They’re accused of trying to manipulate elections across the world, they’re different, they’re aloof, they’re under concerted political attack and they don’t like talking to the media. All the right reasons, then, for Investigate to persuade the businessmen involved to front up on where their money came from, why private eyes were hired, who authorized the move against Labour and whether, given the chance again, they’d do it differently. IAN WISHART has the story
UNION CITY BLUES
The break-in, the emails, the political slush fund
BREAKING NEWS: FATHER ARRESTED IN KAHUI CASE (click to read NZ Herald report)
Two major crimes, both in South Auckland. Two baby twins killed in a house of indifference, and a motorist killed instantly by an 8kg rock dropped from an overbridge by a schoolboy. IAN WISHART profiles the rise of the Badlands, and explores some novel solutions being proposed by Maori leaders
Sand in his shoes
He’s best known for his smash hit “Year Of The Cat”, but Al Stewart makes a surprising admission to Ian Wishart