November 6, 2017 7:00am by David Farrar

Another $430,000 from Gareth

Gareth Morgan has donated a further $430,000 to TOP.

This is $2.13 million donated which resulted in 63,261 votes. That’s around $35 a vote!

This updates the list of major donors to:

  1. Gareth Morgan to TOP $2,130,000
  2. Inner Mongolia Rider Horse Industry (NZ) Ltd to National $150,000
  3. E Tu Union to Labour $120,000
  4. Hon Robert Smellie to Labour $115,000
  5. Alpha Laboratories to National $112,000
  6. Dame Jenny Gibbs to ACT $106,200
  7. Alan Gibbs to ACT $100,000
  8. Bruce Plested to Maori Party $100,000
  9. NZ Dairy Workers Union to Labour $100,000
  10. Susan Cullen to Maori Party $82,512
  11. Tom Pan to Labour $65,000
  12. Karl Maughan to Labour $60,000
  13. Lianna Hagaman to National $57,616
  14. Heartland Bank to National $57,400
  15. Barry Colman to National $56,000
  16. HWM (NZ) Holdings to National 55,000
  17. Philip Hong to National $51,720
  18. Phillip Mills to Labour $50,000
  19. De Yi Shi to National $50,000
  20. Carrus Ltd to National $50,000
  21. Rorohara Farms Ltd (Bruce Plested) to Maori Party $50,000
  22. Lane Capital Group to National $50,000
  23. Go Bloodstock New Zealand Limited to National $50,000
  24. Go Bloodstock New Zealand Limited to Labour $50,000
  25. Christopher Reeve to ACT $45,000
  26. Tuku Morgan to Maori Party $43,000
  27. Maritime Union to Labour $40,500
  28. Stanley Palner to Labour $39,100
  29. Murray Chandler to ACT $35,000
  30. MF Management Ltd to National $32,000
  31. Tamati Cairns to Maori Party $30,000

So by party:

  1. TOP $2,130,000
  2. National $771,736
  3. Labour $639,600
  4. Maori Party $305,512
  5. ACT $286,200