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Shane Jones, Christopher Luxon, Anna Lorck - who got the most donations in 2020 election? 23 Feb, 2021 06:13 AM 3 minutes to read Former NZ First MP Shane Jones took in the most in donations during the last election campaign, declaring $87,099 – but new National MP Christopher Luxon was not far behind him. The Electoral Commission's release of candidate returns from the election shows Jones' largest donor was Paul Norris, who donated $25,000. Jones also declared $4,499 from fishing magnate Peter Talley – an old friend of his – and $4000 from former Labour MP Clayton Cosgrove. There was ...

Letters: Teen drivers, Unitary Plan, Queenstown tourism and David Seymour 19 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 7 minutes to read NZ Herald Letter of the week: Ainsley Dermody, Katikati. A sleeping coastal village at 1am is shattered by a screaming engine, a loud bump and an even louder crash. The power goes off and a car horn goes on and on and on. Outside, a woman is calling emergency services, one teen is running down the road and another is screaming, holding an RTD with blooming lip. And an unconscious teen driver is being shaken by a teen girlfriend, screaming for him to wake up.

RNZ A war of words has erupted between Australia and New Zealand over a suspected Islamic State woman arrested today at the Syrian border. A bouquet to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield for orchestrating (successfully, touch wood) New Zealand’s shortest lockdown. What looked like a repeat of August on Sunday night turned out to be anything but. Applause too for the National Party who managed to get through the latest lockdown without losing any of their front bench - a first, having lost leader Simon Bridges to an ill-judged Facebook post em...

Beehive Diaries: A win for satire, Speaker schooled on eggplants, is a Covid baby boom on the horizon? 19 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read The spoof video of Anna Lorck's bemusing Parliamentary speech about Berocca is now back on social media. Video / Chris Bishop The spoof video of Anna Lorck's bemusing Parliamentary speech about Berocca is now back on social media. Video / Chris Bishop Sense and satire prevail: Speaker Trevor Mallard has turned the making of molehills into mountains into something of an art form lately. There was the great necktie debacle, in which he decided M...