Winston makes it up – again!

NewstalkZB reports:

Winston Peters is on the attack over the closing down of a health centre the government says doesn’t exist.

The New Zealand First leader says the Wellsford community health office is under threat, but the government’s waiting a few weeks before its closed.

“I kind of think that this is linked to the fact that they don’t want people upset in the by-election, and they’re going to close it afterwards.”

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says there is no Wellsford community health office.

“The best advice that I’ve had is that there’s no facility in Wellsford that is closing, and that is what my officials have told me.”

There is a public health nurse operating out of her own office in Wellsford.

The local DHB’s deputy director of funding, Tim Wood, says she’s not going anywhere.

“The DHB has no intention to discontinue their role, and they will be based in Wellsford on an ongoing basis.”

Tim Wood says the DHB is looking into extending its services into Wellsford.

Remember the fleet of BMWs that Peters claimed WINZ owned, and scores of other fantasies he has pushed over the years. More recently the sale of Huka Lodge, which was a complete fabrication.