The donations scandal looks very different if we see ourselves not as Labour supporters or National voters but as citizens of a country whose politicians are selling us all out

Reform must be based on the idea that we should each have the same influence over politics, and emulating Canada is a good place to start.

Time to place parties on an even footing and make elections a contest of ideas, not dollars.

I have reason to believe that New Zealand's reputation for being corruption-free and its sense of well-being don’t fully align with reality, writes Timothy K Kuhner.

Here's a completely different way to approach the problem: 'democracy dollars'.

How has it come to this?

Keep politicians in the dark about who pays for their campaigns.

The existing system simply cements the interests of the richest and most powerful.

Launching a week-long series on the crisis in electoral funding, Andrew Geddis explains why the issue is so crucial to our democracy.