TUMEKE! (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
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) | 2 hours ago
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 [...]
Not PC (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
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) | 10/05/2008
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...
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
The Parliament website now records the amended return by Winston Peters for the year to 31 January 2007. A gift from the Spencer Trust towards his electoral petition costs has been declared. This would never have come to light if it were not for the SFO. Peters and Henry supplied false evidence to the Privileges Committee about [...]
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
A Spencer Trust donation has been declared by New Zealand First leader Winston Peters on his amended pecuniary interest declaration. Mr Peters was ordered to file fresh returns after Parliament endorsed the findings of the Privileges...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Old populists never die in the minds of their true believers, even when the evidence strongly suggests they are as fallible as the "insiders" they condemn. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters may have been censured by Parliament...
Cactus Kate (Free subscription) | yesterday
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...
95bFM - bCasts (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Too Cool for School winners Craig and Ethan hit the streets to ask the public for their opinions on Winston Peters.
TUMEKE! (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
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...
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
NZPA reports: The National Party’s newly-announced ‘life means life’ policy for repeat violent criminals won loud approval in Tauranga today. Party leader John Key got rousing applause when he talked about National’s plans to get tough on crime in an open-air lunch-time address which attracted a crowd of about 300. The gathering was reminiscent of the signature rallies former Tauranga MP Winston...
Liberty Scott (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
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...
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of her Electoral Finance Act, or why she defended the indefensible actions of NZ First leader Winston Peters. All good questions. However, she should not assume the voters will agree that she and Finance Minister Michael Cullen are the best stewards of the economy. Instead, they face questions over whether they have spent the proceeds of the years of plenty wisely. Government spending...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
... May's Budget.That funding measured about $600 million over the next five years and was a win for Winston Peters - who is no longer Foreign Affairs Minister, so it is possible Labour now feels more comfortable talking about cutting it.Much of the spending allowance in May's Budget for the 2008-09 financial year has already been allocated to health, innovation, defence and foreign affairs....
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
... as financial and political quislings rush to defend the right of their foreign friends ... ," said Winston Peters. Elections will not be the same without his xenophobic rants.The Maori Party deserves to be taken more seriously. It has carefully put itself in a position to negotiate with whichever main party is capable of forming the next government. It has some unwise, and hopefully...
