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Ian Wishart (journalist)

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The network was enjoined to an injunction forbidding broadcast of the programme, but the leak of further information made the gagging writ worthless and the documentary finally aired in June 1994 as a special primetime two-hour broadcast. The revelations forced the establishment of a Royal Commission
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Although the Commission report initially exonerated the transactions, the Commission findings were overturned by New Zealand's highest court which found the transactions were prima facie fraudulent and that the commission had made substantial errors in finding otherwise. Ian Wishart published three
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and Mark Champion. The documentary was originally scheduled to air in December 1993, but was prevented from going to air by TVNZ management after the intervention of the TVNZ board of directors. Wishart and his colleagues decided to leak details of the banned programme to other news media, turning
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began raising a series of allegations in Parliament about prominent business leaders trying to bribe politicians. Wishart was assigned by the TV3 network to report on the case, and came into possession of some confidential business transaction papers that became popularly known as "The
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Although Winston Peters and other financial journalists and newspapers also had copies of the Winebox documents, it was Wishart who first identified the key "Magnum" and "JIF" transactions, later confirmed by the
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magazine, which addresses controversial current affairs issues from a conservative Christian editorial standpoint. It drew mainstream attention for articles critical of policies and members of the centre-left
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as a whole undermined "by seductive and destructive philosophies and social engineering that within the space of a generation have intellectually crippled the greatest civilisation the world has ever seen".
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magazine blogsite "The Briefing Room" and in the online newspaper TGIF Edition confirming the authenticity of the emails, which formed the basis for other news reports on the developing story worldwide.
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investigator, Tony Loo, subsequently told the Commission of Inquiry that he and other IRD staff did not understand how the transactions had worked until they watched Wishart's documentary on TV.
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Wishart established his own publishing company, Howling at the Moon, in 1995. A subsidiary company was established in 1999 to publish the monthly
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Howling at the Moon has published 15 of Wishart's books, as well as books by other authors, mostly general non-fiction/current affairs titles.
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schemes run through Cook Islands offshore companies associated with an entity part owned by the New Zealand Government state bank, the
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MPs and urged his listeners to make protest calls, jamming the party's phone lines. Around this time, Wishart became a
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Elementary: The Explosive File on Scott Watson and the Disappearance of Ben & Olivia - What Haven't They Told You?
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Wishart has married twice, and has children from his first and second marriages. He and his second wife, Heidi, are
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The Paradise Conspiracy, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Paradise Conspiracy II, Absolute Power
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to be prima facie criminal fraud. against the revenues of New Zealand and Japan respectively.
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magazine. In 1997 he was named as the host of the New Zealand version of reality series
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All published by Howling at the Moon Publishing Ltd unless otherwise stated:
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NZPA, "Peters weeps as winebox findings declared invalid", 20 August 1999
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Daylight Robbery, The Vintage Winebox Guide, Ben & Olivia, Eve's Bite
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Wishart continued working on the project as a special investigation for
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controversy when he obtained confirmation that leaked emails from the
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documents" because they had first turned up in an old wine carton.
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Daylight robbery : the rise and fall of the "people’s bank"
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After leaving TVNZ, Wishart covered the Winebox enquiry for the
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The Independent Business Weekly, "Vindicated", 25 August 1999
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Beating Big Brother: how people power turned off the TV tax!
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The Independent Business Weekly, "Editorial", 28 April 1999
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The Great Divide: The Story of New Zealand & Its Treaty
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Wishart's books are listed in full below. They include:
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and other daily newspapers. He has also written for the
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TBR.cc, "Investigate magazine's breaking news forum"
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books detailing his investigations and the outcome:
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He has worked for 1238: 1223: 746: 671:Vitamin D: Is This The Miracle Vitamin? 1318: 1199:"Wishart defamation case not over yet" 753:Hewitson, Michele (23 February 2013). 285:Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand 34:scientific consensus on climate change 1351:New Zealand investigative journalists 1063:Absolute Power: The Helen Clark Years 632:Arthur Allan Thomas: The Inside Story 593:Absolute Power: The Helen Clark Years 346:Arthur Allan Thomas: The Inside Story 318:response to the atheist arguments of 807:Masters, Catherine (16 April 2005). 1181:"Major Defamation Loss for Wishart" 460:Ian Wishart’s vintage winebox guide 409:were genuine, after reaching CRU's 118:were closely connected to both the 13: 1008: 889:, "Magnum Force", 4 September 1999 780: 154:the blackout into a public issue. 16:New Zealand journalist (born 1964) 14: 1362: 1346:People educated at Onslow College 1288: 1239:Goodwin, Morgan (30 March 2010). 1224:Wishart, Ian (18 December 2015). 393:Role in "Climategate" controversy 348:(2010), reviewing the murders of 202: 174:(Howling at the Moon, 1996), and 98:The documents detailed extensive 75: 645:Breaking Silence: The Kahui Case 421: 86:In 1992, New Zealand politician 1260: 1217: 1191: 1183:. 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Investigate
conservative Christian
scientific consensus on climate change
Onslow College
Wellington Polytechnic
Radio Windy
Radio Hauraki
Radio Pacific
TV3
Television New Zealand
Winebox Inquiry
Winston Peters
Winebox
tax avoidance and tax evasion
Bank of New Zealand
Fay Richwhite
Michael Fay
David Richwhite
Labour
National
Privy Council
New Zealand Court of Appeal
TVNZ
Carol Hirschfeld
Inland Revenue Department
Spooked
Cliff Curtis
Geoff Murphy
National Business Review
Waikato Times

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