Winston Peters was in good form on the campaign trail this week, keeping our neighbours across the ditch on their toes as he took aim at ‘rip-off’ Australian-owned banks and supermarkets at a town hall meeting in Lower Hutt, an Australian Associated Press (AAP) report says.
Peters, speaking to a few hundred locals, is said to have zeroed in on New Zealand’s “crippling” cost of living and offered up a couple of solutions.
“Can we get on top of it? Yes, if we attack foreign-owned duopolies in the food supply market,” he said.
“And we can also get on top of costs if we attack foreign-owned banks: Aussies ripping off New Zealanders in this country.”
The NZ First leader intends to launch inquiries into supermarkets and banks if his party becomes part of the next government.
