Hannah BartlettOpen Justice reporter - Tauranga·NZ Herald·19 Jun, 2026 05:00 AM6 mins to readAuckland firefighter Russell Kinzett was fired after a series of complaints involving two other Fire and Emergency New Zealand staff.An Employment Court judge has issued a decision over whether Fire and Emergency New Zealand was unjustified when it sacked a long-serving firefighter found to have bullied and sexually harassed subordinates.
Russell Kinzett took his dismissal to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA), which, last year, determined that while his actions
