Cash for Candidates: How the biggest donors spent $52m

Our biggest electoral donors: Kim Dotcom, Gareth Morgan and Colin Craig. (Image: NZME)
Andy Fyers
Murray Jones
Welcome to our Cash for Candidates series, where BusinessDesk's investigations unit follows the money and runs the numbers on major election donors since 1996. More than $52 million has been donated to political parties since 1996 by major donors whose contributions are above the threshold for public declaration.A BusinessDesk analysis of donations found they have come from 538 donors from individuals, businesses, trusts and non-profit organisations.The average donation is about $47,000.Biggest donorsThe three biggest donors are a...

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