Fran O’Sullivan : Refusal to speak on donation row raises doubts on would-be consul – New Zealand First leader Winston Peters will simply be playing to the crowd if he bangs on again about “slothful, indolent, lying” journalists at his party’s annual conference this weekend.
There is nothing NZ First supporters… [NZ Politics]
A very intersting article from Fran this morning about Winston, Owen and political smear merchants. Worth a read. Though I think events have overtaken Fran’s article which was clearly written and sent to press before Winston’s little tui moment yesterday.

As much at home writing editorials as being the subject of them, Cam has won awards, including the Canon Media Award for his work on the Len Brown/Bevan Chuang story. When he’s not creating the news, he tends to be in it, with protagonists using the courts, media and social media to deliver financial as well as death threats.
They say that news is something that someone, somewhere, wants kept quiet. Cam Slater doesn’t do quiet and, as a result, he is a polarising, controversial but highly effective journalist who takes no prisoners.
He is fearless in his pursuit of a story.
Love him or loathe him, you can’t ignore him.
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