How Peters rated as PM

As his time as acting prime minister draws to a close, Winston Peters has received mixed reviews from his political colleagues.

Peters will hand back the reins early tomorrow morning when his plane takes off for Singapore and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s six weeks of maternity leave ends.

The man himself has said his time at the top had been ‘‘very good’’ – but refused to rate himself out of 10, saying that would be an ‘‘invitation to immodesty’’.

National leader Simon Bridges also refused to rate Peters out of 10 but said Peters had ignored the big issues to chase down side issues and damage our relationships with our biggest trading partners.

‘‘The guy has bumbled along as I predicted he would. It hasn’t been amazing, it hasn’t been absolutely terrible,’’ Bridges said.

He also suggested Peters’ description on Sky News of internals polls that had the coalition parties 20 points ahead of National were bogus, saying the public polls that came out soon would look quite different.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson happily gave the Peters a nine out of 10.

‘‘He’d never give himself a 10 because we know modesty would prevent that, but I’d give him a nine out of 10, I think he’s done a great job,’’ Robertson said.

Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi gave him 11, clearly misunderstanding the idea of a 10-point scale.

Justice Minister Andrew Little gave him a nine out of 10, while fellow NZ First MP Shane Jones gave Peters a solid 10 out of 10.

‘‘The guy has bumbled along as I predicted he would.’’

Simon Bridges