Also from the Herald on Sunday editorial
A sure sign that a politician is losing the plot is when he or she starts blaming the media for a slump in the polls. Winston Peters' default position throughout his political life has been that the media prevents the truth about his political genius from reaching the eyes and ears of the nation. But when the political polls have turned against him, he has never blamed the messenger. Rather he has smiled inscrutably and - thus far at least - delivered the numbers that count, at the ballot box.
It remains to be seen whether New Zealand First, currently polling well below the five-per-cent threshold, will be rescued by its leader's recapture of Tauranga
