Cocktails and dumpsters: on the trail of the NZ First Foundation
The rubbish skip opened a Pandora’s Box on the New Zealand First Foundation. It should not be this difficult to find out who funds political parties. The box inside the dumpster was no chance find. It was the result of a year of phone calls, contact building, questioning, strange rendezvous in car parks, and data mining. The weirdness of the story was reflected in the strange events that followed the headlines. The phone rang all hours of the night. Strange cars prowled the streets. Hired paparazzi stalked their prey and took photographs. Cryptic text messages lit up the phone. And, thro...