Media Release

3 November 2008

Helicopter Used For Travel During Campaign

Rt Hon Winston Peters says New Zealand First has used helicopters for travel during two election campaigns – but not for campaigning itself.

Mr Peters said that the way a question was framed on Agenda yesterday implied that he had used a helicopter to campaign from, which of course was ridiculous because of the physical impossibility of speaking to crowds in a noisy gale.

“We used a helicopter to travel and I do not deny that, but to suggest that I somehow stood at the door of a flying helicopter shouting at voters is preposterous.

“We were campaigning – not deerstalking.

“This is just another media sideshow to divert voters from the real issues they face,” said Mr Peters.

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