Rt Hon Winston Peters
New Zealand First Leader
Member of Parliament for Northland
23 AUGUST 2017
New Zealand First Policy on Power Companies
New Zealand First’s policy on power companies relates to our opposition to the sale of these state assets, as well over
two thirds of New Zealanders were in 2013 when a referendum on the sale of state assets was held, says New Zealand First
Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters.
“Richard Prosser MP’s comment at a BusinessNZ panel in Wellington today can be described as a throwaway line that was
not fully explained. Had he had the time, he would have explained that the buyback of power companies would be at an
appropriate time in the future, that is, we would only be buying back shares when they became available.
“This was explained by Mr Peters later in the day at the same conference to a question from the floor.”
ENDS