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The Glenn hearing

We are all queued outside waiting to be allowed in. Huge amount of media here. No sign of Glenn yet. Glenn has arrived and we are now in the room. Glenn has just named Williams as having agreed helping...

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The short version

What happened today is very simple. Owen Glenn proved that he made a phone call to Winston Peters at 1.26 pm NZST on 14 December 2005. The call ended at 1.33 pm. At 1.40 pm on the same day – just seven...

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And don’t forget the Spencer Trust

The Herald reminds us: Mr Peters said he was aware in May that the party had sought “legal advice” before deciding not to declare the $80,000 donation from the trust. “I said you must go ahead on the...

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Glenn on Labour

There are multiple stories from the Press Conference. First on Stuff re Helen Clark: “She’s very self serving … I am expendable. I wouldn’t want them in the trenches next to me. It’s not the money, its...

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Pathetic

I didn’t attend tonight’s hearing as I correctly predicted Peters would bluster, and even at the very end refuse to tell the truth. The universal reaction from those who did attend (and thanks for all...

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Winston’s story

Poor old Helen. Just like Chris Trotter, she can’t work out what happened. She needs more time. As a public service to Helen, and all readers, I am summarising Winston’s position below. Winston keeps...

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So what really happened

I blogged yesterday on what Winston claims happen. It is fit only as a bedtime story for five year olds, or the Prime Minister. Today I am going to blog what I think actually happened, and how Winston...

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The Privileges Committee Report

The Privileges Committee report has just been released and is online here. I will comment on it shortly once I have read it. It is 280 pages long. By a majority vote, they have recommended Peters be...

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No way back

Audrey Young reports on how the posibility of National and NZ First working together has gone beyond the point of no return. This is a good thing. Also one has to amused at Winston’s claim he doesn’t...

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Anonymous Donations starting to flow through Electoral Commission

One of the bizarre elements of the Electoral Finance Act is rather than abolishing anonymous donations, it routed them through the Electoral Commission allowing a party to receive $240,000 that way,...

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All three years were false returns

The Electoral Commission has published further documents on New Zealand First, and they confirm that every single erturn they filed in the last three years was false. The 2005 and 2006 returns can not...

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Rudman gets it 100% wrong

Brian Rudman gets it 100% wrong in today’s Herald column. At least in the United States, the donors have to declare their contributions. The repeal of the Electoral Finance Act means that Alan Timothy...

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Labour’s electoral finance submission

Labour have put online their 41 page submission on electoral finance laws. I have three general points to make on it, and then will go into lots of detail. They have backed away significantly from...

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Len’s $500,000 secret trust

Just the day after the NZ Herald praised Len Brown as “winning the battle for greater openness”, it is revealed that Len has used a secret trust to launder $500,000 of donations anonymously to his...

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Anderton’s anonymous donations

Jim Anderton is one of those who has railed against anonymous donations in politics. So The Press reports: Big spending did not necessarily translate into success in October’s local body elections,...

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Local body donations

The NZ Herald reports: Labour MP Trevor Mallard has lodged an official complaint about Act leader John Banks failing to disclose a $15,000 donation was from SkyCity during his 2010 Auckland mayoralty...

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Geddis on donations

The HoS reports: University of Otago Faculty of Law professor Andrew Geddis said candidates were allowed to meet potential donors and advise them how to give anonymous donations. “If the candidate...

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A confused Herald editorial

Today’s Herald editorial is rather confused. They mix up the Local Electoral Act and Electoral Act, and also do not know how MMP works with by-elections. Anonymous donations should not be permitted at...

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Maybe The Standard should charge commissions?

Whale quotes the SST: Police are investigating an entity that funded Auckland mayor Len Brown’s 2010 and 2013 election campaigns. More then $750,000 in backing for Brown’s two successful campaigns was...

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Labour’s art auctions

Stuff reports: The Labour Party is hiding tens of thousands of dollars in donations behind over-inflated art auctions – and naming the artists as donors instead of the secret individuals handing over...

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