Is spending money on trying to affect how people vote a bad thing ... unless it's you who is doing the spending?
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Ain't the new sound just like the old sound?
The Electoral Finance Act is dead. Long live the Electoral Finance Act.
Read MoreElectoral finance reform: back to the future?
Stage two of National's electoral finance reform proposals is out—and it looks oddly familiar
Read MoreWobbly and messy
The benign winter is over but spring is proving autumnal for the Government
Read MoreWhere has all the money gone?
According to the Electoral Commission, the political parties received far less in big donations for the 2008 election than in 2005. So just how did they fund their campaigns?
Read MoreNational News Brief, Friday February 13
Auckland swelters under record temperatures; Wellington and Dunedin councillors in stadium rows; Shell Oil looks to sell out of New Zealand; government admits what Pundit told you on Wednesday; and more
Read MorePlease, let's get money out of our politics
The Electoral Finance Act is up for repeal, but what will take its place?
Read MoreHere come the Cossacks....
Pundit member Hayden Wilson discusses why the Electoral Finance Act could make this election campaign the nastiest in New Zealand’s history.
Read MoreNati0nal News Brief Thursday, September 4
World Cup quarterfinal venues revealed; Teachers want fewer tests in high school; Defence report says military struggling to fly, sail, and fight; NZ First paces possible police probe; and more
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