Man may take legal action over Census outrage
EXCLUSIVE: A New Plymouth man has came to infonews.co.nz reporter Michael Riley because he was outraged that Census told him that he had to fill out the forms when he didn't want to, Michael Riley reports...
A resident of New Plymouth called Census on Sunday night to say he did not want to be involved in this years Census, when the lady on the phone said he has to do it and he will be fined if he doesn't he then asked to speak to the supervisor on hand, he was connected threw to the supervisor and the supervisor said there was no way around it and that he had to fill in the over 40 question form.
The resident hanged up and then called the Human Rights Commission who is going to be speaking to the man on Monday.
The resident told infonews.co.nz "I will take legal action with everything I have if I have to" he added "We are suppose to have rights in New Zealand but being told we have to fill out forms just because a business wants to know our population is outrageous."
The man told the Census supervisor that he would move countries if he had to and then they replied you would have to do it in another country to, the man then told the lady over the phone "I will go somewhere it isn't used"
The lady didn't know how to respond and hanged up.
The man has told info news that he is angry and will be speaking to the world human rights commission aswell.
The next census will be held on Tuesday, 5 March 2013.
The 2013 Census is on Tuesday, 5 March. You will be able to do your forms online or on paper, in English or in Māori.
2011 Census of Population and Dwellings not held
The 2011 Census was not held on 8 March 2011 as planned, due to the Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011. At that time the 2011 Census could not have been successfully completed given the national state of emergency and the probable impact on census results.
On the Statistics website it says
Statistics New Zealand Tatauranga Aotearoa is a government department and New Zealand’s national statistical office. We’re New Zealand's major source of official statistics and leader of the Official Statistics System.
Our goal is to give New Zealand the statistical information it needs to grow and prosper.
We aim to tell the story of New Zealand through statistics that are relevant, accessible, and trustworthy.
We’ve been publishing statistics for nearly 120 years and have three offices, one in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, with around 1,000 staff in total.
We are committed to responding to the statistical needs of Māori as tāngata whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Infonews will update this story tomorrow afternoon and will look into it closely.