[ddj] New Zealand List Followers

Wed May 9 08:55:06 UTC 2012

Nate - the quickest way to get NZ companies data is via
OpenCorporates. The whole of the Companies Office db is in there. The
Companies Office data are (mostly) open, however it will involve a few
hoops.

On 9 May 2012 11:41, nate thayer <thayernate0007 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Innes:
>
> I am from the US (although lived in Asia for 25 years) but I am working on a
> story that involves New Zealand. It is exactly what good data journalism
> works for: The use of NZ based paper front companies to hide real ownership
> for the international transport of corrupt money arms drugs etc. Their are
> hundreds of fake companies registered to a single Aukland address to ship
> products rent airplanes, set up fake companies registered in other countries
> for bank transfers etc. SP Trading is its name and it briefly hit the news
> in December 2010 when an arms shipment was intercepted from North Korea to
> Iran in Bangkok. I am trying to track real ownership. If you or anyone else
> knows how to best mine company and bank records to trace the very
> complicated web I would love to know.
>
> Best
>
> Nate Thayer
>
> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Innes Fisher <innes at quantumdata.co.nz>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyone from New Zealand following this list?
>>
>>
>>
>> Would be interested in finding out what is going on in NZ in Data
>> Journalism at present.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers, Innes
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