Winston PetersNew Zealand First leader Winston Peters has lodged defamation proceedings against MediaWorks over comments by TV show host Mark Richardson. ‘‘I’m not going to have people defaming me in this campaign,’’ he told Newsroom. The guy likened me to white pus and cancer cells and what have you, and I thought, ‘Sorry, I’m not taking that. I’m suing you’. It’s all filed.’’Newshub chief news officer Hal Crawford countered on Thursday night, saying Mr Peters was trying to shut down legitimate satire and opinion in an election year.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 17, 2017 21:33 UTC