List of political scandals in New Zealand

The following is a list of governmental and public sector scandals in New Zealand. While New Zealand generally scores very well on international indices of corruption, there have been several notable high-profile scandals including cases of cover-ups relating to politics, economics, or public sector debacles, or to the private lives of individual government representatives.

List of scandals

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1890s

1900s

A cartoon depicting thr "Voucher incident" showing New Liberal moderates distancing themselves from Fisher.

1910s

1930s

1970s

Sir Robert Muldoon (centre) was at the centre of several political controversies during his time as Prime Minister (1975-1984).

1980s

1990s

Populist New Zealand First MP Winston Peters was responsible for the release to parliament of the papers which led to the Winebox Inquiry.
Investigative journalist Nicky Hager, whose books — most notably The Hollow Men and Dirty Politics — have explored several political scandals since the 1990s.

2000s

2010s

ACT Party leader John Banks was in the headlines for the wrong reasons in both 2011 and 2014.

See also

Notes

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  2. "The Fisher Incident again". Thames Star,2 Volume XLII, Issue 10682. 10 August 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 Stickley, Tony (24 August 2005). "Awatere sent straight to jail over fraud charges". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  4. Fraser, B. (ed.) (1986) The New Zealand Book of Events. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 259. ISBN 0-474-00123-7
  5. "The legitimacy of judicial review of executive decision-making". New Zealand Law Society.
  6. Romanos, Joseph (26 August 2010). "The Wellingtonian Interview: Gerald O'Brien". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  7. McLean 2006, p. 300.
  8. Audrey Young (28 August 2012). "McLay: My plan to replace Muldoon". The New Zealand Herald.
  9. Muldoon's announcement of snap election on YouTube
  10. Audrey Young (30 June 2000). "Tyre let down so drunk PM could not drive car". The New Zealand Herald.
  11. "NZ First president dismisses Laws rumour", National Business Review, 28 July 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  12. 1 2 Gavin Mclean (October 2006), The Governors, New Zealand Governors and Governors-General, Otago University Press, p. 281
  13. Campbell Live video interview with Prime Minister Helen Clark on GE
  14. "Charges against Graham Capill allege decade of abuse". New Zealand Herald. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  15. Dick, Tim (23 September 2006). "Sects, lies, displays of hate". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2006.
  16. "Hager book: Brash assisted to power by business lobby". New Zealand Herald. 24 November 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  17. "Timeline in the Taito Phillip Field saga". The New Zealand Herald. 4 August 2009.
  18. Trevett, Claire (29 July 2009). "Minister accused of breaking privacy law". The New Zealand Herald.
  19. "Kevin Clarke:Govt can't escape leaky homes blame". New Zealand Herald. 25 March 2010.
  20. Gorman, Paul (30 March 2010). "ECan councillors sacked". The Press. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  21. Anderson, J., and Baldwin,L., "Justice Bill Wilson quits", National Business Review, 21 October 2010.
  22. John Hartevelt and Andrea Vance (15 November 2011). "Time for Key to be frank about tape: Goff". stuff.co.nz.
  23. "Ministers' knowledge of Novopay problems revealed". 3 News. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  24. "Case against John Banks thrown out". The New Zealand Herald. 19 May 2015.
  25. "Resignation reaction: 'Too little, too late'". The New Zealand Herald. 30 August 2014.
  26. "Mike Sabin announces resignation as Northland MP". Scoop. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  27. "Police tight-lipped about assault allegation". Radio New Zealand. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  28. Edwards, Bryce "Political roundup: The bizarre 'bribery' and flying sheep scandal", New Zealand Herald, 28 May 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  29. Gulliver, A. "Auditor General to investigate Saudi sheep controversy", stuff.co.nz, 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  30. "Colin Craig files defamation suit". Radio New Zealand News. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

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