Did Glenn bail out Winston?

There have long been rumours that Owen Glenn bailed out the NZ First Party with the $158,000 they owe (and still owe) the taxpayer.  When I referred to the rumours on ZB yesterday even Larry sounded nervous, but I made it very clear that there is no proof at all that Glenn has donated to them, but likewise it has never been denied and Glenn is on the record as having donated to more than one party.

Audrey Young’s blog post today is potentially explosive. She reveals that NZ First did receive a large donation in December last year:

Jones told the Herald this morning the sum was between $10,000 and $100,000.” but added: “It is probably closer to $100,000.”

This it seems was an anonymous donation, made a few days before the Electoral Finance Act came in.  NZ First has railed against anon donations, voted for a law to stop them, while banking a huge one themselves.

If Owen Glenn is the donor, and nothing short of a on the record denial is satisfactory now, then this casts a whole new light on it.  The scenario you have is Winston being wined and dined by the man who has saved his party from financial ruin, while pledging to work to get him a Government appointment as Honorary Consul.

Audrey Young also thinks Glenn should have to now deny on the record whether or not he is the man the Maori Party referred to:

It is hard to get through to Glenn to ask him directly – and while we are at it, to ask him whether he was the wealthy Labour backer living overseas who, according to Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia, offered the Maori Party $250,000 at the last election to go with Labour.

Indeed.

Dail Jones says he has no idea where they money came from.  He says he even asked the bank to trace it but they refused.  Did he ask Winston if he knows?