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In Transparency International's 2016 public perception of corruption index, New Zealand was ranked first equal with Denmark. However, in December of the same year, the largest bribery case in New Zealand's history came to a close with guilty verdicts for co-defendents Murray Noone and Stephen Borlase. Earlier in the year New Zealand was also mentioned in the Panama Papers, more than 10 million leaked documents from law firm Mossack Fonseca. Bfm producer Ben Goldson spoke first with Herald reporter Matt Nippert, who covered the Noone-Borlase trial, and then to investigative journalist Nicky Hager, who worked on the Panama Papers.