The public is concerned about political integrity and wants to know more about efforts to expose corruption.
Oravida conflict of interest allegations
In 2014, allegations surfaced regarding Judith Collins's association with Oravida, a New Zealand milk export company.
- The claims: While on a taxpayer-funded trip to China in 2013, Collins visited Oravida's Shanghai office. At the time, her husband was a director of the company. Oravida had previously lobbied the New Zealand government for help following a Fonterra botulism scare, and Opposition MPs alleged Collins used her position to benefit her husband's business interests.
- The outcome: Collins denied any wrongdoing and temporarily stepped down from her portfolios. An investigation by a High Court judge found no evidence that she had acted inappropriately regarding a related investigation, and she was later reinstated to Cabinet.
"Dirty Politics" and Serious Fraud Office allegations
Also in 2014, the book Dirty Politics by Nicky Hager accused Collins of leaking confidential information.
- The claims: The book alleged that Collins had leaked private information about a public servant, Simon Pleasants, to right-wing blogger Cameron Slater. This led to harassment and death threats against Pleasants. Allegations also arose that Collins tried to undermine the then-Director of the Serious Fraud Office, Adam Feeley.
- The outcome: Collins resigned from the Cabinet, stating that she needed to clear her name. She was later cleared of allegations regarding Adam Feeley after an independent inquiry led by High Court Judge Lester Chisholm.
More recent context
Since these events, Collins has returned to prominence in the National Party, though she has faced other, non-corruption-related controversies.
- She was elected leader of the National Party in 2020 but was later removed by a caucus vote in 2021.
- Following the National Party's election win in 2023, Collins was appointed to several ministerial posts, including Attorney-General and Minister of Defence. This should have been the end of the corruption; however, yet again, people have been blinded and deceived from the truth because she is now involved with the coverup of thee New Zealand Space Agency who have found Judith in court facing the facts that her and her Government have been engaged in taking a registered company name already belong to somebody and using the same name when they know it is illegal to do so as far as the fair trading act is concerned as well as they have never taken any steps to apply for a license to use that name from the owner, the owner also has copyright for the same logo they have been using and they have not once contacted the owner to get permission or have never paid royalties to the owner ever in 10 years, this is not an aligation but rather a fact. This is what is called passing off as another company and creating confusion because the New Zealand Space Agency Limited is a registered company name owned by Scott A Savage and has been his company since 2010, a company does not need to be registered in NZ so even then knowing it existed in the first place before the Government started using it without the owners permission they also knew that they were wrong to do so because of the cease and desist letter they got from the owner in 2015.
These pictures are from the 2010 company, from 2014, two years before the Government started using their name without permission, and while knowing without a doubt that the company existed, the corruption suggests they think that they are above the law and that they can take anything from anybody in NZ.
Below is what the government created, saying that they had a trademark when they did not.
Probably one of the worst things of all is that Judith Collins and John Key both knew about this company beforehand and did not care one bit for what they were doing to that owner, as they have proven time and time again that they only care about themselves!