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  "description": "10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You",
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  "textContent": "**This is edition 2026/099 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 honours list is open for business\n\n _Bryce Edwards_\n\n  * 🏛️ New Zealand's King's Birthday Honours list has again drawn scrutiny for overlapping with **political donor networks tied to the governing parties**.\n  * 💰 Peter John Thompson, managing director of Barfoot & Thompson, donated **$46,388 to National in 2025 and a further $22,012 just five weeks before today's honours announcement**.\n  * 🎖️ Thompson received a **Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit** for \"services to philanthropy and rugby\" in this morning's list.\n  * 🏘️ Barfoot & Thompson sells roughly **four in every ten Auckland homes** and sits at the centre of the real-estate industry's political donation network.\n  * 💰 Since 2021, the real-estate sector has funnelled **more than $2.5 million to governing parties** , with 97% flowing to National, ACT and NZ First.\n  * 🔵 In 2014, then-MP Chris Hipkins named **Garth Barfoot in Parliament** as a National donor who received an honour under the Key government; Garth Barfoot donated $50,000 to National in February 2026.\n  * ⚖️ Scott O'Donnell, executive director of the **$2 billion H.W. Richardson Group** , was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for \"services to business\" this morning.\n  * 🔍 O'Donnell's Dynes Transport donated **$20,000 to NZ First in July 2024** ; a Dynes joint venture subsequently received an $8 million Crown loan overseen by NZ First minister Shane Jones.\n  * 🏢 Winston Peters appointed O'Donnell to the **KiwiRail board in July 2025** despite Treasury warning his interests would \"significantly conflict\" with KiwiRail.\n  * ⚠️ KiwiRail chair Suzanne Tindal found **11 conflict-of-interest companies** when she checked O'Donnell's disclosures herself; he had initially declared only four.\n  * 📉 O'Donnell **resigned from the KiwiRail board after fewer than seven months** of a three-year term, citing a new Australian business venture.\n  * 🔥 The author stops short of alleging a literal transaction, but argues **appearances of money buying access undermine public trust** regardless of intent.\n  * 🧾 Honours nominations take months to process, but critics say the **systemic pattern of donors receiving honours** is the core problem, not any single case.\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 - 2026/099",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-03T22:00:43.632Z"
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