Matua Winston goes full Trump supporting illegal kidnapping of Maduro and seizure of all Venezuelan oil
Is Winston day drinking? Winston Peters comes close to endorsing US capture of Venezuela’s ‘terrorist’ leader The state of international…

Is Winston day drinking? Winston Peters comes close to endorsing US capture of Venezuela’s ‘terrorist’ leader The state of international…

Jesus wept! Matua Winston has gone full cooker! The sad and utterly deluded conspiracy swamp electorate that Winston now fishes…

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This week on The War on News, Martyn Bradbury lays waste to Winston’s legislative U-turns, Jonesy’s fisherman fury, and a…
Saige England reports from Christchurch Ōtautahi on the Winston Peters state of the nation address yesterday: Like a relentless ocean, wave after wave of pro-Palestinian pro-human rights protesters disrupted New Zealand deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters’ state of the nation speech at the Christchurch Town Hall.
It is unquestionably the role of the Parliamentary Opposition to question the government and hold it to account. Along with the media (as flawed as it sometimes is), a strong Opposition is a necessary function of a healthy democracy. But having someone like Judith Collins, who has so many unanswered questions hanging over her, demanding accountability undermines the effectiveness of the Opposition.
A coalition with Labour and the Greens offers a fresh start. It puts NZ First into a brand new government, with a fresh leadership, new ideas, and none of the baggage offered by a tired government that had simply run out of ideas.
Kia ora Mr Peters,
With the counting of Special Votes, a clearer picture has emerged as to what voters in this country have chosen. The majority have voted against National and it’s allies.
You can feel mainstream media’s frustration with the news-vacuum created by the two week period necessary to count the approximately 384,072 (15% of total votes) Special Votes that were cast this election.
At the next election, Labour and the Greens must be better placed to strategically address “fake news” from the National Party. Labour and Green strategists must be conscious that the Nats will stoop to lies if their pre-election polling shows them at-risk of losing. A rapid-response task-force should be ready and well-resourced to counteract such lies; to do it immediately, and with energy.