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  "description": "10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You",
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  "textContent": "**This is edition 2026/094 of the _Ten@10_ newsletter.**\n\nHi all,\n\nThis is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media.\n\nEnjoy!\n\n* * *\n\n## 1. The Fast-track investors\n\n _Bryce Edwards_\n\n  * 💰 Over four years since 2022, **donations exceeding $1 million** have flowed from people or entities linked to fast-track project applications.\n  * 🔵 In 2025 alone, National and NZ First received **$400,000 from fast-track-linked donors** , compared to just $8,620 to Labour.\n  * 🔍 RNZ's Farah Hancock mapped 2025 political donation returns against fast-track applicants, finding **nearly 90% of linked donations went to the two coalition parties** controlling the regime.\n  * 🏛️ The Fast-track Approvals Act grants **discretionary ministerial and panel power** to select specific projects, bypassing parts of the normal consenting process.\n  * 💰 Sir Rod Drury donated **$100,000 to National** in 2025 while linked to the Coronet Village proposal for 780 dwellings and a gondola near Coronet Peak.\n  * 🏢 The Carter Group donated **$81,608 to National** in 2025, with three of its developments on the fast-track schedule, including an approved Christchurch industrial project.\n  * 💰 Christopher Meehan's cumulative donations across ACT, National and NZ First now **exceed $213,000** , with two of his linked projects having passed fast-track approval.\n  * 🌿 Foresta, proposing a pine chemicals and wood pellet plant in Kawerau, donated **$38,487 to National** across three tranches while its land lease was signed at the Beehive.\n  * 👥 The Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust donated **$17,539 to NZ First** in 2025, linked to the Te Ārai South precinct fast-track application bundling quarrying, aquaculture and housing.\n  * 🏢 J Swap Contracting donated **$13,039 to NZ First** in 2025; it shares directors with Katikati Quarries, which seeks fast-track approval to expand into Kaimai conservation land.\n  * ⚖️ AJR Group director Andrew Ritchie, a shareholder in fast-track applicant Kings Quarry, gave **$10,000 to NZ First** , saying \"it's called democracy and I can do whatever I like.\"\n  * ⚠️ Analysts note that **party donations are exempt from Cabinet conflict-of-interest rules** , leaving no formal barrier between project applicants and the parties deciding their fate.\n  * 🔥 The pattern identified is not individual quid pro quo but a **structural alignment between fast-track applicants and the parties that control approval decisions**.\n\n\n\nRead More\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Your Daily Ten@10 - 2026/094",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-26T22:00:02.500Z"
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