1: “我可不是在瞎编,小子 。”( I am not making it up,sunshine.)
彼得斯这里应该是指他刚才对前工党政府处理疫情手段的批评。
“Sunshine” 是对绿党华人议员的贬低性称呼,暗指对方年轻、资历尚浅,缺乏经验。
2:“你五分钟前才来这里,还是回你自己的国家去吧。” ( Go back to your own country. You only came here just five minutes ago.)e
彼得斯说绿党华裔议员“五分钟前才来这里”显然是一种夸张说法。Lawrence Xu- Nan 90年代就随父母移民新西兰。他2024年成为绿党国会议员,现在是他的第一届国会议员任期。
3:“回你自己的国家去吧,在那儿他们才睁眼说瞎话呢。但在我们这儿可不兴这一套,听懂了吗?这才是我们说的民主。” (Go back to your own country, that’s where they lie like a flat fish. But they don’t lie like that here, alright, this is what we call democracy. )
这一段恐怕是比较令人费解的一段。其实,Peters在这里玩起来了一语双关的文字游戏,因为”lie”除了平躺,还有“撒谎”的意思。据说,”lie like a flatfish“ 是新西兰俚语。
彼得斯大概认为绿党华裔议员不明白他对前政府的批评,是属于新西兰国会民主政治的范畴。
4:
”这被称为民主,跟你习惯的那套不一样。所以,回你来的那个地方去吧,你这个喋喋不休的家伙。也许,在三个月后你狼狈离开这里之前,你还有时间学一点新西兰政治。”(This is called democracy, unlike what you’re used to. So go back to where you come from, you loud mouth, and maybe you’ll learn something about the politics of New Zealand in time before you go screaming out of here in three months time.”)
上面这段话里,彼得斯显然认为绿党华裔国会议员来自中国,对新西兰的民主政治认识有限。彼得斯用了“loud mouth”这个词,该词有”口无遮拦、喋喋不休、大声嚷嚷“之意,且具有冒犯性。这凸显了他对 Xu – Nan 插话的极度不满和恼怒。
他甚至挖苦这位绿党华裔议员将在三个月后的大选中落败,最后只能灰溜溜地离开国会(go screaming out of here);彼得斯还要对方利用这三个月时间里好好学习新西兰的民主政治。
据当时在国会辩论席现场“目睹了整个过程”的国家党华人议员张隽浩/Carlos Cheung 说, Winston Peters 发言期间,Lawrence Xu-Nan “多次插话打断,现场气氛因此不断升温。” Carlos Cheung表示:“这样的作风并不符合议会应有的辩论方式。”
Announcing The Launch Of PILLAR – Protecting Individual Life, Liberty, And Rights
Monday, 15 September 2025, 10:57 am Press Release: PILLAR
PILLAR is a New Zealand–based civil liberties powerhouse with a vision for a culture that cherishes freedom, a system that prioritises liberty, and a people who recognise the innate value and dignity of one another. Our mission is simple: we stand firm so every New Zealander can stand free.
“We fight for individual liberty by restoring and strengthening the pillars of democracy – freedom of conscience, thought and inquiry, speech, religion, association and assembly, and the right to privacy – through courtroom action, legislative reform, public campaigns, and community mobilisation,” says Executive Director Nathan Seiuli.
“Around the globe, we are witnessing a serious decline in nations that for decades led the way on freedom and liberty. The inability to have difficult conversations, explore unpopular or controversial ideas, growing government overreach, foreign interference, and a diminished regard for individual life are causing deep divisions and pushing democracy and civli liberty backwards.”
“PILLAR is not a think tank or a partisan advocacy group. PILLAR is a principle-first, frontline, rapid-response movement dedicated to Protecting Individual Life, Liberty, and Rights.”
“While some grant rights based on who you are, where you live, who your ancestors were, or when you happen to exist, I see them as immutable, irrecoverable gifts imbued in every individual in light of the imago Dei,” remarked Seiuli.
“We are excited to get stuck into major issues, push for real change, and serve the individuals who call New Zealand home. And hopefully, they will join us in the fight to make New Zealand the freest nation in the world.”