New Zealand’s Major Parties Caught up in Political Donation Scandal

New Zealand’s Major Parties Caught up in Political Donation Scandal
A currency exchange teller counts out Chinese Yuan alongside a stack of New Zealand dollars and coins in Auckland, New Zealand, on 21 April, 2007. Dean Treml/AFP via Getty Images
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The two major parties of New Zealand, the Labour Party and the National Party, are embroiled in a political donation fraud scandal after it was revealed that seven people were involved in making illegal and deceptive donations to both parties.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO), New Zealand’s leading agency for investigating and prosecuting serious financial crime, has combined two cases together.