Interactive: big money behind our political parties

The biggest donors under MMP (Image: NZME)
Andy Fyers
Explore 27 years of donations from donors to New Zealand's political parties. The interactive draws on all donations since 1996 above the threshold for which parties must publicly declare the name of the person or organisation it has come from.That threshold has moved over time, but currently sits at $15,000. A party must declare donations from any person or organisation totalling more than $15,000 in a calendar year –although these are not due until the following year.Donations totalling more than $30,000 need to be declared wit...

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