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National Party donors cleared as SFO case crumbles

All charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office over political donations to National and Labour in a milestone case have now been quashed - leaving just one defendant guilty of lying to the SFO.

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National party donations trio now waits to hear fate

The trio found guilty of trying to hide big donations to the National Party will now need to wait patiently as the Court of Appeal weighs up whether to uphold their convictions, acquit or discharge them, or transfer them to a different piece of legislation

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National Party donations trio appeal convictions

The question of whether three men found guilty of trying to hide big donations to the National Party should have their convictions dismissed or transferred to another piece of law is being considered by the Court of Appeal .

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Donations cases back to haunt National, NZ First

As New Zealand First tries to win its way back into Parliament, its controversial fundraising foundation will be back in court at the peak of the general election campaign.

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Yikun Zhang associate loses Justice of Peace role

Colin Zheng steps down from community role after conviction over donations to the National Party.

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Leading Chinese figure's epic fall from grace

What next for a New Zealand-Chinese heavy hitter in business and international relations after he serves a four month night curfew at his Remuera home?

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National the winner as donations trio sentenced

The Crown fails in a bid to have those convicted of political donations crimes sent to jail

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How SFO failed in Labour donations case

Serious Fraud investigators knew they needed to do more work to prove fraud over a Labour Party artwork donation but decided not to, leading directly to four defendants being acquitted

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The dragon in the room

Testimony from an expert witness on China's overseas influence operations never made it to the High Court trial of local Chinese and others hiding donations to Labour and National.

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Ex MP Jami-Lee Ross cleared of fraud charges

A four-year saga over alleged cover-ups of donations to National and Labour ends with the former National MP cleared and three others guilty on some charges.

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The MP who wants you to know he lied, and lied, and lied

The seven-week trial of seven defendants for concealing large donations to the Labour and National parties ends with its central character urging a court not to believe him

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Serious Fraud Office didn't understand Chinese culture - lawyer

A court hears investigators and Crown lawyers ignored Chinese cultural factors when pursuing members of that community over alleged deceit involving political donations

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What's the value of freedom from public scrutiny?

Lawyers for the seven defendants in the SFO prosecution over political donations challenged the very basis of the charges faced by their clients

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Lawyer claims Labour official knew of donations scam

Did a top Labour official know a big donation from a leading Chinese businessman was disguised as five donations from other in the community and fail to tell the Electoral Commission?

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'They all lied, except for Jami-Lee'

Lawyers summarise the Crown's prosecution of former MP Jami-Lee Ross and Chinese donors alleged to have concealed big sums given to both Labour and National

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Labour's prizes: Art, wine and the Ardern Cup

Labour figures buying art, wine and other collectibles for the party to auction for fundraising was not unusual, a party 'hack' told the High Court

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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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Why did the Serious Fraud Office target donations to Labour?

Labour was considering the future of the SFO before it 'coincidentally' was drawn into a political donations investigation by the office, a defence lawyer claims

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SFO raids house, seizes kids' laptop

Defence lawyers attack the actions of the Serious Fraud Office in its political donations inquiry, questioning what investigators told judges to get search warrants

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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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Mayor urged Jami-Lee Ross to back off

A court hears exasperated text messages from a New Zealand mayor travelling in China with a man at the centre of a political scandal

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Money, sex and power – National at war

It started with a dispute over a loss of power, and money, and ended with allegations of persistent sexual misconduct: the spectacular fallout between two key National figures is laid bare

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Jami-Lee: 'I got f***ed over big time'

One thousand, three hundred and ninety two days since his explosive public expose on donations to the National Party, evidence from ex MP Jami-Lee Ross is finally aired in court.

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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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