Sky City & China Southern Airlines Tabled Documents

Thursday, 15 November 2012, 3:40 pm
Press Release: New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters
New Zealand First Leader
15 November 2012

Link to Sky City & China Southern Airlines Tabled Documents

New Zealand First is issuing background information which proves that Auckland’s Sky City Casino had significant input into the Government’s deal to allow frequent flyer club members on China Southern Airlines to dodge visa checks.

Rt Hon Winston Peters, who tabled the document today in Parliament, says Sky City boasted in the Travel Trade magazine that it “was working closely with China Southern Airlines to bring VIP gamblers into Auckland seamlessly and confirmed the casino was in talks to make the visa process easier”.

Link attached - www.traveltrade.co.nz

ENDS

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