Rt Hon Winston Peters

New Zealand First Leader

Member of Parliament for Northland
13 JUNE 2016

Toy MP Should Stop Copycat Behaviour

Parliament’s toy MP David Seymour should try and be original and stop stealing another party’s policy, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters.

“Being a secretive admirer of New Zealand First is no excuse for plagiarising that party’s leader’s statements.

“In his response on the refugee quota today, he gained substantial coverage raising issues of security, and the cultural harmonisation where refugees were concerned. All of a sudden he is for a New Zealand values appraisal of each refugee. And apparently also he wants them to respect issues of equality where women are concerned.

“That is a direct steal from New Zealand First’s long held policy position on immigrants and refugees and last articulated by me on TV One’sQ&A eight days ago.

“Whilst imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, unacknowledged new policy sources are not.

“Mr Seymour needs to remember that it was his party’s founder Roger Douglas who was one of the leading proponents of mass immigration to New Zealand.”

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/81001002/new-zealand-to-take-1000-refugees-each-year

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