\u201cWe\u2019ve got to make sure that Kaikohe\u2019s law and order was enhanced very, very quickly,\u201d Peters said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t want to talk about it, but I had talked about this to another foreign country on this matter, and they are still talking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Winston Peters gave a wide-ranging speech during a public meeting in Orewa on Sunday. Photo \/ Dean Purcell.<\/p>\n
Peters said the conversation with the foreign country began seven years ago and claimed the country was still mulling it over.<\/p>\n
Asked why Kaikohe\u2019s crime level influenced whether an airport should be built, Peters said: \u201cWell, no one\u2019s coming unless they know it\u2019s a peaceful society.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kaikohe is less than a 30-minute drive from the airport in Kerikeri.<\/p>\n
Asked whether there would be enough traffic to the region to sustain two airports so close, Peters replied: \u201cThat wasn\u2019t the purpose of why they were opening the airport.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s all I\u2019m going to say. I\u2019ll tell you sometime after the election.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peters suggests prisoners could reduce sentences by working in forests<\/p>\n
Elsewhere during his final public meeting of the election campaign, he said NZ First was going to make \u201cdramatic\u201d changes to taxes, saying that New Zealand used to be a \u201cstandout economy\u201d. <\/p>\n
When people talk about driving wages down, \u201cI cry for the country\u201d, he said. <\/p>\n
Speaking about Greens co-leader Chl\u00f6e Swarbrick wanting to be Finance Minister, Peters said she has good points, \u201cbut that doesn\u2019t cut it\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s your record on running an economy?\u201d he asked of her.<\/p>\n