Absolute crap Mattyj.
The new legislation whilst not the best legislation will allow anyone to SPEND up $12K on saying and doing what they want in an election year. If you want to spend more than 12K you need to register with the election commission and you can then spend up to $100K.
All parties had to return money to the comission due to over spending except the Maori Party. Labour was by far the largest amount but the others also broke the law and over spent.