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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters plans to front up at a press conference this afternoon to answer allegations of covert party funding that have dogged him for two weeks. Mr Peters yesterday gave Prime Minister Helen Clark an assurance his party had not broken any laws. Today he will have to explain the apparent existence of secret funds, what they were used for, and why they were not declared to election officials. Three separate funding issues have dominated Parliament this week and led to heated questioning as the National Party demanded action from Miss Clark to clear up the controversy surrounding her foreign minister. One is the $100,000 from expatriate billionaire Owen Glenn, which was used to help pay Mr Peters' legal bill when he tried to overturn the 2005 Tauranga election result. It was not declared in the... [read full story]
