Stories by Guyon Espiner

Two Hawke's Bay prison inmates are in isolation amidst fears they may have the coronavirus - but one is refusing to be tested.

One economist says New Zealand's unemployment rates could soar to 30 percent while another one described Covid-19's economic impact as "an everywhere, everything, everyone all at once shock".

The New Zealand First Foundation received $100,000 in just one week from two rich-listers, whose donations remained secret because the individual payments fell below the disclosure threshold.

One of the country's biggest fishing companies, Talley's, and its managing director donated nearly $27,000 to the New Zealand First Foundation.

A lobbying firm run by a NZ First Foundation trustee pushed for a law change on behalf of a property development company, which then donated tens of thousands of dollars to the foundation.

The NZ First Foundation has been receiving tens of thousands of dollars from donors in the horse racing industry in payments which fall just below the $15,000.01 at which party donations are usually…

The mysterious foundation bankrolling the New Zealand First Party has been receiving donations just under the threshold at which the donors' names would normally be made public.

Money flowed into the New Zealand First Foundation and money flowed out - but did any of it need to be declared?

A forestry company with close links to NZ First says it gave a presentation to Shane Jones about a project it was seeking a $15 million government loan for - months before Jones says he first heard of…

A fifth death has been reported to the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring on suspicion it is related to Pharmac's brand switch of epilepsy drugs.

An Auckland man had a seizure and blacked out as he drove through Auckland's Waterview Tunnel after switching epilepsy medication brands.

Pharmac knew for more than two weeks that three deaths had been linked to its epilepsy drug brand switch but didn't tell patients or the public.

Pharmac-funded research into whether people with epilepsy were imagining side effects from a medicine brand change has been suspended as angry patients point out that deaths have been linked to the…

Shane Jones' office received official documents about a New Zealand First-linked forestry company's bid for public money five times before the minister declared a conflict of interest.

Key documents about a mysterious foundation loaning money to NZ First show why the NZ First Foundation was set up, how it would operate and who knew about the idea from the outset.

The Health and Disability Commissioner wants answers and a national MP is calling for an inquiry, after four people died following an epilepsy drug brand switch.

A forestry company with close links to New Zealand First has revealed it applied for a $15 million loan from the Provincial Growth Fund, which is overseen by NZ First minister Shane Jones.

A 26-year-old is the fourth person to die shortly after changing from a branded version of the anti-epilepsy drug lamotrigine to a generic version. Video

A forestry company with close links to New Zealand First planned to apply for nearly $100 million under the One Billion Trees programme, which is overseen by the Forestry Minister Shane Jones.

Pharmac has backed down on a controversial drug brand switch affecting patients with epilepsy and mental health conditions after three people died following the change.

A powerful New Zealand First figure helped establish a forestry company that then pushed for money from two key funding streams controlled by a New Zealand First Minister.

Three deaths have been reported to the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring after Pharmac forced patients using the medicine lamotrigine to switch brands.

A foundation that loans money to NZ First is under scrutiny, with a law professor saying it's lawful but fails to provide the transparency voters need in a democracy.

Land Information Minister and Green MP Eugenie Sage has given a foreign-owned forestry company a free pass to buy thousands of hectares of New Zealand land without applying to the OIO.