Winston Peters

Well, you know, sooner or later you are into campaign mode.

We're six months away from the election.

And if it hasn't happened now, then perhaps we should put it to the New Zealand people and tell them,

to give us the tools when we finish the job.

And that's what we're seeking to do now.

We've worked really hard.

We've kept ourselves focused on the real issues in this country.

The polls are rising for us.

And this is going to be a seminal inflection election.

Make no bones about it.

New Zealand have to decide whether they're going to go with the two old parties.

that have staggered on with failure for 40 years and we're going to do something dramatically new.

The reality is we have to know, despite all those circumstances and all the personalities involved, the public expect us to provide a stable government, but stable government doing sound things.

Well, if the grocery commissioner stays, he or she is going to have to dramatically renew powers with speed and precision so that when they find things go wrong, the change happens within 24 hours, not 24 years.

Well, no, they haven't got the power.

And frankly, the sad thing about New Zealand is we've got so many bodies like that, the Bankers Commission.

My job is to focus on what my party's doing and how we're going to do things going forward, not talk about other political parties.

Because in the end, the masters of that decision...

Well, right about then, Mike, he's not quitting, is he?

Well, no, I hope he's not.