TIMELINE OF ROAST BUSTERS CASE / OPERATION CLOVER
Timeline
• 2011: 15-year-old victim lays complaint with police about the group's alleged activities.
• 2011: Green Bay High School counsellor claims she went to senior management to raise concerns about alleged Roast Buster Beraiah Hales.
• November 21, 2013: 111,000-strong petition demanding stronger action over the scandal delivered to Parliament.
• April 2012: Green Bay High School receive allegations about Hales.
• May 2012: Hales leaves Green Bay High School.
• November 3, 2013: Videos emerge of a group of boys calling themselves the Roast Busters showing them laughing and bragging about having sex with drunk and underage girls. Detective Inspector Bruce Scott said even though police were aware of the group, there was nothing they could do until a girl was "brave enough" to make a formal complaint.
• November 5, 2013: Superintendent Bill Searle said none of the girls from the original inquiry wanted to make a formal complaint.
• November 6, 2013: A 15-year-old girl comes forward to say she laid a formal complaint with police in 2011 -- when she was 13. Police later confirm this is true.
• November 7, 2013: After calls for action, Police Minister Anne Tolley announces she has asked the Independent Police Conduct Authority to investigate.
• November 12, 2013: Police child sexual abuse specialist Detective Inspector Karyn Malthus appointed to head the newly named Operation Clover.
• November 16, 2013: Nationwide protests take place, with hundreds calling for an end to the country's 'rape culture'.
• November 17, 2013: A girl who says she made a complaint to police two years ago reveals she has made a second complaint after the Roast Busters scandal.
• November 21, 2013: A petition is presented to MPs outside Parliament with more than 110,000 signatures calling for more action for the alleged victims of the Roast Busters.
• December 12, 2013: Then Police Commissioner Peter Marshall grilled by a select committee in Wellington about the police response to the case.
• May 22, 2014: The Independent Police Authority releases its first report into the initial investigation, which focused on information provided by police to media, which said a "systemic breakdown in communication" by police led to inaccurate information being provided to the public, however, said "no individual could be criticised" for that.
• October 29, 2014: Police release the findings of Operation Clover and announce no prosecutions will be made.
• March 19, 2015: The Independent Police Authority releases a report criticising police handling of the initial investigation.
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