Organisations are used to provide a standing to rich money using money to build influence (they are also means to public recognition)

A significant person in it is known as the source of the large donation – but others sign off on the under $15,000 amount shares. Thus a party is beholden to one man but the public has no idea who this is.

A clear subversion of the intent of the rules.

As to identifying the facts of it. Follow the money trail. And it there is no money trail (via bank accounts of those named) – wonder at the source of the laundered cash (and inform IRD).

Did one man take $100,000 – from an account and disperse it into smaller amounts into the accounts of 6 others)? Did he hand it over in cash and they deposited it before donating? In what payment form did National receive it?

Note, if they caught out here, next time donors will simply fund a way to hide it better next time.

Then of course there is the issue of laundering offshore money (less likely given the wealth of the operatives and how business favours are the payoffs).

We couldn’t stand Espiner any more. Had to drop M R years ago.

I think people are looking for more art and intrigue than the players are capable of. They’r just very ordinary people behaving badly.
D J S

I believe RNZ Morning Report audience is around 300,000 to 400,000 and has a major impact on forming daily opinion in NZ .

The relative neutrality of public radio is a god send in a world of privately owned media which grooms the truth like processed food if it even bothers to report all .

In this regard RNZ has been described as ” The Bird song in a dark forest ” and my own take , ” RNZ is a lifeboat in a sea of propaganda ”
Keep joining the bits of the jigsaw together till we finally see the big picture .

Well done Frank .

Ross’s story doesn’t ring true one bit.

Thanks for that, Chris. Always appreciate clarifications on points I’ve raised.

Maybe, maybe not. He may be playing out a very long game as pointed out here and other posts. Would be a completely outrageous suggestion but for whom all the players are including JLR, and what they are capable of as evidenced in the past and also what their politics are.

I guess anyone who wants another perspective, Andrea…

As for not many people listening to ‘Morning Report’ – my understanding is that it has a fairly wide audience. Especially thinking voters and decision-makers who want something more informative than early morning giggles from The Morning Zoo Crew Snorting Corn Flakes…

I think I’d put John Key as The Joker… For some reason, Zack, that seems to fit so much better.

Judith Collins? She reminds me more of Amanda Waller in ‘Suicide Squad’. Dangerous and homicidal.