John Banks: 'I am not fearful of anything'
John Banks says he will defend a charge of knowingly receiving donations to his Super City mayorship campaign that were recorded as anonymous.
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The latest political attempts to besmirch Prime Minister John Key's reputation seem rather lame, writes Bryce Edwards.
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Banks gets his revenge on Shearer
Act Leader John Banks yesterday jumped at the chance of payback against David Shearer, demanding the Labour leader stand down over his "secret" United States bank account.
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Bryce Edwards: Political round-up: Political and corporate governance under scrutiny
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Bryce Edwards: The shifting debate about asset sales
Today marks a qualitative shift in the highly contentious asset sales programme with the launch of the Mighty River Power shares offer, writes Bryce Edwards.
Bryce Edwards: Act Party entertainment
Much ink is being spilt and airtime apparently wasted on the annual conference of a political party that is currently polling at 0.1%, writes Bryce Armstrong.
John Armstrong: Act conference more hibernation than rejuvenation
The theme of Act's weekend conference was "rejuvenation", writes John Armstrong. There was precious little evidence of that to be seen where it really mattered.
Act Party ramps up efforts in Epsom
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Multi-millionaire says Kiwis are 'buggering up'
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Down - but not out
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Act prepares for relaunch
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Banks affair should ring alarms
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