20 Nov 2019

New Zealand First bunkers down amid questions about funding

From Morning Report, 7:11 am on 20 November 2019

New Zealand First is bunkering down with mounting questions about a secretive foundation and its role in handling donations for the party.

The Electoral Commission is now looking into a complaint prompted by media reports questioning the legality of the New Zealand First Foundation.

The Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has rejected any suggestion of wrongdoing, insisting his party has always operated above board.

Here's our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.