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Bob Jones: Everyone a target for the snobbery test

Snobbery has brought me much amusement, initially as its target and now, as a privilege of age, in rendering it, writes Bob Jones.

Fran O'Sullivan: Act needs to move on and Banks needs to do the decent thing

Jamie Whyte has a classic opportunity to stamp his mark on Act and distance the party from John Banks, writes Fran O'Sullivan. But the Prime Minister has tried to rip that avenue away by saying Banks has options.

John Armstrong: Right-left jockeying real news of the week

The downfall of John Banks may have seemed the story of the week. But the feasting by the mob on what was left of his dignity was essentially a sideshow, if a rather unsavoury one, writes John Armstrong.

Key: Banks is honest, has 'options'

Prime Minister John Key continues to back John Banks as "an honest man" and says he still has "options" despite being found guilty of knowingly filing a false electoral return.

Banks' downfall: Wives' views key

John Banks and Kim Dotcom are both men alone, living apart from their wives. But Amanda Banks and Mona Dotcom emerged as key witnesses in the donations case.

Verdict blights Banks' 34-year career

Today's guilty verdict has ended John Banks' 34-year political career at least three months earlier than he would have hoped.

Music labels join Dotcom freeze bid

Brian Rudman: Real cost of Dotcom alliance remains to be seen

When eccentric millionaires hijack the political landscape as their own private playground, mere mortals should be very afraid, writes Brian Rudman.

Internet Party's focus on young people

The Internet Party's first leader, Laila Harre, is promising young New Zealanders an "awesome" future in a growing digital economy.

Internet, Mana hookup is looking good

'No memory' of cheque

John Banks says he has no memory of SkyCity's boss handing him a cheque for his failed Auckland mayoral campaign and denies telling Kim Dotcom to keep his donation secret.

Internet Party to hold candidate search events

Banks trial: Mona Dotcom backs her ex

Mona Dotcom walked into court flanked by a bodyguard, but she was left to fend for herself inside as she was accused of saying what her estranged husband told her too.

David Fisher: Eviscerator deals to Donor No 1

He wasn't David Jones, QC. He was The Eviscerator, QC.

Sparks fly as Dotcom takes stand

Kim Dotcom told the High Court at Auckland yesterday he is not making up stories about donations to John Banks' failed 2010 Auckland mayoralty bid.

Dotcom: 'He's a liar if he says that'

Accusations of dishonesty have flown back and forth at John Banks' trial for filing a false electoral return, as Kim Dotcom denied he made up stories about the MP.

Dotcoms have a date as witnesses

Kim Dotcom and his estranged wife, Mona, will be brought together in court today as witnesses in the John Banks trial.

Deborah Hill Cone: Tis a tangled web we weave in our online lives

It is not just what you choose to say or not say online that counts, it is what can be deduced from micro-units of information when it is all mooshed up together.