Tony Davies investigation: Nine-page complaint drafted in 2005 detailed RNZAF affair allegations

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A former RNZAF aviator documented allegations about former Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Tony Davies and a junior airwoman in a nine-page complaint drafted in 2005. The…

A document has emerged detailing concerns from 2001 to 2005 around former Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Tony Davies and the 'inappropriate relationship' over which he resigned.

A former RNZAF aviator documented allegations about former Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Tony Davies and a junior airwoman in a nine-page complaint drafted in 2005. The complaint was never submitted – because the aviator believed nothing would happen after two investigations failed to substantiate the relationship. David Fisher reports.

A nine-page complaint detailing allegations of an inappropriate relationship between Tony Davies and a junior airwoman was prepared in 2005 – more than 20 years before he resigned as Chief of Defence Force.

The document had been kept by a former Royal New Zealand Air Force aviator who served in 40 Squadron at the same time as Davies and the young servicewoman.

It contains detailed observations the former aviator intended to submit as a formal complaint – but was never submitted after she lost confidence it would be acted on.

She had been interviewed for a formal command inquiry around 2005-2006, which failed to substantiate allegations of a relationship between Davies and his subordinate, who the Herald has chosen not to name.

The aviator’s draft complaint from 2005 referred to an earlier inquiry - one of two investigations into Davies that the Herald has now established took place – that also failed to find evidence of the relationship.

It stated: “Due to what appeared to me [to be] the sweeping [of the inappropriate relationship] under the carpet, I did not have any faith or confidence in the system.”

In an interview with the Herald, she said she believed her career had already been affected by concerns she had raised and she was worried worse could follow. “Could you put your neck out on the line when you speak up like that?”

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