Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has continued his war on the media, blaming it for allowing the long Auckland Covid-19 lockdown. Photo: ODT filesThe second lockdown began in Auckland on August 12 in 2020, when Peters was still a member of the government, however that lockdown was triggered by three cases. Peters said that Robertson “went behind our backs and told the media Winston Peters was the roadblock trying to stop it from happening”. “The behaviour that we’ve seen from Winston Peters in the last 48 hours is just wrong. Christopher Luxon needs to show that he is actually the Prime Minister and stamp down on that very quickly.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 29, 2023 08:24 UTC