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NZ foreign trust rules inadequate - inquiry
The government is likely to adopt "the majority" of the recommendations made by John Shewan, to tighten up New Zealand's foreign trust regime. Audio
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How to sidestep NZ disclosure rules
23 Jun 2016EXCLUSIVE - Panama Papers NZ - Mossack Fonseca's main NZ agent instructed his foreign clients on how to avoid countries that have information-sharing agreements…
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NZ structure helped man hide millions
22 Jun 2016EXCLUSIVE - Panama Papers NZ - How one man used a string of countries, including New Zealand, to hide $30 million - and how he was caught. Video
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Overseas Investment Office taking a closer look at two approvals
16 Jun 2016The Overseas Investment Office is taking a closer look at two of its approvals for connections to the beleaguered law firm Mossack Fonseca.
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Complaint against RNZ partially upheld
10 Aug 2016The Online Media Standards Authority (OMSA) has decided a story about Mossack Fonseca agent Roger Thompson on this website was misleading and not adequately substantiated.
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Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca email shows how it used foreign trusts in NZ
1 Jun 2016Panama Papers NZ - A 2014 Mossack Fonseca email details exactly how the company used foreign trusts in New Zealand.
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Businesswoman banned from HK financial industry is an NZ director
31 May 2016EXCLUSIVE - Panama Papers NZ - A businesswoman banned from working in the financial industry in Hong Kong is now a director of a New Zealand company. Audio
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Disgraced Brazilian politician hid money through NZ firm
30 May 2016EXCLUSIVE - Panama Papers NZ - A Brazilian politician, accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes, used a New Zealand company as part of an arrangement to hide his wealth in secret bank accounts.
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Panamania - do Kiwis care about the Papers?
13 May 2016Power Play - The Panama Papers have revealed tales of gambling tycoons and bankers, but also important issues that need addressing, writes Jane Patterson.
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Terence Stapleton QC named as OIO good character test reviewer
12 May 2016A Wellington-based barrister has been appointed to conduct a review of the Overseas Investment Office's good character test.
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John Key thrown out of Parliament
11 May 2016Prime Minister John Key has been ejected from the House for disobeying the Speaker, after a heated exchange with Greens co-leader James Shaw over the Panama Papers. Video
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Mexico widens tax probe following Panama Papers
13 May 2016Mexico is widening a probe into tax evasion by requiring banks to hand over the names of local clients with transactions in 'tax havens'.
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Amnesty, Greenpeace reject PM's 'misleading' remarks on foreign trust link
11 May 2016Panama Papers NZ - John Key was 'factually wrong' in comments he made on charities' links to foreign trusts, says Greenpeace NZ head Russel Norman. Audio
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Labour challenges John Key's comment on trusts link
11 May 2016Panama Papers NZ - Labour is challenging the Prime Minister's claim that IRD's checks of the Panama Papers found only 200 NZ trusts linked to Mossack Fonseca.
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Panama Papers hotly debated in Parliament
11 May 2016Panama Papers NZ - There were loud and angry exchanges in Parliament today as opposition parties tried to pin down the prime minister over the latest Panama Papers revelations. Audio
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PM brushes off Whitney's Mossack Fonseca link
10 May 2016Panama Papers NZ - The PM should cut ties with his personal legal advisor, who has been linked to Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, Labour says. Audio
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Toby & Toby on ... The Panama Paper chase
12 May 2016OPINION: Has there really been any impact on New Zealand's reputation from the Panama Paper chase? Toby Manhire and Toby Morris look at the evidence.
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Your questions on the Panama Papers answered
12 May 2016Panama Papers NZ - Don't know your tax returns from your tax havens? Confused about all the fuss over the Panama Papers? Look back at our LIVE CHAT with tax expert Deborah Russell. Audio
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Dunne never alerted to foreign trust 'explosion'
9 May 2016Panama Papers NZ - Former Revenue Minister Peter Dunne wants to know why he was never alerted to the "explosion" of foreign trusts in New Zealand.
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New Zealand is the 'wrong place to be secret', John Key says
9 May 2016Panama Papers NZ - The Prime Minister has reiterated his view New Zealand is not a tax haven when questioned about the latest Panama Papers revelations in Parliament today. Video, Audio
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PR head unknowingly linked to Fonseca
11 May 2016EXCLUSIVE - Panama Papers NZ - The head of one of Auckland's most prominent public relations companies, Deborah Pead, has been dragged unknowingly into the Panama Papers' controversy. Audio
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NZ law firms that lobbied government did business with Mossack Fonseca
10 May 2016EXCLUSIVE - Panama Papers NZ - New Zealand law firms that lobbied the government in 2014 against shutting down the foreign trust industry in this country had extensive links to Mossack Fonseca.
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Labour would ban foreign trusts
Foreign trusts should be banned as there is no value in them, Labour leader Andrew Little says.
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Taxing times: The ghosts of wineboxes past
8 May 2016ANALYSIS: The ghosts of winebox tax controversies past stirred this weekend after the Panama Papers 'leaker' targeted John Key, writes Gyles Beckford.
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How RNZ, TVNZ and Nicky Hager joined forces to tackle the Panama Papers
10 May 2016First Person - Two weeks into an unprecedented media collaboration set up to tackle the Panama Papers, Alex van Wel explains how it came about. Video
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Panama Papers data goes public
10 May 2016Panama Papers NZ - The public can now search through more than 200,000 offshore entities which are part of this historic leak of financial documents.
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NZ at heart of Panama money-go-round
9 May 2016EXCLUSIVE - Panama Papers NZ - Mossack Fonseca is sending its clients to New Zealand for "wealth protection", and has set up an office in Auckland.
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Nicky Hager on the selling of secrecy
9 May 2016OPINION - Panama Papers NZ - Nicky Hager asks if New Zealand wants people making money from selling secrecy to undeclared foreigners.
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