New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Winston Peters will not be reinstated as Minister of Foreign Affairs despite his party being cleared of fraud by the Serious Fraud Office. The SFO finished its investigation yesterday, but raised questions about a new cash gift...
TUMEKE! (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Peters fares badly in TVNZ trust poll Greens co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is the most trusted party leader and NZ First's Winston Peters the least, a poll released tonight shows. The TV One/Colmar Brunton poll questioned 1010 voters, asking them to answer 'yes' or 'no' when they were asked whether they trusted six party leaders. Ms Fitzsimons scored 64 per cent, Prime Minister...
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
I am trying not to blog on Peters much. With the help of my psychiatrist and some happy pills, I even refrained myself from firing off an angry post last night on his incredibly rude treatment of TVNZ’s Jessica Mutch. But the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Ruling Council has ordered me to try and give [...]
95bFM - bCasts (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
The NZ First leader outlines his economic vision for NZ. Sort of. He wants to keep NZ money in NZ, and prop up the export sector. The key? Control over interest rates and a tax breaks for exporters. He also takes a taiaha to the SFO - literally.
Not PC (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Cactus is right : "The election campaign is sucking the big one at present. Boring. Boring. Boring." And politics will be a damn sight more boring when/if/eventually voters finally dump Winston Peters. Which other parliamentary party leader would be so, ahem, colourful. Just prod Winston and watch him go .
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Winston Peters began New Zealand First's election campaign with an all-out attack on the National Party and its leader John Key. He countered Mr Key's banishment of NZ First as a coalition partner by saying: "Mr Key, our standards...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Newstalk ZB is facing prosecution under electoral laws after Labour Cabinet minister Shane Jones and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters put in a pitch for the party vote while acting as talkback show hosts. The Electoral Commission...
Clint Heine and Friends (Free subscription) | yesterday
Click here for some well known and some not so well known facts about Rodney Hide. For instance.. Rodney Hide's smile once brought a puppy back to life. Rodney Hide has counted to infinity. Twice. Rodney Hide can destroy Winston Peters. (good work that!)
Cactus Kate (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Jessica Mutch, an otherwise run of the mill TVNZ reporter/excitable starry eyed talking head from the TVNZ Factory of Blandness has just been elevated in stature by a wounded Winston Peters to thee who has been abused by a political leader. After a long period of time listening to her high pitch squealing into the camera, Winston has finally bitten like the "spider" that attacked...
TUMEKE! (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
A colleague described the event as a shambles. I think he was probably there as much for John Rowles as for Winston Peters - I know I was. It lacked appropriate planning and organisation - indicative of the party's waning operational capacity. The only NZ First electoral hordings I've seen anywhere in Auckland were, coincidentally, on the intersection next to the conference venue. The...
95bFM - bCasts (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Too Cool for School winners Craig and Ethan hit the streets to ask the public for their opinions on Winston Peters.
Liberty Scott (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
One truth about NZ politics has been to never write off Winston Peters, he's not going down without a fight, and he didn't in every election he fought on his own. So his launch of the NZ First campaign is the lifeline he is hoping to grab to save his political career - because have no two ways about it, without Winston Peters, NZ First will be like the Alliance without...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Unusually for me, I was sitting in the sun outside SPQR on Ponsonby Rd having lunch the other day when I ran into singer John Rowles. The iconic Kiwi singer's an old mate of Winston Peters and today he will lend his ageless voice...
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
... him.Tauhei Notts (266) Vote: 1 0 Says: I cringed when I heard the laudatory statements made about Winston Peters at the Hastings races yesterday.Lee C (3501) Vote: 3 0 Says: It’s quite simple - we live in a society in which deadbeats feel they can walk the streets armed, with impunity. Because the police presence is so low.Lee C (3501) Vote: 1 0 Says: good morning Tony. I’m off to...
