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Donations trial: Battle of the translators

Finally, the defence opens in the case of seven people charged with crimes over political party donations - and it starts with a word by word challenge to Chinese translations relied on by the C

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Political donor offered $30m bail security

The wealthy Chinese donor in the political donations case offered to hand over legal rights to $30m of properties in NZ so he could visit his dying mother in China.

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Goodfellow's praise for a jolly good fellow

Did Chinese businessman Yikun Zhang court politicians for status and influence, or did they seek him out for donations and votes?

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Minister pressed on what he told SFO

When the Labour Party learned the names of Chinese businessmen accused of political donations crimes involving National, it turned to its chief whip and ethnic affairs lead Michael Wood to s

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Alleged art buyer: 'I'd rather burn money than donate to Labour'

Labour raised $35,000 for its 2017 election campaign through an 'auction' of five artworks - but those listed as purchasers deny buying them and say their names were used by others

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SFO reveals more covert recordings of Ross and Bridges

The MP who first complained to police about secret, broken-up political donations finds himself finally on trial in the High Court, and the SFO has more covert tape recordings

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Big political names drawn into donations trial

The Crown outlines its case against six men and a woman charged with deceit in concealing donations to the Labour and National parties, and lines up big names to give evidence.

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The Winston-sized hole in the NZ First trial

The High Court fraud case against two men around donations to the New Zealand First Foundation ends, with the defence asking why neither the Serious Fraud Office nor the Crown called on the pa

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NZ First trial: 'They were kept in the dark’

Schisms in NZ First become clear as the Crown closes its case against two men accused of fraudulent use of donations to the party

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How much did Winston Peters know?

The Crown closes its High Court fraud case against two men over donations to the New Zealand First Foundation, citing subterfuge that kept key party officials in the dark

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NZ First trial: 'It's too scary, my brother'

The High Court is presented with internal communications between NZ First Party figures after media exposure of its secretive fundraising foundation prompted inquiries from the Electora

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Inside the closed kingdom of NZ First

The trial of two men on charges of deception in handling funds raised for the New Zealand First party hears of internal confusion over who was taking donations and who authorised payments

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