MP expenses from Jan to March 2024 are out and there are a few interesting observations.

Despite being suspended on March 14, newbie MP Darleen Tana has the highest expenses ($28,570) from the Greens, and amongst the opposition parties she is only bettered by Labour’s Arena

The Greens have now provided me with a screen shot of one of their bank accounts showing that the party paid $2415 directly to Verve Magazine on 28 June 2023 for the Darleen Tana puff piece that appeared in May 23 without a promoter statement. However, one of the co-owners of

Suit and tie Gerry Brownlee I am told by the Speaker this morning, 'You don't know why he is wearing glasses ... it is up to politicians how they present themselves to the public, and the voters can decide ... I won't be taking any action.'

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1News How did they find out? How was this discovered? Was it mainstream media? NOPE. credit Thomas Cranmer

There are conflicting reports about who has paid for the Darleen Tana puff piece in Verve. The magazine tells me that their records show that Bike and Beyond paid the invoice. Whereas the Greens tell me that the party paid for the article.

The co-owner of Verve Magazine has confirmed to me that the article about Darleen Tana that appeared in May 2023 was paid for by Bike and Beyond, the business run by Tana’s husband. Should this have been declared in her electoral return? The only donation that was declared by

The Green Party has alerted the Electoral Commission of issue with Darleen Tana's paid advertisement in Verve prior to the 2023 election as per my earlier post. Electoral Commissions confirms to ZB Plus that it is making inquiries with the MP and the publisher.

Darleen Tana’s electoral return shows that she spent $2,415 on “candidate only election advertising”. That amount was for a “paid article published May 2023” in Verve Magazine. That puff piece appeared in Verve with no indication that it was paid content nor the required promoter

The Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee is a ministerial technical advisory group comprising 12 individuals appointed for 3 year terms which advises the Minister of Health on the risk-benefit profile of new medicines, including vaccines.

Although its membership was once

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This morning I asked the Greens: “I understand that the Darleen Tana investigation will be released in approximately 10 days' time and I wanted to confirm whether the full report would be released or merely a summary of the findings?”
 
“Also will the investigator be available

The Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee was the final body which approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine in NZ in early 2021 after Medsafe referred the decision to that body.

It raises questions of whether the individual was trading on material non-public information when

Former Shortland Street actor goes on hunger strike and vows to continue until the New Zealand government meet his three demands.

There was little coverage in July last year when, in the first week in the job as Minister of Justice, Ginny Andersen shepherded through an expansion of funding arrangements for kaupapa and contemporary claims made in the Waitangi Tribunal. Previously legal aid was available for

Sources claim that the Green’s investigation into Darleen Tana will be released “in 10 days”. Timed to be buried in the Budget?

Two defendants can now be named in a Serious Fraud Office case alleging bribery and corruption related to the award of lucrative public sector construction contracts.

The SFO filed charges in December 2023 against a former project manager and two associates including corruption

Te Papa confirms that the event of Saturday will likely go ahead with the statement, “Our assessment at this point in time is that the event can be conducted safely and we are proceeding on that basis. We will continue actively monitoring the situation.

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In February I asked the Wellington Mayor’s office how much leave Mayor Whanau had taken. I was told, “Elected Members can apply to Council for leave of absence and a report goes to Council seeking such leave. The mayor has not applied for a leave of absence. Outside of this there

Below is an OIA response from the Real Estate Authority regarding their Te Kākano course which 13,709 real estate agents took during 2023 as a mandatory part of their continuous professional development training. Only 749 agents provided feedback.