Questions journalists should ask NZ First
NZ First has now filed its 2007 donation return, and have declared no donations over $10,000.
- Why did it take four and a half months to file a zero return?
- Why did NZ First break the law and refuse to file on time, saying the Leader had to be in the country before they filed, when it is a zero return?
- As Party President Dail Jones claimed they received a close to $100,000 donation in December 2007, what is the explanation? Did Jones imagine the bank statement showing the deposit or did he confuse it with something else?
- Could the mysterious amount received in December 2007 now be classified as an interest free loan, not a donation?
- Who is the Party Official and the Auditor that signed off the donation return?
- As Owen Glenn has refused to deny he has assisted NZ First, should one assume he has not assisted NZ First, or that any donation was under $10,000 or that it was an interest free loan?
- Is the reason NZ First has not paid back the $158,000 it owes because they had to refund a large donation?
- How did they raise $158,000 without any large donations? Lots of bingo evenings?
- When will NZ First reveal the charities they claim to be donating the $158,000 to or are we expected to just take their word for it?
- Again, why did it take four and a half months to file a nil donation return?