Danny and Ian Kennedy
Former Waipā posties Danny and Ian Kennedy have walked away from their damages claim for breach of contract against NZ Post.
The national postal service cancelled the couple’s contract to deliver “all mail and other items for delivery” on the RD3 run taking in Matangi, Cambridge and Tamahere, in 2023 after they complained some mail was being delivered by another contractor.
The couple, who sold their Te Awamutu home and moved to the South Island last year, launched their damages claim after Justice Ian Gault said there were serious questions around the lawfulness of NZ Post’s termination notice.
The Kennedys, who had been delivering to RD3 since 2019, were seeking damages for breach of contract and lost income. Danny Kennedy declined to comment on their decision.
Taranaki-King Country National MP, Barbara Kuriger, who supported Gallagher’s call for a ministerial inquiry, said the news was disappointing.
“You really have to put up a good fight,” she said. “People get worn out, run out of money, I see it a lot. It gets too hard and too expensive. I just hope they are OK.”
Kuriger was also disappointed to hear the request for a ministerial inquiry had passed from State Owned Enterprises minister Paul Goldsmith to Chris Bishop and onto Simeon Brown before it was dismissed in favour of a NZ Post board review.
