15 May 2018

Winston Peters as Acting PM

From Afternoons, 1:16 pm on 15 May 2018

Today we find out some of the protocols that are in effect when the country has an Acting Prime Minister. The deputy PM and leader of NZ First Winston Peters will step into the role for six weeks, an unusually long period of time for an Acting PM to be in charge. Constitutional law expert Andrew Geddis explains what could go wrong or right and what the Opposition could have up their sleeve for this time.