Winston Peters was out on the election campaign trail on Friday, trying to shrug off his party donations row.
But questions about that, plus the Serious Fraud Office, followed the New Zealand First leader to Dunedin, where he was campaigning.
Giving a speech at Otago University, he railed against the SFO, saying it was out to get New Zealand First and he threatened to dish out more dirt.
"No doubt about it. Look it will emerge very very soon because there will be an action taken with respect to the Serious Fraud Office that will make it clear what they have been doing," says Peters.
And the minister in charge of the SFO, Michael Cullen, again refused to express confidence in the agency saying he had no further comment on whether there was more evidence that the SFO had acted inappropriately.
But Peters did try his best to step away from the donations saga, going into charm mode and trying to shore up votes.
He called on students to 'Save Grandma, Vote NZ First', but it did not look like his message was being lapped up by the demographic, with the biggest applause reserved for a streaker.
Peters is trying to boost his 1.8% in recent polls.
But there is good news for the embattled NZ First leader.
The New Zealand Morgan opinion poll showed NZ First up 2.5% to 5%, the threshold needed for the party to return to Parliament.
But those numbers could change when he gets the verdict of the Privileges' Committee next week.
