Pay Up Please, Sir Eion

Pay Up Please, Sir Eion
Official Petition Report with Comments to 03 Jan 2015
I will honour my
commitment and thats
all I have to say.
Sir Eion Edgar
KNZM
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Contents
Page
Summary
Correspondence: July 2013 - December 2014
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Sir Eion Edgar KNZM, Chairman, Forsyth Barr
Otago Daily Times: Stadium Rates Revolt Plan
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How You Can Help Spread the Petition

1. Using Change.org 2. Downloading the Report
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3. Petition Flyers
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Petition Comments to 03 January 2015
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D u n e d i n s Tr o u b l e d S t a d i u m
Finances*
Promised Private Funding
Total Stadium Costs
Total Capital Maintenance
Promised
Actual
$55.5M
$0.7M 1
$188.0M
$266.4M 2
$6.4M 3
$129.7M 4
(projected cost over fifty years)
Why this Petition is Important:

The Dunedin ratepayers overwhelmingly opposed public
money being used for construction of the stadium.
The private funding for construction never eventuated
(including three $1M donations).
The promise of "Not One Penny More" than the $188M
for Stadium construction costs was false.
The $6.4M fund for the 50 year capital maintenance
never eventuated. The Nov 2014 DCC Stadium Review
stated maintenance will be 20 times higher than evidence
given in the April 2009, Stop The Stadium's court case.
This petition is the first stage in the campaign to recover
the money from those who misled the community from
start to finish.
Summary
In 2006 the so-called "independent" Carisbrook
Stadium Trust was set up to investigate the
feasibility of building a new stadium in Dunedin.
Not One Penny More!
In 2007 the Dunedin City Council provided further
funding for the Carisbrook Stadium Trust to
further "investigate" the feasibility of building a
new stadium projected to cost $188 million - "not
one penny more!" was the mantra. $17.3 million
was spent in the investigation stage alone.
The stadium which ended up costing the city
$266.4 million2, is now referred to by media as
the "troubled stadium." In the Dunedin City
Councils Stadium Review of Nov 2014, their
projected cost for capital maintenance is twenty
times higher4 than what was stated as evidence
in the Stop The Stadium court case in April 2009.
78.3% of Ratepayers Opposed
In 2008 investigations continued amongst an
unprecedented outcry from Dunedin citizens
concerned at the cost for such a small city. As a
Dunedin resident and ratepayer, I headed the
Stop The Stadium Inc campaign and it soon
became apparent, in a University conducted
survey, that 78.3% of Dunedin ratepayers shared
my concerns. However, in April 2009, the final
construction contract was signed, against the
wishes of the ratepayers.
Reverse Robin Hood
I continued to investigate the stadium issue to
expose the truth of how public money was used
for private gain. Dunedin has suffered a reverse
Robin Hood scenario where money from the poor
went into the pockets of the rich. This is the first
stage in the campaign to right this wrong and
return the money back to Dunedin ratepayers.
Please sign the Pay Up Please, Sir Eion petition
so those responsible for Dunedin's biggest
scandal can be held to account.
Thank you.
Bev Butler
Former President, Stop The Stadium Inc
Dunedin, New Zealand | 01 January 2015
*Sources/Notes:
1. Total actual private funds for construction - 'Report on Review of Forsyth Barr Stadium Costs for Dunedin City Council', Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC)
page 32, paragraph 160, 11 May 2012: www.pwc.co.nz/forensic-services/publications/report-on-forsyth-barr-stadium-costs-for-dunedin-city-council
Note: The PwC report refers to $45.5M. A further $10M was required for interest.
2. Total actual stadium costs: www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/272116/council-calculates-stadium-and-related-costs-266m
3. The $6.4M capital maintenance fund was stated in former DCC CEO Jim Harland's affidavit and given as evidence in the Stop The Stadium court case.
4. The Nov 2014 DCC Forsyth Barr Stadium Review Report (www.scribd.com/doc/251187539) stated capital maintenance would cost $51.8 million over
the next 20 years. This equates to $129.7 million over 50 years.
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Correspondence
1. 10 July 2013: Southern Lakes Mirror - Front page story
No Response
Front Page, Southern Lakes Mirror

Southland, New Zealand 10 July 2013
View on the Internet HERE
In about 2008 Queenstown-based Sir Eion

announced publicly he would commit $1m
to the Dunedin stadiums construction. . .
. . .I believe it is in the public interest that a philanthropist honours his

pledge, especially when that pledge is used to influence the decision to
spend multi-millions of public monies.
Sir Eion conceded he had not fronted up with the cash but said he was
going to pay the money.
I will honour my commitment and thats all I have to say.

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2. 26 January 2014: Official Information Request
No Response
From: Bev (bevkiwi@hotmail.com)

Sent: Sunday, 26 January 2014 9:34:33 a.m.
To: Sandy graham (sgraham@dcc.govt.nz)
68 Russell St
Dunedin Central 9016
Sunday 26 January 2014
Dear Sandy
It was reported in The Central Mirror (10 July 2013) that Sir Eion Edgar would pay the $1 million donation to the stadium he
promised and reported in DScene (13 May 2009).
1. Has Sir Eion Edgar paid this $1 million?
2. If so, is this $1 million recorded as a payment towards the corporate contract for the Forsyth Barr naming rights product or as a
donation as originally promised in DScene?
Yours sincerely
Bev Butler
3. 25 February 2014: LGOIMA request: Sir Eion Edgar's promised donation
No Response
From:bevkiwi@hotmail.com
To:sgraham@dcc.govt.nz
Subject: RE: LGOIMA request: Sir Eion Edgar's promised donation
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:52:19 +1300
Dear Sandy
Could I please have an official response to this request.
Thank you.
Bev
4. 13 March 2014: LGOIMA request: Sir Eion Edgar's promised donation
No Response
From:Bev [mailto:bevkiwi@hotmail.com]
Sent:Thursday, 13 March 2014 11:48 a.m.
To:Sandy Graham; Grace Ockwell
Subject:FW: LGOIMA request: Sir Eion Edgar's promised donation
Hi Sandy and Grace
Could I please have a response to this request.
Thank you.
Kind Regards
Bev
5. 30 June 2014: LGOIMA request: Sir Eion Edgar's promised donation
No Response
From: bevkiwi@hotmail.com
To: gockwell@dcc.govt.nz
Subject: FW: LGOIMA request: Sir Eion Edgar's promised donation
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:43:12 +1200
Hi Grace
Could I please have a responseto this request.
It is now four months outstanding.
Thank you.
Kind Regards
Bev
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6. 10 April 2014: Email to Sir Eion Edgar, copied to Forsyth Barr lawyers
No Response
From: bevkiwi@hotmail.com
To: eion.edgar@forbar.co.nz
CC: charlotte.henley@kensingtonswan.com; ian.telfer@radionz.co.nz; wilma.mccorkindale@fairfaxmedia.co.nz; debbie.jamieson@stl.co.nz
Subject: Has Sir Eion Edgar paid his $1 million donation?
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:30:19 +1200
Dear Sir Eion

You will recall the reports in The Mirror (10/7/13 - copied below) where you promised to honour your $1 million pledge initially reported in
DScene (13/5/09).
As there had been no public reports of you having paid up I decided a few months ago to make an official request under LGOIMA to see
if this money had been received. After repeated requests for the Dunedin City Council to respond to my request I have received no
response. I thought before making a complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman I would ask you directly if you have paid up. It is in the
public interest that this pledge is honoured as it formed part of the push for the decision for the stadium to go ahead. You may also recall
the report on the front page of the ODT (March 2007) where Mr Malcolm Farry announced "very excitedly" that he had a one million
dollar donation for stadium construction with another two "in the wings". This was also reported in the National Business Review.
I have prepared a sequence of events to help clarify the situation:
1. Mr Malcolm Farry announces three $1m donations for stadium construction in March 2007.
2. The Marketing Bureau, commissioned by Carisbrook Stadium Trust, tells Dunedin City Council in Dec 2007 that naming rights are
worth over $10m.
3. ODT reports Sir Eion Edgar becomes trustee of CST in August 2008.
4. Edgar and Farry announce Forsyth Barr have signed a Heads of Agreement in Jan 2009 and it is reported in NBR that a "substantial
cheque" has been signed.
5. Council documents of cashflow projections, peer reviewed by PwC in Feb 2009, show that the naming rights payments have
changed from full payment up front to two years in advance - "front-end loading" is the term for this.
6. Edgar announces in DScene in May 2009 he is making a $1m donation to the stadium.
7. Nine changes, as revealed in LGOIMA response from DVML, are made to the Forsyth Barr naming rights agreement then the
contract is signed on 2 August 2011...the day after stadium opens. One of the final changes is from yearly in arrears to monthly in
arrears.
8. Forsyth Barr makes their first payment on 1 September 2011. They are paying monthly in arrears.
9. Edgar, through Forsyth Barr lawyer in Oct 2012, denies having stated that Forsyth Barr had written a "substantial cheque". The NBR
journalist distinctly remembers the "substantial cheque" comment being made. However, no correction sought from NBR at the time.
10. The naming rights contract is no more than $5m as revealed in 2013 through LGOIMA request to DVML.
11. Edgar claims his $1m donation is part of the naming rights corporate contract in The Mirror in July 2013. The $1m donation still
unpaid. None of the other three $1m donations for construction have been paid.
12. Michael Sidey is paying $1 million as part of the Forsyth Barr naming rights. I think what is happening is "double-counting".
Announcing million dollar donations for construction then two of these donations form part of the corporate contract for naming
rights. Either they are two $1million payments are donations and the naming rights is only $3m or the naming rights is $5m and the
two million dollar donations don't exist. You can't have it both ways. This "double-counting" trick is what happened in the STS High
Court injunction case where they claimed the $15m grant from Central Government was to offset the private funding shortfall AND
was also used to offset the increase in land costs. This "double-counting" trick was established in the Court of Appeal.
So, Sir Eion, have you paid the $1 million donation initially pledged for construction of the stadium? If you have paid $1 million as part of
the Forsyth Barr naming rights then good on you. That's between you and the corporate contract signed by Forsyth Barr. I'm sure
Forsyth Barr are happy about that. What is of interest to the public is have you paid the $1 million donation pledged in DScene?
As Chairman/Trustee of a number of Charitable Trusts you will be aware of the definition of a donation as recorded on the Charities
Commission website. It bears no similarity to a corporate contract. I have copied Charlotte Henley, Forsyth Barr's lawyer, into this email
so she can confirm this definition, in case you still have any doubts.
I hereby reserve all my rights.
Yours sincerely
Bev Butler
Copied to other interest media and parties.
http://dunedinstadium.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/queenstown-mirror-10-7-13-page-1-detail.jpg
http://dunedinstadium.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/queenstown-mirror-10-7-13-page-2-detail.jpg
### DScene 13 May 2009
The Insider: Big questions answered
Mr Generous isnt slowing down
Winter Games NZ chairman Eion Edgar | Interviewed by Ryan Keen
COMMUNITY-MINDED Queenstown-based businessman Eion Edgar, who retired as New
Zealand Olympic Committee president last week and left a $1 million donation, on his support for
knighthoods, backing Blis and why hes not slowing down. #bookmark page 9
http://dunedinstadium.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/dscene-13-5-09-page-9-merge.jpg
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7. 15 October 2014: Dunedin City Council Governance Staff Meeting
No Response
Meeting Date: 15 October 2014

Meeting Time: 10:00am
Meeting Venue: Dunediun City Council Offices
One Governance Staff Member Present
The meeting was held to discuss various outstanding official information requests.
It was stated that the Carisbrook Stadium Trust were seeking legal advice on response to Sir Eion Edgar's $1 million donation promise.
8. 02 December 2014: Complaint to Office of the Ombudsman
Awaiting Response
From: bev (bevkiwi@hotmail.com)

Sent: Tuesday, 2 December 2014 11:46:37 a.m.
To: Ombudsman (complaint@ombudsmen.parliament.nz)
68 Russell St
Dunedin Central 9016
Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Dear Sir/Madam
I have received no response from the request below.
I understand that Mr Malcolm Farry, Chairman of the Carisbrook Stadium Trust, is again being obstructive in releasing this information.
It is now nearly a year since I made this request and it should have been released within 20 working days.
I request the Office of the Ombudsman please investigate this breach of LGOIMA.
Yours sincerely
Bev Butler
9. 15 December 2014: Change.org Petition
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Dame Sukhi Turner (former Mayor of Dunedin)
Mrs Turner complained about what she said was the

"obscene haste". . . "Dunedin does not need a $200
million temple torugby to survive as a city."
The Dunedin Town Hall echoed to the sound of a

clapping and stamping crowd clearly and
vociferously opposed to the proposed stadium last
night.
The meeting, organised by Stop the Stadium, heard
about the organisation's latest strategy - a plan to
withhold the average $66 a year the Dunedin City
Council has told ratepayers they will have to pay for
the stadium.
Broadcaster Dougal Stevenson was master of
ceremonies, and the speakers were Dunedin
businessman Alistair Broad, Dunedin city councillor
Dave Cull, Otago regional councillor Gerry Eckhoff,
Dr Robert Hamlin, of the University of Otago School
of Business, NHNZ chief executive Michael
Stedman, and former Dunedin mayor Sukhi Turner.
The meeting attracted up to 1800 people, with both
the ground floor and gallery levels, which seat more
than 900 people each, almost full.
Mrs Turner complained about what she said was
the "obscene haste" with which councillors were
spending money that would drain the pockets of
ratepayers for decades to come.
"Dunedin does not need a $200 million temple to
rugby to survive as a city."
The average rate increase was supposed to be $66
a year, and, to make the council take notice she
urged people to withhold that money.
A pamphlet distributed at the meeting said the
strategy had been "confirmed" by the University of
Otago faculty of law dean Prof Mark Henaghan as a
Speaker Sukhi Turner addresses the audience at

the Stop the Stadium meeting at the Dunedin
Town Hall last night. Photo by Peter McIntosh.
"no-risk, low-cost means of protesting" to the

council.
People should deduct $16.50 each quarter, which
would attract a 10% annual penalty of $6.50, "but
we think that there is no cheaper or more effective
way of delivering a serious message to the
council".
Asked after the meeting if that amount of money
would make a difference, Stop the Stadium
president Bev Butler said it was not so much the
money as the message behind the action.
"It's to show the majority of citizens do not support
the stadium."
Mr Broad said nobody knew what the stadium
would cost, most households in Dunedin could not
afford the rate rise to pay for it, the stadium would
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Cr Gerry Eckhoff (Otago Regional Councillor)
The public consultation on the project

was a"sham". . .
cost ratepayers' money to run, and there were
many better ways to spend the money, including
keeping the Highlanders at Carisbrook, buying the
former chief post office, getting "Third-World" buses
off the main street, putting State Highway 1
underground at the University of Otago, or
reinstating trams.
Cr Eckhoff said the the stadium was designed to
provide for the New Zealand Rugby Union and its
international partners, despite them having no
monetary input.
The public consultation on the project was a "sham"
and the councils should have set up public focus
groups and facilitated meetings between the
Carisbrook Stadium Trust and those who opposed
the project.
Mr Stedman said there had been a lack of detail
and "non-partisan evidence" on what the stadium
would be used for, and there were questions over
whether the Otago Rugby Football Union would be
able to pay to hire the stadium, as it was "failing
dramatically".
Dr Hamlin said the money the trust had raised from

seating packages was not capital, but revenue.
He said building companies were not insurance
companies and could not provide certainties on the
cost.
"A guaranteed maximum price contract with a very
small hole in it is about as useful as a bicycle tyre
with a very small hole in it."
Cr Dave Cull said the total project cost had risen by
$10 million, the guaranteed maximum price
contract offer contained loopholes that could
expose the council to risk of price increases, a
contract had not been finalised with the University
of Otago, nor had an occupation and revenue
agreement been signed between the Otago Rugby
Union and the trust.
The meeting ended with a standing ovation for the
speakers.
Dr Rob Hamlin (University of Otago)
Dr Hamlin said the money the trust had raisedfrom

seating packages was not capital, butrevenue.
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Supporters Comments 1 of 6
P E T I T I O N
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C O M M E N T S
Updated: 28 Dec 14

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Comments
Name
Location
Date
Comment
Dean Dennis
Cincinnati, United States
2014-12-14
The promised $1,000,000 was made to politically sway an issue. The taxpayers
should not be burdened with the broken promises of this man. If a man's word is
his bond, where does that leave Sir Eion?
Adrian Butler
Yamba, Australia
2014-12-17
What has transpired over the past six years with the Forsyth Barr Stadium, where
"public money has been used for private gain" is unconscionable. I smiled to
myself when reading about the 'Reverse Robin Hood' in the summary section
(page 2) of the Official Petition Report. Everyone should check out this report.
Hopefully this petition will be more than a catalyst to right this terrible wrong and
return millions of dollars back to the Dunedin's rate payers. Let's hope it inspires
other communities who have been victims of corporate greed to stand up fight for
what is right.
When you're right, fight!
Karl Westwell
Merrimac, Queensland,
2014-12-17
Australia
Not only should Sir Eion Edgar honour his commitment, but there should be a
criminal investigation into this project and the people involved, Sir Eion Edgar
included.
Greg Dowle
New Plymouth, New
2014-12-17
Zealand
A man should stand by his promise, you have obviously no idea about what it is to
make a promise. Pay up and stand by what you say. I don't think you deserve to
retain your knighthood if you don't pay up.
Tarnji Navie
Bundaberg, Australia
2014-12-17
I believe he should honour his committment
Dave Witherow
Balfour, Southland., New
2014-12-17
I think people - even rich people - should keep their word.
A promise made should be upheld. Shame on those for putting more burden on
Zealand
terry Lyn kelty
Williamstown, VT
2014-12-17
Calvin Oaten
Dunedin, New Zealand
2014-12-17
those who struggle financially.

I think that if it is good enough to influence the decision to build by pledging
$1million dollars then 'Sir' Eoin should honour that pledge. Failing to do so
denigrates the integrity of the man and makes a mockery of the citizens who
Liz Dickie
2014-12-18
have been given the burden of the stadium.

The Forsyth Barr Stadium has proved to be the white elephant that many of us
predicted it would be and Sir Eion needs to accept his part in foisting it on us and
make good his promise.
Gavin MacDonald
2014-12-18
I object to the huge and continuing debt imposed upon ratepayers.
neville david Bowie
Dunedin., New Zealand
2014-12-22
Dishonesty and misrepresentation of Council members who planned and
John Williams
2014-12-22
authorised the 'Stadium' construction.

I believe that public figures should not lie to the public, and if they do, they
should be named and shamed.
Heather Kinsey
Paraparaumu, New
2014-12-22
This is scandalous behaviour and must be sorted.
2014-12-22
The effect upon the daily budgets of rate payers by the Stadium, is colossal.
Zealand
adrian hall
Aramoana, New Zealand
Ordinary folk are being forced to pay for the dishonest manipulations of the
privileged. This was never the New Zealand way and it should never be the
way, especially in a time of austerity.

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Name
Location
Date
Comment
Alan Graham
2014-12-22
I believe that a few key individuals, Eion Edgar among them, are responsible for
the stadium being foisted upon Dunedin residents at ratepayers expense and
against their wishes. It would be decent for these individuals to now compensate
the Dunedin public. For instance, they could fund the upgrade for the
Physiotherapy Pool. Eion Edgar should at least honour his pledge of $1 million.
Bruce Newton
2014-12-22
This might go some minute way to help this dreadful mess111
Kenneth Ian mcKayh
2014-12-22
K I McKay
John Dodd
2014-12-22
I have always been anti-stadium. 3 years on I have had no use of it, but I will be
paying for many years. This debt to the city has meant that many other worthy
developments will never be able to be considered,
Jenny Frost
2014-12-22
I am signing this petition because I did not want Dunedin to spend so much money
on a project that we couldn't afford. Rich men got richer and then disappeared,
leaving ratepayers to pay for the mess. It would still be cheaper to demolish the
stadium now. Shame on the filthy rich liars.
Stewart Hall
2014-12-22
The stadium was a complete waste of money, I marched against it and damn
proud I did.
Peter Attwooll
2014-12-22
James and Susan Loan
2014-12-22
Decent people do the decent thing. If you make a promise you honour it. It's
that simple, Eion. Aren't you wealthy enough? Is that your problem?
James Loan
Susan Loan
Liz Dickie
dunedin, New Zealand
2014-12-22
Eion was a key manipulator in bringing to stadium project into being. He

personally made hugely optimistic predictions that proved to be completely
wrong and now this White elephant is an intergenerational burden for
Carol Henderson
2014-12-22
ratepayers.
It would help Dunedin
neville bowie
2014-12-22
dishonesty and deception by the DCC councillers who voted for the
construction.
jocelyn harris
2014-12-22
Please, Eion, take some of the burden from Dunedin ratepayers.
sally james
auckland, New Zealand
2014-12-22
A promise is a promise and in this case a very important one as Eion Edgar's
promise of funds persuaded the silly Dunedin City Council to put its citizens in
hock for the rest of their lives.
Keith James
2014-12-22
It is important that those responsible for this financial burden be held to account for
their (to be charitable) foolish actions. This would help to deter others who may be
tempted to spend public money unwisely.
elly mulder
2014-12-22
I was always against the stadium as we just cannot effort such a grandios
idea with such a small population in dn.
amanda capon-wright
2014-12-22
A REAL man honours his word. Pay up Sir Eion.
Patricia Scott
Mosgiel, New Zealand
2014-12-22
Sir Eion was part of the group that hoodwinked the DCC into building the stadium
which was always going to cost a whole lot more than they pretended. Sir Eion
could at least keep his word.
Suzanne Menzies-Culling
2014-12-22
The ratepayers have been ripped off by Dunedin businessmen in this whoole
stadium saga.And it's time those who promised to pay were obliged to pay.
Doug Leggett
2014-12-22
The way in which this project, based upon faulty economic modelling, and
supported by a litany of lies, is despicable. It's interesting that those responsible
for this sham are nowhere to be seen now that their folly has been well and truely
exposed.

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Name
Location
Date
Comment
James Neill
2014-12-22
To try and make Sir Eoin front up to his commitment
Natasha barlow
2014-12-22
Because bev butler is awesome!
Jo Bond
2014-12-22
Dunedin is in a great deal of debt because of this stadium. I also believe that it's
important to remind people to make good on their promises.
zara samuel
2014-12-22
Shane Gallagher
2014-12-22
I can see the afects of the stadium financially everywhere I go and everyone
has a story and its not a good one
The people of Dunedin opposed the Stadium and we are now forced to pay for it
for decades to come. You supported it and now be true to your word to the people
Vaughn Malkin
2014-12-22
of Dunedin.
A promise is a promise. This is something we teach our kids. As a community
leader (And a Knight no less) it's apalling that Eion Edgar needs to be reminded
Barbara Menzies
Auckland, New Zealand
2014-12-22
of this.
I love Dunedin and object to wealthy public figures getting away with lying.
Jeanne Anthony
DUNEDIN, New Zealand
2014-12-22
I don't agree on my rates continuously paying out, particularly on things that we

DID NOT WANT in the first place. The fact that was what we TOLD you that in the
Jeanne Anthony
2014-12-22
first place.
I have NEVER referred to that "white elephant" as the "forsyth barr" stadium. I bet
that being a rates payer, we will have put more money into the stadium than FB.
Its always been the "Dunedin Stadium" when ever Iv'e referred to it, and will be so
more, now than ever.
Juliet Clark
Alexandra, New Zealand
2014-12-22
Common sense, exhibited by the majority of rate payers was ignored. In 2008,
with the world financial crisis, there was the perfect opportunity for council
stadium supporters to back down without losing 'face'. In its arrogance council
failed to do so. Were palms greased? One has to ask based on the decision to
proceed , when all the indicators were that the stadium would not be financially
Bruce Partridge
2014-12-22
viable.
Most of the citizens did not want this stadium and although informed studies
showed that it could never be viable it was forced on us by a few, including Sir
Patrick Copeland
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
2014-12-22
Eion Edgar. Please pay what you promised to pay towards the stadium.
Dunedin is suffering enough from loss of jobs!
Paul Campbell
2014-12-23
I believe Dunedin was screwed over by Dunedin's rugby community it's time
things were put right
Mark Baxter
2014-12-23
I'm not the financial genius you are, but I said at the time the stadium project is not
nearly as financially rosy as its proponents claimed, indeed exactly as I predicted
it's become a financial problem for the city meaning we have to cut back on other
necessary things to help pay for it. Eion, please show us at least you were telling
the truth and not a smarmy liar like the rest of the pro-stadium folk seem to have
Ben Picard
2014-12-23
been.
The reason for signing this is clear. After signing off by Peter Chin and pushing the
proposition forward by Jim Harland it is obvious this stadium was one of the
Colin Cheyne
2014-12-23
biggest mill stones forced onto the Dunedin rate payers.

You (Eion) said it would be an asset. I said it would be a liability. I was right.
You were wrong. Time for you to pay up. If only I had the choice of not paying.
Jacquetta Burleigh
2014-12-23
I care about the debt burden for Dunedin residents and invite you to earn some
inteGRITTY.

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Name
Neil James
Location
Date
2014-12-23
Comment
I am signing this petition because, on the evidence provided, Sir Eion seems to
have reneged on making his promised contribution to the Stadium. That pledge,
along with others, was used to encourage the Council to agree to build the
Stadium in the face of ample evidence that it was going to be a financial disaster.
Sir Eions contribution would now soften the impact on Council finances, and fulfil
a promise that was presumably made in good faith.
Cheryl Lewis
2014-12-23
I am a retiree and a ratepayer in Dunedin. I am not interested in sport and do

not feel I should be paying the ongoing cost for this stadium. I am disgusted that
Michael Gibson
Invercargill, New Zealand
2014-12-23
wealthy stadium supporters wish to weasel out of paying.

Eion Edgar has far too much money anyway. If he promised to bung a million of it
amanda capon-wright
2014-12-23
the stadium's way he should pay up or hand back his knighthood.

Shane Capon
Edgar made a promise to pay one million dollars towards the folly. As he has
not, is this the type of behavior we should accept from someone who was worthy
of a knighthood? Methinks not!! Would perhaps Mr Edgar be more acceptable
than Sir?
Cameron Archibald
2014-12-23
The stadium was a joke from the get go. The cost of it detracts from sorely
needed public services. Paying up is a moral obligation for you sir.
Margreet Vissers
Christchurch, New
2014-12-23
Honour your commitment.

Promises and pledges should be honoured.
Monique Kerr
maggie mccormick
Anne Elliot
Zealand
Middlemarch, New
2014-12-23
2014-12-23
2014-12-24
Man should keep his promises.

he promised.. he cant opt out.. the nutter
Like so many aspects of the dreaded stadium, Eion Edgar's promise appears to
Maurice Prendergast
Zealand
RD 2. Mosgiel 9092,
2014-12-24
be a figment of imagination. One can obviously have no trust in this man.

he 'baited' the ratepayers with the promise an enormous sum to support the
New Zealand
building of a stadium on the premise of a 'flawed budget' In 'big noting' this

albatross he caused run of the mill people who could see the flaws to be
demonised and belittled. Now those 'little people' have their properties 'in hoc' and
Eion has gone missing. His legacy to Dunedin is his septic and dishonourable
ploy to deceive the ordinary punters of the City. He said he would contribute $1M your times up Eion; we're coming to get the money that you promised.
karyn booker
2014-12-24
This was a promise made and should be honoured as it figured in the councils
ted ross
2014-12-24
budget and decisions regarding the 'stadium'

I believe the general public were deceived by all the promises of funding made
Heather Walton
2014-12-25
from various private sources

It brasses me off that your influence helped persuade the DCC to go ahead with
the stadium rather than allowing a democratic binding referendum on the
subject.This should have happened because the financial committment was so
large for the small ratepayers base.
Keith Ross
2014-12-26
The building of this stadium on the backs of rate payers who are overwhelmingly
against it's construction is criminal. SOMEONE made lots of money. I think that
the law needs to look closer at the fraud that transpired to complete this deal. In
the meantime, the money man needs to stand by his word and pay up!
jay tzu
2014-12-26
Eion polished the crystal ball the DCC said didn't exist !

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Name
Location
Date
Comment
chaz true
2014-12-26
I believe he should pay up at least help us ratepayers who didnt want it in the
Mel hunt
2014-12-26
first place
I am a dunedin rate payer
Julie Addis
2014-12-26
He made a public promise...therefore he needs to honour this and pay up...
Sue Devaney
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
2014-12-26
He made a promise and he is basically letting the tax payers, who are a lot
Ron / Christine Hawkins
2014-12-26
poorer than him, foot the bill because he did not keep his promise. That sux
.
Mary McLean
2014-12-26
Pledges should be honoured!
susan kirby
2014-12-27
he needs to put his money where his mouth was
susan kirby
2014-12-27
because a men should keep his word and not be a liar
Theresa cocks
2014-12-27
Accountability
James Ellis
Naseby, New Zealand
2014-12-27
At the time I lived in Dunedin and joined STS. Now, although I have mainly
escaped the rate hike, I still feel strongly for those in Dunedin who must live
with the consequences of piracy. The owner of each and every promise/lie
should be made accountable
elizabeth ellis
2014-12-27
enough is enough - i am tired of the so called leaders of this city continually

stealing money in dubious ways from the rate payers
Liz Legge
Levin, New Zealand
2014-12-27
As a former Dunedin ratepayer, I am outraged at the non-payment of this

"promise" as this type of promise of support was obviously instrumental in the
disastrous decision to proceed with the Stadium project in Dunedin.
Lorraine Chave
Oruanui, New Zealand
2014-12-28
I believe, if you do not keep your promise, then you are a liar and a
charlatan....
Kathinka NordalStene
2014-12-30
People who don't honour their commitments (even ones with knighthoods) are in
a peer group with dodgy roof painters on Fair Go. Have some self-respect Sir pay up.
Ravind Chandra
2014-12-31
Eion pay up, or has this request wiped the smile off your face?!!
Ray Yeah Right
2015-01-02
PLEASE HELP OUT AS YOU
Beverley Reid
2015-01-02
Put your money where your mouth was.
Jasmine Hunter
2015-01-03
I never wanted this stadium in the first place, instead what we will have is our
rates going up every year making it unaffordable. Sometimes after we have
paid our bills, we have $3 left to buy food. I couldn't afford another increase.
Robert Smith
2015-01-03
As an honourable man - you will want to fulfill your pledge of donating

$1000000,
since ratepayers with fewer assetts are paying their share, thank you Sir Eion.
Robert Smith
2015-01-03
As a community leader Sir Eion, you must want to shoulder your share of the
Stadium's financial burden.

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Sir Eion Edgar

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Correspondence: July 2013 - December 2014

Sir Eion Edgar KNZM, Chairman, Forsyth Barr

Otago Daily Times: Stadium Rates Revolt Plan

How You Can Help Spread the Petition

Petition Comments to 03 January 2015

(projected cost over fifty years)

Why this Petition is Important:

Front Page, Southern Lakes Mirror

In about 2008 Queenstown-based Sir Eion

. . .I believe it is in the public interest that a philanthropist honours his

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2. 26 January 2014: Official Information Request

From: Bev (bevkiwi@hotmail.com)

3. 25 February 2014: LGOIMA request: Sir Eion Edgar's promised donation

4. 13 March 2014: LGOIMA request: Sir Eion Edgar's promised donation

5. 30 June 2014: LGOIMA request: Sir Eion Edgar's promised donation

Dear Sir Eion

7. 15 October 2014: Dunedin City Council Governance Staff Meeting

Meeting Date: 15 October 2014

8. 02 December 2014: Complaint to Office of the Ombudsman

From: bev (bevkiwi@hotmail.com)

9. 15 December 2014: Change.org Petition

Pay Up Please, Sir Eion

The Honours Forfeiture Committee

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Sir Eion Edgar KNZM - Chairman, Forsyth Barr

Extracted 10 December 2014:

Extracted 05 December 2014:

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Dame Sukhi Turner (former Mayor of Dunedin)

Mrs Turner complained about what she said was the

The Dunedin Town Hall echoed to the sound of a

Speaker Sukhi Turner addresses the audience at

"no-risk, low-cost means of protesting" to the

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Cr Gerry Eckhoff (Otago Regional Councillor)

The public consultation on the project

Dr Hamlin said the money the trust had raised from

Dr Rob Hamlin (University of Otago)

Dr Hamlin said the money the trust had raisedfrom

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2. Download the Official Petition Report

2. Downloading the Official Petition Report:

Download Colour Flyer

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Cincinnati, United States

New Plymouth, New

I believe he should honour his committment

Balfour, Southland., New

I think people - even rich people - should keep their word.

Dunedin, New Zealand

those who struggle financially.

Dunedin, New Zealand

have been given the burden of the stadium.

Dunedin, New Zealand

I object to the huge and continuing debt imposed upon ratepayers.

neville david Bowie

Dunedin., New Zealand

Dishonesty and misrepresentation of Council members who planned and