Winston Peters asked about 1% back office savings

Checkpoint

A massive document dump of Budget advice and correspondence lay bare the tussle that took place over potential cuts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. You'll remember all ministries were asked to find back-office savings of either 6.5 or 7.5 percent. But MFAT, overseen by Winston Peters offered up less than one percent and Treasury wasn't impressed. The Foreign Minister was asked today how he got away with it, deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Lisa Owen.