Waitamata Trust Archive

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    Accountancy and accountability - by frog



    Did everyone enjoy the brief interlude in the election campaign where we got to talk about issues other than Winston Peters and his unusual accountancy systems?  (Maybe Jim Bolger was on to something when he made him treasurer, given his ability to run a party on no declared donations.) Interestingly Winston’s $80,000 donation from the [...] read more
    October 29, 2008 3:49 pm - 7 Comments
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    Secret money - by frog



    “Well, that was an informative political investigation into the corrosive power of secret trusts and large private donations to politicians,” she said brightly. “Who’s next?” read more
    August 29, 2008 7:28 pm - 22 Comments
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    No obvious successor to the Oil President - by frog



    While we are on the topic of US politics, check out this Follow the Oil link which shows how much donations each presidential candidate has received from big oil companies in the US.  It looks like the oil companies picked it wrong to start with, making their biggest donations to Rudi Giuliani (US$634,858) and Mitt [...] read more
    March 3, 2008 12:23 pm - 8 Comments