Winston on Labour

The Herald reports:

NZ First leader Winston Peters has ruled out – kind of – working with the Labour Party after the 2023 election.

Peters made a speech attacking Labour for its co-governance policies. The speech ended with Peters saying he would “never” work with any party “whose policies threaten … fundamental rights” – a hint that Labour would have to drop those policies if he were to work with them after the next election. …

Speaking to the Herald, Peters would not explicitly rule out Labour, but implied it would be very difficult to work with the party again.

“We were in government for three years. There were matters which were clearly not disclosed to me or my party – He Puapua and going to Ihumatao.

“Since the election you have seen the emergence of what are clearly race-based policies and a pathway to apartheid – there’s no other word for it.

“They’ve ruled themselves out as far as we’re concerned,” Peters said of Labour.

Winston’s best chance of making it back is through opposition to co-governance. But to succeed, he will need to convince people that he won’t put Labour and Greens into power again, as he did in 2017.