$350k donation to Greens in New Zealand is the largest in party’s history
Green Co-Leader Marama Davidson has called for a reform of the political donations regime. Photo / Michael Craig.
OAKLAND, Jan 14, 2019, NZ Herald. A $350,000 donation to the Greens in December is the largest single donation to a major political party in almost a decade, reported the New Zealand Herald.
It was also the largest to the Green Party in its 30-year history.
The donation was by far the largest in 2018, with an $80,000 donation to the National Party in April coming in a distant second place.
In fact, the donation was the largest made to any one of the major political parties since 2011, when the Electoral Commission first started publishing donation details.
It was made by Betty Harris on December 13 last year. She died in January 2018 and the donation was part of her will.
The Green’s general-secretary Gwen Shaw said the party was very grateful for Harris’ donation.
She had been a party member since 1999.
“She was a lovely woman; never made a fuss but just got on with whatever she thought she could do to improve the world.”
Harris lived in East Auckland and was an active supporter of her local branch, particularly when she was younger, Shaw said.
“In recent years she lived in a retirement village but continued to support our work by her advocacy and regular financial commitment. She left a one-fifth portion of her estate to the Green Party.”
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