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There's no other smoking gun, other than the fact that Shane felt that he wasn't able to clear his name." Mr Shearer said he "doesn't have any reason to doubt that he followed the process correctly". He faced pressure to act because of his calls for... Full Article at Stuff.co.nz
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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 14: John Banks takes his oath during a ceremony at Government House on December 14, 2011 in Wellington, New Zealand. John Key was officially sworn in for his second term as Prime Minister, along with his Cabinet of 20... View Photo »
I did not call him [Dotcom] to thank him, as the donation was made anonymously
Business Minister John Banks today launched the Business.govt.nz second annual ANZ Flying Start Business Plan competition, with more than $80,000 worth of prizes up for grabs. “The ANZ Flying Start Business Plan competition seeks out the best business... Full Article at InfoNews.co.nz
Disclosure - where the prosecution are required to provide certain parts of their case to the defence - had been resisted by the US Government, he said. Dotcom was taking a separate case through the district court to argue that point, Davison said. The... Full Article at Stuff.co.nz
With Jones is under the spotlight for his links to accused immigration fraudster Bill Liu, David Shearer is being criticised for the attacks he's made on John Banks and his links to businessman Kim Dotcom. Mr Shearer says the two cases are completely... Full Article at Newstalk ZB
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With the National Party as we speak conducting polling in the Epsom electorate with the question, 'who would you vote for?' Is that an ominous sign with respect to Mr John Banks that the assurances are not being accepted by the Prime Minister?
MP John Banks has added a gift basket received from internet giant Kim Dotcom to his parliamentary disclosure return after its value was pointed out to him. The gift basket, worth about $1000, was sent to his hotel in Hong Kong, where he was staying on... Full Article at TVNZ
Labour Party is demanding John Banks be stood down as a minister for not declaring he had accepted a gift basket from internet millionaire Kim Dotcom while on a visit to Hong Kong. Labour leader David Shearer says the ACT Party leader failure to declare... Full Article at Radio New Zealand
DUNNE: The United Future leader says the Conservative Party is "nutty". United Future's Peter Dunne has lashed out at the Conservative Party, branding it "seriously extreme and nutty". The Conservatives have been touted as a future coalition party for... Full Article at Stuff.co.nz
John Archibald Banks QSO (born 2 December 1946) is a New Zealand politician. For three years (2001 - 2004), he served as Mayor of Auckland and was re-elected to this office in 2007. He is also a former Cabinet Minister for the National Party. Full Article At Wikipedia.org
I did not call him [Dotcom] to thank him, as the donation was made anonymously
With the National Party as we speak conducting polling in the Epsom electorate with the question, 'who would you vote for?' Is that an ominous sign with respect to Mr John Banks that the assurances are not being accepted by the Prime Minister?
I had sympathy for Dotcom
What John Banks has done while he's been a minister has been to stall, forget, I think probably deliberately mislead, on all questions relating to the time when he was receiving donations during his mayoral campaign.
Just a minute, just a minute – I have never had a relationship with Dotcom, he is a married man. And I have not been to the SkyCity with the guy. So thanks for your time, thanks for your call.
John Banks standard of 'innocent until proven guilty'
What’s your relationship? This is offensive! He’s a married man, what are you talking about?
If somebody thinks that John Banks isn’t telling the truth, they have a very simple remedy -- they go to the police
I was not aware that Mr Dotcom had made this donation to my campaign
John Banks seemed indignant to the need to answer even the most basic line of questioning on the donations he received from SkyCity and Kim Dotcom
It's a sideshow, it's mostly a media beat up and most of it is humbug
The electoral expenses and donations return for John Banks ... included references to a number of anonymous and named donations with specified amounts.
I signed my return honestly and it will all come out in the wash
John Banks' campaign knew because it was given on the same basis as Len Brown's, Len Brown declared it, John Banks should have.
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I formally request that each and every Member of the Parliament of New Zealand personally uphold the principle of `one law for all' and support this request for an urgent inquiry into why fellow former directors of Huljich Wealth Management (NZ) Ltd, Don Brash and John Banks, were not prosecuted ... for...
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