Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has again taken a swing at media during a photo opportunity for the first Cabinet meeting of the new government.
Peters had on Monday responded to a question about removing te reo Māori from government department names with an accusation that RNZ and TVNZ were not independent, before saying “you can’t defend $55 million of bribery”.
The remark was a reference to the Public Interest Journalism Fund (PIJF), a three-year $55m contestable fund for journalists initially established to shore up public interest media during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Winston Peters at the announcement of the new coalition deals on Friday.
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Media were invited to the start of a ceremonial first Cabinet meeting on Tuesday afternoon and used the opportunity to ask Prime Minister Christopher Luxon…
