Kate Staunton
Role at the time: Former RNZAF flight sergeant, in a letter to Davies quoted by the NZ Herald
Statement summary
Staunton writes that people aware of Davies's alleged relationship at 40 Squadron said nothing and left the woman involved to deal with the aftermath alone.
“Others who were aware of the alleged inappropriate conduct said nothing, choosing instead to stand by and allow the young woman to deal with the aftermath entirely on her own.”
The Herald reports that former RNZAF flight sergeant Kate Staunton wrote to Davies days before his resignation about a relationship he was alleged to have had in 2006 with a woman under his command at 40 Squadron. It reports that the woman confirmed the letter's account that she was formally investigated and later left the service, and that it understands the relationship was denied at the time. The article also covers Staunton's separate complaint about how NZDF handled another alleged relationship. NZDF said it would answer the Herald's questions in due course, and the article identifies lawyer Matthew Hague as acting for Staunton.
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Relative to how integrity information about Davies was handled, Staunton criticizes people who she says knew of the alleged conduct and stayed silent. That is a direct criticism of the handling rather than a question or a conditional view, so condemns fits.