Ducking and weaving on both sides of the ditch

Serena Keast is a nurse, who moved from her native Tauranga to Melbourne in 2007.

In February 2025 Serena filed proceedings in the New Zealand Employment Relations Authority on behalf of her late brother Samuel, who died in Melbourne while working for a New Zealand company. As of 28 July 2025, Serena instructed the Editor of this blogsite to advocate in that proceeding.

Because advocacy and media are not compatible activities, the original content of this blog was removed.

We can now report that the Authority publicised its decision on a preliminary matter, finding that Samuel's employment transferred to an Australian company with the same director, 6-7 weeks before his death, so it does not have jurisdiction to progress the claim. This was a process of elimination, and we will continue to report on developments in the equivalent Australian jurisdiction.

A media statement is here: https://www.leightonassociates.co.nz/post/media-release-keast-v-playground-centre (10 March 2026)