Insight for Sunday 9 December 2007

Two years ago, the Whangarei Branch of the Hearing Association owned its own clubrooms and had a healthy bank balance.

Now it's in liquidation. Its elderly members say they were ambushed at the AGM and ousted.

Those who took over the Association are accused of going on a spending spree with the hard-earned assets.

Lois Williams investigates whether this is a common situation and asks how safe Incorporated Societies are from outside interests?