendn much kaha & respect...
7 March at 08:36 · Like · 1
STOP Death by Abuse of our Children Sorry, I didn't notice when I post here it's under NARK and not my name - I'm Pete George and thanks for the support :)
7 March at 08:42 · Like · 7
Rebecca Jones It makes me proud to be a NZer with strong and courageous people like Cherie who have made a stand. Sad to hear (but not surprised) that there's been some hassles on the way. Cherie has been strong for the rest of us, maybe now it's time to be strong for her - and with her :)
7 March at 08:54 · Like · 5
Marie Kirkwood Cherie, and Nark, have my total support. Cherie you are an amazing woman; I admire your strength, courage and kaupapa. Pete, hang in there - you're needed. :D ♥
7 March at 15:55 · Like · 1
Leanne Tahu Dont let a hand full of peoples negitivity take the focus away from saving the kids. Stay positive and lets put our energy into saving our kids from the ugly people
7 March at 17:12 · Like · 3
Julie Wilson Lynch mobs are still alive and kicking. They are an embarrassment to themselves. All the best to the NARK community. You will overcome. Love is stronger than hate.
7 March at 21:43 · Like · 2
Wendy Mathews Cherie I thankyou for your stand and I am so sorry that in doing so you have been harrassed like this from within. Those people only do so much damage to the work of NARK and with continued unity and bearing all this flak together alongside Cherie we will not stop doing what is right. We will not SHUT UP will not put up with Violence Abuse or Worse. The cause is more important than individuals own personal agendas and Cherie I will stand with you, I believe in your integrity, if I did not I would not be a part of this group.
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We had been vilified publicly, for want of answers. Also some of the members who had seen our evidence, of Nark and Ms Cherie we posted on our Facebook page and had withdrew their support for both the founder and her Org, were vilified also. This issue, is NOT about stopping the support or help toward the Child Abuse Cause, which is so desperately required in NZ. This is about Transparency of a founder and the Nark Organization, which are both, meant to be representing this Cause. Neither have been Transparent to date. Why? Again we are still waiting for "evidenced" answers on that.
We also posted this thread in our notes on our Facebook page for the public, which was removed.
Next Mr Pete George, starting attacking the public on his Your NZ blog site.
There are other posts he wrote over the next few days. We had publicly asked him to come on to our page to help us understand what was going on. He never did, but persisted in running to his blog for updates about NZ needing "evidenced" answers. There is also a post from a guest suggesting our page had to do with a certain "book" of sorts? We found that interesting, and also a distraction from the issue. During his posts he had said:
Confronting the real abuse
BY PETE GEORGE
I have been witnessing an online campaign of abuse, false and unsubstantiated accusation, character assassination, misrepresentation of identities, attempts to shut down speech, attempts to shut down organisations. It has ranged from annoying to disgraceful.
There’s only a few people actively doing this, but they also draw in others to support them, using (and abusing) vulnerable people to promote their own agendas.
I and others have gathered evidence of all of these things, and have established identities behind it. There’s a lot of evidence. Here’s some of what’s on the surface...
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We had much questions for Mr Pete George: Why was he accusing us of false accusations, when we had posted all the "evidence" we claimed. In regards to shutting down speech, it was actually our page, which was shut down 4 times for finding some "evidenced" answers to questions ourselves, as none was forth coming from Cherie and the Nark Board. The most disgraceful part is, that we found disturbing evidence, of Cherie and her Husband's past and current lifestyle. The "Voxy" article confirmed for us ( the NZ public), that things were certainly wrong.
Mr Pete George had said our page is..." linked to criminals, mental health histories, death threads even incest? This is associated with people who present themselves as working against abuse - some of them are the worst abusers...."
Quite appalling accusations from someone in his position. Yet, he is prepared to point fingers at anyone and everyone who refuses, to be bullied by Cherie and Nark. Purely distracting from the issue at hand. He also must of forgotten, to look at the history, and current situation of Ms Cherie and Husband. Also, the previous criminal activity, regarding that. We found it interesting that all his claims of abuse, attacks, threats and maliciousness, nasty accusations were actually directed at us (and yes, we also have "evidence" of that too).
We also asked Mr Pete George: With all this mud-slinging and trying to dig up dirt on innocent people on our public page, where does he find time to help with the Child Abuse cause, that he is involved with, being a Nark Board Member? No answers to our questions, but he did stop his abusive writings toward the NZ Public on his blog site.
We do wonder, what his motivations are in attacking the public, for want of deserving "evidenced" answers to the relevant questions. Ms Cherie made it public for her Nark Events, and fund-raising and the trusting public have given freely, but when requiring accountability and wanting transparency of the monies donated?, Cherie and NARK seem to be silent and attack the public, for these serious questions....
From a very concerned public member, who had faced the abuse from Cherie and NARK, also Mr Pete George:
The NZ public who give so freely and kindly to any "charity trust" or other, please be aware that the donations you give are actually going to the cause. Also, please do some research into finding a registered Charity, at least you know that they are a legal entity and therefore are required to be transparent.
