Just who has it in for Winston?

The past two weekends have seen two damning articles for New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters.

First the Dominion Post revealed that Parlimentary Staffer Tommy Gear was the over-entuastic supporter who displayed unauthorised signs in Tauranga. But more interesting was the questions that relate to Tommy Gear's employment and duties, and the reports that many within NZ First do not know what Tommy Gear does.

Secondly the New Zealand Herald published leaked emails that appear to confirm that Monaco based Billionaire Owen Glenn made a donation to NZ First - contradicting denials made earler this year by Winston Peters with his infamous "No" sign. (As an aside, you have to wonder why TVNZ Reporter Guyon Espiner kept that sign - did he suspect it would come back to haunt Mr Peters? What does that say about the integrity of the NZ First leader!)

The allegations are very damning to a politician who has long campaigned against hidden donations and has accused other politicians and parties of secret deals to enrich their 'mates'. You can only suspect that the two leaks are unrelated but are an orchestrated leak by a disgruntled member of the senior NZ First heirachy. And you wonder if this is it, or if there are more revelations to come!