No charges over Labour pamphlet

NewstalkZB reports:

Police have decided not to prosecute Labour over one of its pamphlets that breached the Electoral Finance Act.

The Electoral Commission had deemed that the “We’re Making a Difference” pamphlet, distributed at Waikato University in March, was an election advertisement but had not referred it to police as it decided to use the first breach of the Act as a caution.

A complaint was laid by a member of the public and after completing enquiries police say there was insufficient evidence to proceed to lay a prosecution. They say information obtained about the pamphlet indicates it was not generally available for public distribution.

I am not surprised. The Electoral Commission also met yesterday and made decisions on a number of complaints and issues. Will be interesting to review them, when published.