In mid-February Winston Peters MP, the part-Maori leader of the "New Zealand First" Party, gave a speech in the Howick area of Auckland, where many Chinese live. In his speech Peters spoke out against immigration, as he has continued to do since then.
二月中旬起，有毛利人血統的紐西蘭第一黨黨魁彼得斯，受邀到奧克蘭華人聚居的「豪域」區演講，卻公然發表反移民言論。