Hauraki Naturally
INSPIRING FREEDOM
AN OPEN STATEMENT
to the New Zealand Naturist Community
From: Hauraki Naturally Administration
Published: 12 November 2026
Subject: Transparency, Community Safety, and Addressing Systemic Governance Overreach
INTRODUCTION
For years, Hauraki Naturally has proudly operated as an independent, clothing-optional collective in New Zealand. Our goal has always been simple: advocating the right to be free of clothing in harmony with nature, providing safe environments for our participants, and supporting healthy clothes-free lifestyle options.
However, recent administrative actions by the current leadership of the New Zealand Naturist Federation (NZNF) have forced us to make this public statement. This is not a personal grievance; it is a matter of institutional integrity, accountability, and the protection of Hauraki Naturally's strict standards within the wider New Zealand clothing-optional landscape.
1. THE FOUNDATION: AN UNFOUNDED PUBLIC ATTACK
In March 2026, an individual, who has since been appointed as an NZNF staff member, publicly published a severe and completely fabricated safety allegation against Hauraki Naturally on a community social media forum. He claimed that our collective "allows and normalises harassment against females."
As administrators, our primary commitment is the safety of our group, particularly women, children and newcomers. We immediately issued a formal 24-hour notice requesting any verifiable written evidence of these claims so we could investigate, or alternatively, a formal retraction. No evidence was ever provided, and no retraction was made.
While we understand the comment was eventually removed, this targeted online falsehood resulted in severe, unmitigated reputational harm to Hauraki Naturally, intentionally poisoning our standing within the community based on a fabricated safety risk.
2. ADMINISTRATIVE EVASION & CONTRADICTION
When a complete evidence bundle detailing this online misconduct was submitted to the NZNF Executive body, the response was a rigid assertion of a "lack of jurisdiction." National Secretary Karla Osmers formally dismissed the complaint, arguing in writing that the individual was a private club member, not a "Federation Officer," and thus the federation was constitutionally "not empowered" to intervene.
Shortly thereafter, the NZNF appointed this particular defamer to the staff position of Digital Platforms Assistant, and his partner to the position of Marketing Coordinator. When further communication was sent pointing out the risk of placing a
Figure 1: Public comment posted on 10 March 2026
compromised individual into a position handling national administrative communications, the Secretary issued a final, aggressive dismissal, reiterating that neither individual held the status of a "Federation Officer."
The Raw Evidence Contradicts This Defence:
A review of the official NZNF website directory explicitly lists the Marketing Coordinator as a full member of the "NZNF Executive Team" (Marketing Officer). The executive leadership actively falsified the status of its own administration in writing to shield internal members from accountability and insulate them from a valid safety complaint. But, regardless of the official positions or titles of NZNF staff and the technicalities of the NZNF constitution, they are still part of the management team and should be held accountable for their behaviour towards outside organisations and the general public.
3. THE NATIONWIDE BLACKOUT & THE ULTIMATE HYPOCRISY
Upon discovering that we had presented independent, regional NZNF member clubs with the physical evidence of this governance failure, inviting them to exercise their democratic right to review the matter for themselves, National President Alice de Wet dispatched an urgent, nationwide broadcast to all regional club secretaries. Her directive explicitly ordered independent clubs "not to engage with any emails received from non-NZNF individuals," attempting to engineer a complete administrative boycott against Hauraki Naturally.
Ironically, the bad faith of this presidential blackout is completely exposed by Hauraki Naturally's own internal membership database: NZNF National President Alice de Wet has been a registered member herself of Hauraki Naturally since October 2021. For five consecutive years, the National President has held an account on our platform - including our "women's only" area. She has had full, unrestricted visibility to observe our rules, verify our community safety culture, and witness our protocols first-hand. She knows that the safety allegations made by her digital staff member are entirely fabricated. Yet, she chose to leverage her presidential platform to enforce a nationwide communication ban to isolate an independent collective and suppress a legitimate governance inquiry.
4. A WIDER COMMUNITY PATTERN
This is not an isolated event. Documented accounts from other regional New Zealand naturists confirm an established, dangerous organisational pattern. When independent clubs or individuals escalate legitimate governance or membership issues, the centralised Executive routinely attacks the whistleblower, deflecting the core issue, and refuses to act.
5. NEXT STEPS & EXTERNAL ESCALATION
Hauraki Naturally refuses to accept centralised digital censorship or the weaponisation of an administrative body to shield targeted online harm. Because the NZNF leadership has stated that "no further correspondence will be entered into," we have been forced to take formal external measures to protect our community:
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Netsafe New Zealand: A formal complaint has been filed under the Harmful Digital Communications Act (HDCA) 2015, specifically addressing the fabrication of safety smears (Principle 11) and the bad-faith implementation of boycotts.
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International Naturist Federation (INF-FNI): A formal compliance and governance complaint has been submitted directly to the International Executive Board in Austria, highlighting how the current NZNF administration is bringing the global movement into disrepute by violating foundational tenets of integrity, truth, and tolerance.
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Regional Club Accountability: The complete, unedited email chains and screenshot evidence bundle have been sent to the independent regional club executives for consideration prior to the upcoming National AGM.
CONCLUSION
Independent, regional clubs are the true owners and stakeholders of the NZNF. The centralised Executive body answers to the clubs — not the other way around.
We sincerely thank those independent regional secretaries and community members who have already broken the silence, refused the arbitrary blackout directive, offered their support and demanded the raw truth. Hauraki Naturally will continue to stand for an open, safe, transparent, and genuine clothing-optional community across New Zealand.
Andrew Cook (Rok)
Administrator, Hauraki Naturally
