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Winston Peters abruptly ended a media confrontation this afternoon after calling a question about racing industry donations to NZ First “libelous”.
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The NZ First frontman didn’t like 1 NEWS reporter Katie Bradford’s line of questions. Source: 1 NEWS
The NZ First frontman did not like 1 NEWS reporter Katie Bradford’s line of questions while campaigning in Waikato.
The exchange started quite routinely when Bradford asked Peters, “How worried are you about the future of the racing industry if you’re not here after the election?”
“We plan to be here after the election and I ask you to make sure we are,” Peters responded.
“Do you know how much money you get from the racing industry in donations?” Bradford asked.
“You have asked me that question before and the answer is to take your slanderous questions elsewhere, Katie,” Peters replied.
“RNZ and TVNZ are not going to win this campaign with political dirt, I’m sorry I was around too long and that’s my last answer,” he said as Bradford tried to ask a question about the Serious Fraud Office investigation of the NZ First Foundation. .
“You had your chance, we’re not going to do that Katie,” Peters said as he walked quickly away.
The New Zealand racing industry received an emergency support package of $ 72.5 million from the government in early May to mitigate the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We are going to make racing great again,” Winston Peters said in his capacity as Minister of Racing at the time.
