Peters said that New Zealand had taken in Vietnamese refugees "as an act of charity," but had ended up facing a crime wave. In Howick, he claims, one flashy house after another has been built, but they are inhabited by children who most of the time have no adults there to look after them, because apart from buying the houses their parents have no connection whatsoever with New Zealand.
他說，當年紐西蘭「慈悲為懷」收容的越南難民，如今卻在幹偷兒的勾當；豪域區建起一棟棟外型耀眼的豪宅，裡面住的往往是沒有大人照顧的孩子，他們的父母除了買下房子以外，和這個國家沒有一點關係。