The Fantasy World Of Winston Peters

The Fantasy World of Winston Peters

The Fantasy World Of Winston Peters

7th August, 2025
In August 1994, North&South magazine featured a prescient profile on the man who would one day be called “kingmaker”. As the man himself has said, this would not be his first rodeo. Back then, NZ First was just one year old. David McLouglin wrote: Winston Peters, the member of Parliament for Tauranga, lives in a strange world where he alone is right and everyone else is wrong or part of a criminal conspiracy. His fantastic web of intrigue reaches to the very top of the Serious Fraud Office and the Inland Revenue Department.From his parliamentary pulpit, Peters demands the jailing of some of the country’s top businessmen because he – not a court of law – says they’re guilty of fraud. He demands the suspension of senior public servants because he – not any court – says they’re engaged in a criminal conspiracy to protect those businessmen.