It was a fiery afternoon in Parliament, with Winston Peters filling the hot seat.

Prime Minister Chris Luxon is out of the country to attend his daughter's graduation in Australia.

ZB political editor Jason Walls says Winston stuck to his usual habits of insulting political rivals and referencing himself in the third person.

"You can imagine the smile on his face when he was saying all this in the House, he was really back in his element in Question Time today."

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