Winston Peters
Winston Peters reacts to Privileges Committee Report
Parliament's Privileges Committee has criticised the way private information was handed over to the inquiry investigating how a controversial report into the country's spy agency was leaked. The New… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 4 December 2013
New Zealand tumbles in international test of 15-year-olds; Hekia Parata reacts to OECD education report; Opposition parties say Banks' political career is all but dead; Political editor on the impact… Audio
KiwiRail and the crippled Aratere ferry
Jim Quinn, Chief Executive of KiwiRail; and NZ First leader Winston Peters. Audio
Brendan Horan says no deal has been made over his mum's will
The independent MP Brendan Horan is rejecting reports that he has settled the family dispute that led to him being kicked out of New Zealand First. Audio
Winston Peters says he'll stick to his guns over Kiwisaver
The Prime Minister says he's not taking the New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, seriously over his demand for a new, government-owned Kiwisaver provider. Audio
New Zealand First lays down challenge to National and Labour
A year out from the general election, the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters had laid down a challenge to Labour and National. Audio
Non-government agencies to allocate state money, Peters unhappy
The Whanau Ora Minister Tariana Turia rejects Peters' suggestion of Whanau Ora funding misuse. Audio
Peters says taxpayers will suffer if Meridian sale goes ahead
The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, says taxpayers will suffer if the partial float of Meridian Energy goes ahead. Audio
Fiji's military rejects claims it was working with NZ's SIS
The Fiji military denies having worked with a New Zealand based spy agency to raid the Auckland home of a former Fiji government minister. Audio
Unpaid sub-contractors down tools on ultra-fast broadband
Dozens of sub-contractors working on the Government's ultra-fast broadband roll-out have downed tools because they haven't been paid since July. Audio
Peters says tea tape investigators wanted his phone records
Winston Peters says the police wanted to see his private phone records as part of the investigation into the tea tape. Audio
Government told to start milk scare review now
Dairy prices have dipped in Fonterra's global dairy auction overnight, the first held by the company since last week's contamination alert. Prices fell 2.4 percent, after rising more than 5 percent in… Audio
Botulism battering gets worse
China's state-run news agency has labelled New Zealand's the100 Percent Pure brand a festering sore as the battering from the botulism- in- milk scare worsens. Audio
Parliamentary Service resignation doesn't surprise former PM
Opposition parties are demanding the Prime Minister take responsibility for handing over of the phone records of a reporter by the Parliamentary Service - instead of making its boss a scapegoat. Audio
Peters says PM not to be trusted
The suggestion that phone records would point to who leaked the Kitteridge Report was first made by the New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters. Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 1 August 2013
PM under pressure after conceding Eagleson's involvement; Peters says PM not to be trusted; RSA widower receives $60,000 pay out from Corrections Dept; Corrections to meet with RSA killings' families… Audio
Winston Peters on GCSB law changes
The planned change to the law governing the Government Security and Communications Bureau, has been criticised by opposition parties as posing an undue risk to the privacy of ordinary citizens. Audio
Turia says Whanau Ora will do better job than govt agencies
The minister for Whanau Ora, Tariana Turia, says community groups will do a better job of meeting the needs of Maori and Pacific Island families than government agencies. Audio
Key may re-jig GCSB law to get win vote in the House
The Prime Minister John Key is eyeing a compromise on the Government Communications Security Bureau legislation which will allow the electronic surveillance agency to legally to spy on New Zealanders.
…Winston Peters calls for more sanctions against Fiji
New Zealand's Foreign Minister at the time of Fiji's 2006 coup defends the then New Zealand government's efforts to stop the coup. Winston Peters also calls for more expansive sanctions to be in place… Audio