A new report by researchers Max Rashbrooke and Lisa Marriott into the laws around political donations in Aotearoa suggests there are significant gaps in our current regulatory system – and that people are actively taking advantage of them. In this comic, we take a look at what’s wrong with the way things work, and how it could be made better, fairer and more transparent for everyone.

This comic was written by Toby Morris and illustrated by Ezra Whittaker, adapted from Money For Something: A report on political party funding in Aotearoa New Zealand. Find the full report and executive summary here.

This content was created in partnership with a project to research political party funding, carried out by Max Rashbrooke and Lisa Marriott and funded by the Gama Foundation Governance and Policy Studies Endowment Fund.