Shane Wenzel (AKA Tane Rakau) - Australian Maori Activist

[Bluekiwi]

Anyone come across this guy or had him at any auctions.

Apparently he is causing disruptions to Mortgagee Auctions in the North Island.

I am trying to get a handle on what he is trying to do and what his tactics are.

[k1w1]

What an intriging post. I want to know more. How do you disrupt an auction, exactly? I mean, the agents wouldn't be impressed with someone at the back shouting them down or holding down the arms of prospective bidders.

[CJ]

I am guessing he is referring to the guy in this post:

http://www.propertytalk.com/forum/sh...314#post168961

Some nutter interupts the proceedings handing out phamphlets and tresspass notices and starts in on this huge speech.

Finally the auctioner tells him to sit down.
He then offers me a phamplet which I reject, so he throws it at me.

I rejected it because I had just decided there was no way I wanted to buy this property now !!!

All through the auction, every 1 minute, he starts yelling out, in a very small confined room.
About tresspass notices, unlawful bidding, the corrupt NZ Govt, how we are comiting a crime, that by bidding we open ourselves up to criminal action, fines and prosecution.

The auctioner then loudly and agressively yells out at him that this is his auction and for him to be quiet, but that does not stop him.

[Hound]

www.shanewenzel.com

Sez it all!

[Green Fish]

So they finally managed to teach a possum how to talk.

I never thought that I would see it in my lifetime.

[k1w1]

That's the worst website I've ever seen, and I've seen a few.

[McDuck]

heh!

Good publicity stunt.

Chap sound as thick as two short planks though.

Self interest dressed up as a political demonstration.

[SuperDad]

Sickness beneficiary?

[Davo36]

Yeah I bet he's taking the government's money whilst criticising them! I bet his ancestors didn't get the dole prior to the treaty!

[Bluekiwi]

He is a white Australian who came over here and took up a Maori name