Peters still going strong after 24 years

Tauranga MP Winston Peters is in training to get fighting fit for the next general election - shedding 10kg on a strict diet.
The elder statesman of New Zealand politics has swapped high protein food for fish and greens in an effort to weigh 86kg - the same as when he was playing rugby.
Mr Peters, the New Zealand First leader, has become one of Parliament's longest serving members but as each day passes he's feeling younger and more enthusiastic.
"I've still got a bit more weight to lose but I'm fitter than I have been for a long time," he said. "I decided I wanted to get fit and closely watch my diet because I am looking forward to this next election.
"It will be different to any I've been involved in since founding New Zealand First (in 1993)"' Mr Peters said.
``The polls are looking good and we are getting the reward for being a highly disciplined and organised party.
"I've also told the party president (Doug Woolerton) to lose nine kilos and get fit and ready for the election."
Now he's on a healthy diet does that mean he's shrugging off the Minister of Courtenay Place tag?
Said Mr Peters: "I don't worry about those comments. The simple reality is we can't get a meal after 8.30pm and Parliament doesn't rise till 10.30pm. What are you going to do - starve?"
Mr Peters, who will be fighting his 10th election campaign this year, is also feeling healthier after finally having a shoulder reconstruction in December.
"I put it down to an accident I had on a boat on a rough day two years ago. As soon as I stopped working the shoulder would start up."
He had a steel pin inserted in his right shoulder and the muscles were sewn back on. Another month of physiotherapy will see him fully recovered.
When the former Speaker of the House Jonathan Hunt resigns from Parliament on March 31 to become the High Commissioner to London, Mr Peters in the current crop will be the second longest serving politician behind Richard Prebble.
The former Labour minister and ACT leader, Mr Prebble has spent 27 years in Parliament.
Mr Peters has completed nearly 24 years and is six months ahead of Prime Minister Helen Clark and deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen.
Mr Hunt is standing down after 39 years in Parliament - first being elected as the MP for New Lynn in 1966.
Mr Peters entered Parliament as the MP for Hunua in 1978 and lost the seat three years later. But in the snap election of 1984 Mr Peters won the Tauranga seat and he has held it ever since.
Mr Hunt has described Mr Peters as a supreme showman.