Open AccessFunding New Zealand’s Election Campaigns
Author(s) -
Andrew Geddis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v17i2.6817
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , politics , political science , campaign finance , election law , general election , term (time) , political economy , law , public administration , law and economics , democracy , economics , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , embedded system
The nexus between money and politics creates particular problems for liberal democracies like New Zealand. Events during the last parliamentary term put our present system of regulating this issue under some stress. With two cases relating to political fundraising now before the courts and other matters still under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office, this is the right time to consider whether reform of the law is needed and what such reform ought to look like.