[2013] NZEmpC 179 George v Auckland Council [pdf, 267 KB]
...there were serious procedural flaws in the way in which the employer proceeded and the employer failed to establish that Mr Iakopo had been untruthful. [99] In Honda New Zealand Ltd v New Zealand Boilermakers Union, 6 a majority of the Court of Appeal observed that: 7 ... in an employment situation the telling of a lie, or even prevarication short of a lie, strikes at the fundamental requirement of honesty and good faith, so that its true relevance is as part of the total factua...