Politicians sidestep campaign spending limits with billboards on public land
(WorldNews New Zealand)

Major political parties have found a way around electoral campaign rules by calling hundreds of public meetings across the country. Like Easter eggs in supermarkets straight after Boxing Day, people have been confronted with a barrage of party political billboards months before the official, regulated election period began midnight, on Thursday. Gone now, the typically large, party authorised billboards sported sitting MPs and wannabe electorate candidate`s...