Southlanders ask minister to investigate Community Trust of SouthlandCommunity Trust of Southland Margot Hishon, Community Trust of Southland chairwoman. Prominent Southlanders have appealed to the associate finance minister to urgently investigate the Community Trust of Southland and the treatment of its now former chief executive John Prendergast. A copy of a letter addressed to minister Amy Adams, obtained by Stuff, asks her to investigate the current happenings at the Community Trust of Southland "which are causing us grave concern for the integrity of the trust and for the impact on, and implications for, the wider Southland community". ROBYN EDIE Former Community Trust of Southland chief executive John Prendergast. "It's a community trust, it belongs to the community and some of the funds from that trust have obviously been used and we believe the community should know about it."

Source: Stuff July 04, 2017 07:28 UTC