So that means that if you're not super smart, but are able to apply focus, you could be wealthy, and would also be a National voter?
I see that National relies mostly on its 30,000 members for campaign funds. What they do then, is channel about 80% of the funds needed for each electorate race, direct to the candidates from the central party. This gets around the rules of notifying who has given what, because central party donations of up to $15,000 are exempt from the naming rules. Labour asks each of its electorates to provide almost all the funds for their candidate. Smaller donations have to have the source mentioned.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11409374
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...+February+2015