Winston Peters has called the Maori party "pretenders" in his State of the Nation address

The New Zealand First Leader's outlined a pitch to voters -- telling his supporters "things are failing everywhere all at once" and to "take their country back."

In a Q and A session after his speech, Peters took a swipe at Te Pati Maori.

In response to a question, he claims the Maori Party are pretenders -- saying they've been around for a long time and are going nowhere.