The sentencing notes said the document had been altered. On December 14, 2017, he submitted a tenancy agreement for a property in Papakura when in fact his partner’s mother was the legitimate tenant.
The sentencing notes said Raroa submitted 19 forms to the ministry falsely stating he was single and submitted tenancy information that was incorrect or dishonest. She is due to be sentenced in the Manukau District Court on September 11. Hotene is described in the sentencing notes as Raroa’s co-offender. The sentencing notes said Raroa received a single person’s benefit between September 2015 and July 2019 when he was living with his partner Gail Hotene, who was also on a single person’s benefit. He was sentenced on August 7 in the Rotorua District Court by Judge Greg Hollister-Jones after pleading guilty to a representative charge of obtaining by deception, a representative charge of dishonestly using a document, a representative charge of using a forged document and a charge of using an altered document.Ī representative charge means the offending happened more than once. Sentencing notes recently released to the Rotorua Daily Post detailed Raroa’s offending. He’s now been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to four charges. He used sophisticated methods to prove he wasn’t living with his partner, which meant he got a single person’s benefit rather than one of a person in a relationship. Photo / Andrew Warnerįor nearly four years, Pene Raroa fooled the Ministry of Social Development he was single - clocking up more than $40,000 in benefits he wasn’t entitled to. Rotorua District Court, where Pene Raroa was sentenced.
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