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New Zealand First will co-operate fully with a police investigation into whether a banner on a private property breached the Electoral Finance Act, leader Winston Peters says.
NZ First is the first party to be reported to the police for allegedly breaching the Electoral Finance Act (EFA) after the Electoral Commission said the erection of the banner warranted investigation.
National's deputy leader Bill English complained about the banner, which was put up on a Tauranga property and did not include the authorisation of the party's financial agent - as all material deemed election advertising must under the EFA.
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