The SFO has charged two people - who have interim name suppression - with obtaining by deception following its probe into electoral funding and investigation of the New Zealand First Foundation.
Those charged are not ministers, sitting MPs, candidates in the election, staffers, or current members of New Zealand First.
Party leader Winston Peters says he and his party have been exonerated by the decision.
Despite this the party had sought an injunction to prevent the SFO from revealing the charges until after the election.
Law professor Andrew Geddis speaks to Corin Dann.
