Successive New Zealand Governments have funded the Clinton Foundation's flagship initiative and continue to do so despite it being under criminal investigation.

Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) accounts for almost two thirds of the Clinton Foundation's annual income and was, until recently, vice-chaired by Chelsea Clinton with Bill Clinton serving as a board member.

New Zealand's ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was near the top of a list of donors alongside the World Health Organisation, Save the Children and the Rockefeller Foundation. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was one of CHAI's biggest donors, as was the Australian government, which donated more than $US25 million to the organisation.

New Zealand's donation to CHAI is worth $13.7 million.

The Clinton Foundation facilitated the distribution of watered down HIV drugs. Pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy, who partnered with CHAI, plead guilty to seven felonies in relation to the adulterated drugs and had to pay a $500 million fine.

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