NZ First board membership closely guarded ahead of coalition consultations

NZ First board membership closely guarded ahead of coalition consultations
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie Oct. 10 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand First party president Brent Catchpole has reluctantly agreed to make public the membership of the party's board of directors, who leader Winston Peters has said will be consulted before any government formation proposal is settled. Unlike the National and Labour parties, NZ First's website gives no details on the membership of its non-parliamentary governance structures although the Electoral Commission carries the party's constitution, which opens with a commitment to "open and acc...