As another month of 2024 rolls out, another semi-famous foreigner lawyers up to commence defamation proceedings against Winston Peters, New Zealand’s deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister.
Last month it was ’90s UK band Chumbawamba investigating legal remedies*; yesterday it was former Australian foreign affairs minister and premier Bob Carr. Because as the song says, when you get knocked down, you defame again. Or something to that effect.
Yesterday during an interview on Radio New Zealand’s morning report, Peters made a series of comments about Bob Carr, asserting
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