Q+A: NZ First leader Winston Peters interviewed by Corin Dann
Winston Peters: I can’t see how Mr Turnbull is going to survive long-term
NZ First leader Winston Peters told TV One’s Q+A programme that he can’t see how the Australian Coalition’s Malcolm
Turnbull can survive long-term.
‘First of all, the pollsters got it wrong, because the number of people who haven’t got a landline these days is quite
staggering, and I don’t think they’ve come up to date with that. The second thing is Mr Turnbull called an early
dissolution. He put it all on the line, a bit like Mr Cameron, and I can’t see how he’s going to survive very long-term
now as a consequence of that, because he took them right to the brink, maybe to the brink of total instability, by
Tuesday next week.’
Mr Peters also said, ‘we need our neighbour to be strong, because this is a major trading partner of ours.’
Mr Peters told Corin Dann New Zealand has a ‘similar but greater’ immigration issue when compared to the UK.
‘Similar but greater. The level, in real terms, of immigration to New Zealand, as opposed to the earth-shattering
influence in the Brexit that immigration was, our immigration levels is three times that of the UK, and that’s a fact.
Now, what we’ve got here is massive establishment and systemic ignore of how ordinary people feel about that.’
Mr Peters said the number of immigrants coming into New Zealand should be between 7000 and 15000 maximum.
‘You’ve got a housing crisis; an infrastructure crisis; you’ve got a health crisis, education. Everywhere you look,
you’ve got a crisis. Police numbers are capped, and there’s Mr Key saying, “We want more.” Three times the number, in
real terms, the UK was taking. They couldn’t stand it, and nor can the majority soon of the New Zealand people.’
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