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Banks trial: Mona Dotcom backs her ex
Mona Dotcom walked into court flanked by a bodyguard, but she was left to fend for herself inside as she was accused of saying what her estranged husband told her too.
Mona Dotcom walked into court flanked by a bodyguard, but she was left to fend for herself inside as she was accused of saying what her estranged husband told her too.
Kim Dotcom told the High Court at Auckland yesterday he is not making up stories about donations to John Banks' failed 2010 Auckland mayoralty bid.
Accusations of dishonesty have flown back and forth at John Banks' trial for filing a false electoral return, as Kim Dotcom denied he made up stories about the MP.
Jamie Whyte was going to resurrect the Act party by returning it to basics.
Editorial: Act's plan to extend the three-strikes law for violent crime to burglary will be welcomed by some. But it has some shortcomings.
The Act Party and the Conservatives have received large donations from their wealthy benefactors ahead of the September election, the latest party returns show.
Labour's support has sunk nearly six points and it is polling only 29.5 per cent in the Herald-DigiPoll survey.
The man regarded as the "godfather" of the Act Party, multimillionaire businessman Alan Gibbs, flew in yesterday to urge the party to think more radically.
Act leader Jamie Whyte has acknowledged he made a mistake in answering questions about incest this week.
"What a difference a new leader and three weeks makes," Mr Prebble said of Jamie Whyte at the party conference in Mangere.
If you're looking for a textbook example of how not to launch a political career, it's hard to go past Act's Jamie Whyte, writes Paul Thomas.
New Act leader Jamie Whyte will today announce that Act wants the entire 826-page Resource Management Act to be dumped.
Prime Minister says Act Leader and potential parliamentary ally Jamie Whyte’s incest comments are "stupid’’ and a distraction from important issues.
New Act leader Jamie Whyte has back-tracked on comments that incestuous relationships between consenting adults should not be illegal.
Act's leader is standing by his comments that incestuous relationships between consenting adults should not be illegal, even though he is "very opposed" to it.
Who better than Prebble to spot a potential wedge between National and Act and create a groundswell in favour of raising the superannuation age, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
A bunch of colleagues from the Press Gallery yesterday were showered with a suite of insults by NZ First leader Winston Peters on his way into Parliament, writes Audrey Young.
In electing a philosopher as its new leader, perhaps Jamie Whyte's party can foster genuine debate and ideas, write Patricia and David Schnauer.
Surely the scandal of school donations should have been Ms Parata's focus this week, rather than a bloated taskforce set up to appease the ideological sensibilities of Act, writes Brian Rudman.
Editorial: Act's new leader could do worse than look across the House to the Greens, polar opposites in political philosophy but occupying a similar tactical position.
Young Epsom candidate says party bent on putting internal wrangling in past.
New Act leader Jamie Whyte says he has had no shortage of advice - it's often conflicting - about what sort of leader he should be.
In electing Jamie Whyte as the party's new leader, Act's governing board has made the right choice, writes John Armstrong. Realistically, he was the only choice.
Jamie Whyte is Act's new leader and David Seymour will be the party's candidate in Epsom at this year's election while John Boscawen has resigned as Act president.
Writer Jamie Whyte looks set to become the new Act leader tomorrow.