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IRD Employee Grant O’Callaghan Awaits Sentencing for Family Violence

By Drooid · Oct 15, 2026, 3:19 AM UTC · How we work

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Grant O’Callaghan, an Inland Revenue Department employee, is awaiting sentencing for family-violence charges.
A former senior IRD leader said O’Callaghan was arrested for family violence but continued working.
Public Service Association (PSA) National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons said public-service employers must ensure safe workplaces.
DVFREE trainer Mira Taitz urged employers to adopt family-violence policies and train first-responders.
She said one in three New Zealand women experience physical or sexual intimate-partner violence.

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Grant O’Callaghan, an Inland Revenue Department employee, is awaiting sentencing for family-violence charges.
A former senior IRD leader said O’Callaghan was arrested for family violence but continued working.
Public Service Association (PSA) National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons said public-service employers must ensure safe workplaces.
DVFREE trainer Mira Taitz urged employers to adopt family-violence policies and train first-responders.
She said one in three New Zealand women experience physical or sexual intimate-partner violence.