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![Toby Manhire: Dotcom's delayed bombshell looks like a fizzer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Toby Manhire: Dotcom's delayed bombshell looks like a fizzer
Toby Manhire imagines how Kim Dotcom will deliver his promised election-eve "bombshell".
![IPCA backs cops on illegal spying](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
IPCA backs cops on illegal spying
A police decision not to prosecute over illegal spying on NZers by the Government Communications Security Bureau was justified, the police watchdog has found.
![20,000 hours spent on Dotcom cases](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
20,000 hours spent on Dotcom cases
More than 20,000 hours have been clocked up by Crown lawyers working on Kim Dotcom cases, it has been reported. So how much would have cost taxpayers?
![Dotcom promises election bombshell](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Dotcom promises election bombshell
Kim Dotcom says he'll drop a political bombshell five days out from the election he says will prove the PM lied about when he first knew about him.
![Dotcom: Why wasn't I blocked?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Dotcom: Why wasn't I blocked?
Kim Dotcom is challenging government minister Jonathan Coleman to explain why he didn't block his application for residency after learning of an FBI investigation into him.
![Editorial: Dotcom saga shows why independent judges best](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Editorial: Dotcom saga shows why independent judges best
We have long argued here that immigration applications should not be decided by a minister of the Crown.
![Minister denies pressure on INZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Minister denies pressure on INZ
The Immigration Minister has denied putting pressure on Immigration NZ to accept Kim Dotcom's residency application, but will not take questions on the subject.
![PM prosecution: Wolf DVD evidence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
PM prosecution: Wolf DVD evidence
A DVD of The Wolf of Wall Street will be introduced to court as evidence in a private prosecution against Prime Minister John Key and a senior police officer.
![Mona joins Dotcom on holiday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Mona joins Dotcom on holiday
Kim Dotcom is enjoying a holiday with his brood in the chilly south - and he's even taken estranged wife Mona for the break.
![Michele Hewitson interview: Laila Harre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Michele Hewitson interview: Laila Harre
The leader of the Internet Party talks about her nervousness, her wardrobe and the Dotcom mansion.
!['Anger' after Mona dishes dirt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
'Anger' after Mona dishes dirt
Mona Dotcom's estranged husband Kim Dotcom, 40, has lashed back following her interview in a women's magazine this week.
![Mona Dotcom: Why I left Kim](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Mona Dotcom: Why I left Kim
The estranged wife of internet tycoon Kim Dotcom has broken her silence about their separation in an "explosive tell-all" interview with a New Zealand women's magazine.
![Dotcom nannies' deportation threat over](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Dotcom nannies' deportation threat over
The nannies who care for internet mogul Kim Dotcom's five children have been allowed to remain in New Zealand.
!['Chilling effect' after judge's ruling](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
'Chilling effect' after judge's ruling
A judge has ruled a book written by a Herald journalist about Kim Dotcom is not "news activity" - so it doesn't get special legal protections.
![Harawira challenged by former ally](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Harawira challenged by former ally
Mana Party Leader Hone Harawira is facing a new challenge in his Te Tai Tokerau seat at this year's election, from his party's former Te Tai Tonga candidate Clinton Dearlove.
![Fran O'Sullivan: Act needs to move on and Banks needs to do the decent thing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Fran O'Sullivan: Act needs to move on and Banks needs to do the decent thing
Jamie Whyte has a classic opportunity to stamp his mark on Act and distance the party from John Banks, writes Fran O'Sullivan. But the Prime Minister has tried to rip that avenue away by saying Banks has options.
![John Armstrong: Right-left jockeying real news of the week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
John Armstrong: Right-left jockeying real news of the week
The downfall of John Banks may have seemed the story of the week. But the feasting by the mob on what was left of his dignity was essentially a sideshow, if a rather unsavoury one, writes John Armstrong.
![Key: Banks is honest, has 'options'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Key: Banks is honest, has 'options'
Prime Minister John Key continues to back John Banks as "an honest man" and says he still has "options" despite being found guilty of knowingly filing a false electoral return.
![Banks' downfall: Wives' views key](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Banks' downfall: Wives' views key
John Banks and Kim Dotcom are both men alone, living apart from their wives. But Amanda Banks and Mona Dotcom emerged as key witnesses in the donations case.
![Verdict blights Banks' 34-year career](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Verdict blights Banks' 34-year career
Today's guilty verdict has ended John Banks' 34-year political career at least three months earlier than he would have hoped.
![Brian Rudman: Real cost of Dotcom alliance remains to be seen](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Brian Rudman: Real cost of Dotcom alliance remains to be seen
When eccentric millionaires hijack the political landscape as their own private playground, mere mortals should be very afraid, writes Brian Rudman.
![Internet Party's focus on young people](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Internet Party's focus on young people
The Internet Party's first leader, Laila Harre, is promising young New Zealanders an "awesome" future in a growing digital economy.
![US studios try to freeze Dotcom's cash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
US studios try to freeze Dotcom's cash
A claim for damages caused by Kim Dotcom's Megaupload to the Hollywood studios has moved to New Zealand courts with an attempt to freeze his fortune.
![Banks kept 'sensitive' donations secret](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Banks kept 'sensitive' donations secret
John Banks made every effort to keep "politically sensitive" donations to his mayoralty bid secret, the Crown says, but Banks' lawyer argues he had nothing to gain from that.
![Editorial: Dotcom and Harawira united by antagonism](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Editorial: Dotcom and Harawira united by antagonism
Editorial: Kim Dotcom and Hone Harawira have formed perhaps the oddest coupling in New Zealand politics.
![John Armstrong: Devil of a deal puts Harawira in control](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
John Armstrong: Devil of a deal puts Harawira in control
If Hone Harawira has sold his party's soul to the devil, one thing is for sure, he got a good price for it, writes John Armstrong.