Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First
Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 23 AUGUST
2017
New Zealand First Policy on Power
Companies
New Zealand First’s policy on power
companies relates to our opposition to the sale of these
state assets, as well over two thirds of New Zealanders were
in 2013 when a referendum on the sale of state assets was
held, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon
Winston Peters.
“Richard Prosser MP’s comment at a
BusinessNZ panel in Wellington today can be described as a
throwaway line that was not fully explained. Had he had the
time, he would have explained that the buyback of power
companies would be at an appropriate time in the future,
that is, we would only be buying back shares when they
became available.
“This was explained by Mr Peters later
in the day at the same conference to a question from the
floor.”
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