14 Aug 2014

Peters in scuffle with heckler

3:02 pm on 14 August 2014

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters got into a scuffle with a heckler during an outdoor rally in the centre of Hamilton.

Winston Peters, right, and the heckler traded insults.

Winston Peters, right, and the heckler traded insults. Photo: RNZ / Andrew McRae

Mr Peters was addressing a crowd of about 40 people this afternoon when a man came up to the microphone and started yelling at the MP, saying he hadn't been doing anything for two-and-a-half years and calling him a conman.

In reply, Mr Peters called the man gutless and a coward.

At one point, the two shoved each other before a NZ First supporter pushed the heckler away and he walked off.