Your letters - Winnie the Kid

 

I have noticed a clip in TV with Winston Peters sitting on a horse dressed in what looks like oil-skin riding gear. First off, I thought he was trying to imitate “Billy the Kid” a well-known mischief-maker from the “Wild West” days. Then I suspected this was pretty apt as Billy lives on as a folk story from days gone by.

 While I am also unsure of the future status of our own “Winny the Kid” I am sure that some of his current statements do not ring true.

Northland electorate may decide the next government

With both major political parties running neck-and-neck in the opinion polls, the Northland Electorate may determine who becomes the government on 14 October.  The seat is currently held by Labour’s Willow-Jean Prime, who won it from the then National Party MP Matt King. Although King retained the seat on election night, that was overturned after the counting of the special votes, giving Prime a paper-thin margin of just 163 votes! 

Matt King is again contesting the seat, but this time as the leader of a new party, Democracy NZ. He is up against Shane Jones from NZ First, and National’s Grant McCallum, a farmer from Maungaturoto.