Winston Peters

"Why are we putting up with this bulldust?" Peters asked supporters at an address in Howick.

According to the Waitangi Tribunal, the contra proferentem rule - where in the event of ambiguity preference is given against the original drafter of an agreement - applies. going to be in the water. There have been 14 1News Kantar Public polls since the last election. "They’re all into minority rights, teaching children gender identity theory and they’re not interested in debate. The party needs to achieve 5% of the party vote - or secure electorate seats - to gain seats in Parliament. You’ve got Waka Kotahi [NZTA] heading down the road…

The NZ First leader took aim at “the cultural cabal”, promised to crack down on gangs, and said vaccine mandates had been “unconstitutional”.

Which part of the index DNA is going to compensate the other part and in general, why can't they answer that question?” As well as Air New Zealand and Waka Kotahi, Peters labelled the education system “woke”. “Which part of their mixed DNA is going to compensate the other part? He said schools teaching “virtue signalling” and gender diversity were engaged in “woke social reengineering”. The criticism was well received at the well attended Grey Power meeting. The NZ First leader delivered his first major campaign speech of 2023, to a Grey Power crowd in Auckland’s Howick on Friday.

The New Zealand First leader set out his 2023 election agenda today. From the economy to identity politics, it was pretty much what you'd expect.

“Some Maori secretly driving this agenda, are of the people but they’re not for the people,” Peters added, again to a large round of applause. That was all the evidence that one needs to know that Howick was not racist then, nor now,” he said to cheers from the predominantly Pākehā crowd. “Under New Zealand First these mandates will end,” he said, to a massive cheer. The party faithful love it, but can he claw his way back up the charts without some new material? Waiting in the wings to speak, Peters laughed at the descriptor. He was later questioned on whether that meant he supported National’s new education policy announced this week, but avoided giving a straight response. Then there were the attacks on the media, polling, the woke, the left, the right – no one was safe from a Peters takedown. Three waters was probably the most glaring omission from his speech, though it briefly cropped up during the Q&A. The Howick church was packed; it was a sea of grey or greying hair. [called out on Twitter](https://twitter.com/jobartleynz/status/1639028196334276608) by one of his colleagues for failing to turn up to hear from mana whenua on the annual budget. Perhaps the biggest laugh was when he mispronounced Waitematā and then, mockingly, corrected himself. This was undoubtedly a Winston Peters greatest hits show, with a couple of remixes thrown in.

Winston Peters has kicked off the election year promising to remove te teo Māori names from public sectors and ruling out going into Government with Labour.