Pensioner Paul Wah would not have invested a single cent with Lombard Finance if Sir Douglas Graham and Bill Jeffries - two former Ministers of Justice - hadn't been at the helm.
National MP Nicky Wagner has been confirmed as the winner of the Christchurch Central seat after the result of a judicial recount.
Police have executed search warrants at the Herald on Sunday and TVNZ, within hours of a judge's refusal to rule on whether the so-called "tea tapes'' were private.
Progressive leader Jim Anderton has been referred to the police for possible breaches of the Electoral Act.
New Zealand SAS troops in Kabul reportedly played a key role in ending this week's 20-hour gunfight that left 27 people dead, including 11 insurgents.
A new book detailing New Zealand's role in the War on Terror tells of peacekeepers loading explosives, intelligence agents helping the US bomb targets in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and a military cosying up to the Americans against the wishes of the Government - and keeping ministers in the dark.