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John Banks

OpinionJune 5

Banks' guilty verdict will raise spectres to haunt him

John Banks can never escape his past, John Armstrong says.
EditorialJune 5

Resignation the honest action

ACT MP John Banks has been found guilty of filing a false electoral return, something he did not do as the MP for Epsom, but as a failed Auckland mayoral candidate before he returned to Parliament.
EditorialDecember 8

The doors open and close...

As one parliamentary career door creaks slightly back open, another is surely closing. 
NationalApril 18

John Banks facing court summons

Act Party leader John Banks will be summonsed to court to face a private prosecution over his alleged failure to record donations to his mayoralty campaign.
John Banks facing court summons
John Banks facing court summons
DunedinMarch 3

Act must perform, Banks says

Act New Zealand leader John Banks took a ''stand'' in Dunedin on Saturday.
Act must perform, Banks says
Act must perform, Banks says
NationalDecember 12

Court date for Banks over Dotcom donation

John Banks may have to give evidence under oath about his involvement in the Kim Doctom donation saga.
Court date for Banks over Dotcom donation
Court date for Banks over Dotcom donation
NationalSeptember 13

Banks camp's stories differ

John Banks gave detectives investigating his political donations a three-hour interview, insisted it be kept private and is now trying to blame police for withholding it.
Banks camp's stories differ
Banks camp's stories differ
NationalJuly 26

Key urged to dump cleared Banks

Prime Minister John Key is facing calls to dump John Banks as a minister after a police investigation cleared him of electoral finance offences but found he personally solicited large donations he later declared as anonymous.
Key urged to dump cleared Banks
Key urged to dump cleared Banks
NationalJuly 26

Banks cleared of donations charges

Act MP John Banks has been cleared of any charges relating to donations to his 2010 mayoral campaign which he declared as anonymous despite police finding he personally solicited them and, in one case, physically received the cheque.
Banks cleared of donations charges
Banks cleared of donations charges
NationalMay 15

Banks asked Dotcom for donation

Kim Dotcom's head of security told his boss that John Banks asked for a political donation and said he would be a "very good friend'' once he was back in Parliament, according to an email.
Banks asked Dotcom for donation
Banks asked Dotcom for donation
EditorialMay 9

Transparency in local body elections

The decision this week of Local Government Minister David Carter to request advice from officials on funding rules for local body elections is welcome.
NationalMay 4

Suspicions over another donation

Questions have been raised over another donation to the defunct mayoral campaign of Act New Zealand leader John Banks, which was listed as anonymous yet was made out for a specific amount and purpose.
OpinionMay 4

Week in politics: In absence of public pressure, Key stands by Banks

Make no mistake. Prime Minister John Key will dump the Hon John Archibald Banks QSO CNZM from his ministry if circumstances so dictate.
NationalApril 28

Banks under fire over Dotcom donation

Labour says Prime Minister John Key should stand Act Party leader John Banks down from his ministerial portfolios while allegations that he didn't properly disclose donations from Kim Dotcom are investigated.
Banks under fire over Dotcom donation
Banks under fire over Dotcom donation
NationalApril 27

Banks sought split donation: Dotcom

Act New Zealand leader John Banks asked for a $50,000 political donation to be split into two parts so it could be made anonymously, says Kim Dotcom and one other witness.
NationalApril 27

Banks complaint referred to police

A complaint about John Banks' election return for the 2010 Auckland mayor contest has been referred to the police by the Auckland Council electoral officer, as required under law.
NationalFebruary 16

Banks named new Act leader

Act's sole MP, John Banks, has become its new leader.
Banks named new Act leader
Banks named new Act leader
EditorialJanuary 2

Winston Peters: 'Tea-Gate' again

One of the biggest issues - or sideshows - of November's general election was the "Tea-Gate" saga.
NationalOctober 16

Rena disaster has made Govt vulnerable: Banks

Act candidate John Banks says the Government's response to the Rena disaster has made it more vulnerable - and that's a reason Epsom people should vote for him.
NationalSeptember 26

Banks splits with Brash over dope policy

The Act Party's Epsom seat hopeful John Banks has dramatically shot down his leader Don Brash's views on decriminalising cannabis, saying it will never become party policy.
NationalApril 14

World Cup partygoers to get tent on downtown wharf

Rugby World Cup partygoers will do some of their drinking under a giant tent planned for Queens Wharf on the downtown Auckland City waterfront.