Taxpayers foot $12,000 bill for Peters' farewell bash – an event he didn't even want
Tue, 23 Feb 2021, 3:50PM
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters was at the event and used his speech to sing the praises of New Zealand's Foreign Ministry. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Taxpayers foot $12,000 bill for Peters' farewell bash – an event he didn't even want
It's an event that, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta, Peters did not even want.
But it went ahead nonetheless, with a group of roughly 100 MPs, diplomats, their spouses and senior members of the public service in attendance.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was also there, and paid tribute to Peters, her Deputy Prime Minister between 2017 and 2020.