Party leader Winston Peters has addressed a gathering of party faithful at New Zealand First’s 32nd annual general meeting, saying – if elected – it would made Kiwisaver compulsory.
In his brief opening remarks on Saturday, Peters predicted “massive political victory” next year, with the 2026 elections in sight.
On Sunday, an estimated one thousand people turned up at the meeting in Palmerston North’s Distinction Hotel for Peters’ keynote speech.
New Zealand was suffering from a fire sale of our banks, energy and dairy companies, which are now under offshore control, he said.
Part of New Zealand First’s response would be to reform Kiwisaver.
The two-day event was planned for wider party membership to vote on 55 policy remits, and hear from four guest speakers and the leadership.
Security has been stepped up for this year’s event, with guards in hi-vis keeping tabs on those coming in, after the party conference was interrupted last year by Palestine protesters.
Winston Peters addresses the NZ First conference.
Photo: RNZ/Russell Palmer
Guest speakers included Australian senator Jacinta Price, who railed against the Voice to Parliament, union organiser Dennis Maga criticising ACT Party changes to contract law and Save Women’s Sport Australasia’s Ro Edge opposing trans ideology.
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