The New Zealand First Leader and MP for Tauranga, Rt Hon Winston Peters, has today lodged a formal complaint with the police regarding late night phone calls to elderly Tauranga residents, claiming to be from Mr Peters’ office.

“It is unfortunate that some of my opponents are now so desperate that they would resort to these dirty tactics. These calls are certainly not from any of my staff, nor are they from anyone working in my campaign.

“I would urge anyone receiving these calls to hang-up and call the police immediately.

“This is again turning into a dirty campaign and it shows that the other candidates must be getting very desperate for them to actually break the law. I have today written to the Tauranga Area Police Manager formally complaining over this issue and I am determined to get to the bottom of it,” concluded Mr Peters.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>