Cathy Odgers is a New Zealand-born, Hong Kong–based former blogger and lawyer who is best known for running a smear campaign against the head of the New Zealand Serious Fraud Office.[1][2] She published the Cactus Kateblog,[3][4] and wrote the fortnightly Cactus Kate column in The Dominion Post from 2006 to 2009.
In 2009, Odgers was declared one of New Zealand's "hottest singles" by The Sunday Star-Times.[5]
In 2011, it was reported in that Odgers was expected to be approved as a list candidate for the ACT party,[6] however she was not included on ACT's eventual party list for the 2011 general election.[7]
In 2014, private conversations between Odgers, political commentator Matthew Hooton, and blogger Cameron Slater were published in the book Dirty Politics by investigative journalist Nicky Hager. The conversations include an exchange in which Odgers suggests that if the address for Hager is published he may come to physical harm. Odgers subsequently wrote a blog post that included Hager's address that was then published on Slater's blog.[9]
I've done a post for Saturday on whale blog as can't run myself as too close to work. The leaks he is involved with include tens of thousands of rich Chinese. Mainland and HK. It would be a disaster if they all knew where he lived. He may even need police protection. ... Chop chop for Nick.
^Hager, Nicky (2014). Dirty politics : how attack politics is poisoning New Zealand's political environment (First ed.). Craig Potton Publishing. pp. 91–92. ISBN1927213363.
^Hager, Nicky (2014). Dirty politics : how attack politics is poisoning New Zealand's political environment (First ed.). Craig Potton Publishing. pp. 89–90. ISBN1927213363.
