26-10-2023, 10:10 AM
You have to wonder about this - he surely can't have forgotten but either he genuinely had or perhaps his age is catching up with him. Eother way, he'll never admit to getting it wrong.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...pms-office
"NZ First leader Winston Peters has accused former prime minister Dame Jacinda Ardern of "an appalling lack of transparency" over what she knew about the 15 March terror attacks before they happened.
At a press conference on 16 March, one day after the attacks took place, Ardern explained her office was sent the terrorist's manifesto minutes before the first shots were fired.
In a second tweet on Wednesday night, Peters said he himself had not been informed at the time, but that the information was made public at a press conference.
Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni said the tweets were "a bit bizarre" and incorrect, and called for an apology from the NZ First leader.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...pms-office
"NZ First leader Winston Peters has accused former prime minister Dame Jacinda Ardern of "an appalling lack of transparency" over what she knew about the 15 March terror attacks before they happened.
However, a spokesperson for the prime minister's office said the tweet from Peters was "clearly inaccurate". A timeline of what Ardern knew - and when - was reported widely at the time, and also addressed at a press conference the day after the attacks.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday evening, Peters said: "We waited until today to find out, for the first time, that the Prime Minister's Office received information about the March 15 terrorist attack before the massacre took place.
At a press conference on 16 March, one day after the attacks took place, Ardern explained her office was sent the terrorist's manifesto minutes before the first shots were fired.
"I was one of more than 30 recipients of a manifesto that was mailed out nine minutes before the attack took place," she said.
"It did not include a location, it did not include specific details. I'm advised that within two minutes of its receipt in at least my office, it was conveyed directly to Parliamentary security."
In a second tweet on Wednesday night, Peters said he himself had not been informed at the time, but that the information was made public at a press conference.
Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni said the tweets were "a bit bizarre" and incorrect, and called for an apology from the NZ First leader.
"I would hope that Winston Peters would apologise for those tweets because they are pushing misinformation," she told RNZ’s First Up on Thursday morning
A spokesperson for the prime minister said Peters' tweet was completely inaccurate and he "should remove the tweet and post a correction".RNZ has asked Peters for comment."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)