As Bryan Gould put it – “In any other country, and especially in those where such deals are commonplace, no one would be in any doubt as to what had really happened. In New Zealand, however, we are naively inclined to accept the blank-eyed, slack-mouthed assurances that it was all a coincidence and that nothing untoward had happened.”
Good of the hotel to keep the Nats’ dodgy deal in the headlines. Andrew Little has called their bluff – of course.
Jurgen Mossack told Field his business involved people “trying to avoid paying taxes in their home countries” – crucially “avoidance”, “unlike evasion”, is within the law.
Little is doing his job. Dirty Politics Farrar is spinning like mad. The real questions are – who knew about the donations, when did they know, and were they involved in awarding the contract?
Bryan Gould has some choice words on the latest Nat donations scandal.
There is a clear conflict of interest in the Niue resort case.
McCully doesn’t believe in the tender process. Or accountability. Cronyism? Well, that’s a different story…
Why are we giving $10 million a year in aid to Niue with a population of 1600? It’s $6250 per person each bloody […]
