Then there is Darleen Tana, who stands accused of exploiting migrant labour and is currently suspended on full pay while an independent lawyer investigates. She is now also subject to a complaint with the Electoral Commission over an undeclared donation and some murky shenanigans surrounding a pay-for-play piece of content in Verve magazine.
And it wasn’t the mainstream media who nailed her on this, it was Thomas Cranmer on X.
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Following revelations earlier this week that suspended Green Party MP Darleen Tana commissioned a paid magazine article about herself in the lead-up to last year’s election which did not include the required statutory disclaimers, the Green Party has now provided evidence to ZB Plus which confirms that the party paid for the article.
Tana’s electoral returns show that she spent $2415 on the article, published in Verve magazine in May last year.
On Tuesday, the Green Party referred the article to the Electoral Commission because it did not contain the statement required by electoral law to show that it was an advertisement for Tana and her election candidacy.
One of the co-owners of Verve told ZB Plus that the invoice had been paid by Bike & Beyond, the business owned and operated by Tana’s husband, Christian Hoff-Nielsen, and that that is recorded in the magazine’s accounts. However, the magazine has declined to provide evidence to ZB Plus which substantiates their claim.
The Green Party yesterday gave ZB Plus a screenshot from one of the Green Party’s bank accounts showing that the payment was made from the party’s account to the account listed in the Verve invoice for $2415 on June 28, 2023.
Bike & Beyond has been contacted by ZB Plus but refused to comment.
NewstalkZB
It’s as murky as a fetid, dank, dark green swamp.
Everything about the Greens shouts dodgy, dirty, and double-dealing.
They will of course point the fingers at others, blame some poor staffer and gaslight us all that they are purer than the driven snow that is raining down on us because of climate change.
They think they can get away with anything because they hide behind a shield of sanctimony.
If Labour were any good then the Greens would be toast.
Cam Slater is a New Zealand-based blogger, best known for his role in Dirty Politics and publishing the Whale Oil Beef Hooked blog, which operated from 2005 until it closed in 2019. Cam blogs regularly on the BFD - where this article was sourced.
4 comments:
if superannuation schemes & healthcare options with other countries run on a reciprocal basis (e.g. NZ & AU or NZ & UK), should the same not apply to voting & parliamentary representation?
why do citizens of india or mexico get to vote in two countries and shape their future (since residents can vote without renouncing citizenship of the other country)? i'm sure those countries don't allow the same privilege to kiwis living there short/long term & paying taxes!
same should apply to becoming an MP (elected or list) - it should only be limited to citizens from countries that afford the same privileges to kiwis living there.
i bet that should sort out 25% of the nonsense we deal with here...
Expect nothing less from a bunch of foreign tree hugging communists. About time New Zealand was governed by people we voted for, not a collection of incompetent, racist list MPs. Kiwialan.
Cam great work. Keep highlighting their immoral and unethical behaviors. It will really really hurt them eventually. The only reason they survive now is because labour is more unethical and incompetent.
get rid of list mps. apportion the number of such 'seats' to a party rep who is allowed to vote as a block on the bills when needed. this will also avoid the need to replace these list mps every other week.
if public service can be cut down by 6%, parliament can do more & should lead the way!!!
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