Labour Position On Pike Goes From ‘Sometime Never’ To ‘Yes’
Rt Hon Winston Peters
New Zealand First
Leader
Member of Parliament for Northland
18 JANUARY
2017
Labour’s Position On Pike
River Goes From ‘Sometime Never’ To ‘Yes’
New Zealand First Leader and Member of
Parliament for Northland, the Rt Hon Winston Peters, has
welcomed the change of heart shown by Labour Leader Andrew
Little over re-entry into Pike River.
“Labour
seems to have gone from a position of ‘sometime never’
to taking up New Zealand First’s suggestion of legislation
to allow mine re-entry,” Mr Peters said.
“Mr
Little is right to follow New Zealand First’s view that
Parliament is the master of its own destiny and if there is
a legal impediment then we can change that within an
hour.
“That’s what I told families at the Paroa
Hotel, on the West Coast on Sunday. I do welcome Mr
Little’s change of heart from yet another report to
getting back into the drift so that, if any bodies are there
we can get them out, provide their families with overdue
closure and gather evidence on why 29 New Zealanders
died,” Mr Peters finished by saying.
Mr Peters
also said that all rescue situations had a degree of risk,
just ask the fire fighters and those involved in emergency
rescues. However, the longer this goes on the greater the
suspicion that the authorities are involved in a cover up,
and the families and the 29 men who lost their lives deserve
a whole lot better than
this.
ENDS