The appointment of Maori to the Auckland and Nelson councils was slated as undemocratic and a portent of similar appointments in other parts of the country.
"Treaty of Waitangi b..." was, he said, partly responsible for driving people to leave this country and settle in Australia.
Maori tribes describing themselves as nations and wanting statehood, self governance, self-determination and possibly their own legal and welfare system would see "New Zealand heading down the path of separate development".
So would the review of New Zealand's constitution, something Mr Peters told an audience of about 60 mainly elderly people was happening "behind closed doors" with the backing of Prime Minister John Key.
National, Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party had all encouraged inequality, separatism and divisiveness, he said, while New Zealand First stood firmly for the principle of one law for all and one person, one vote.
The fortunes of Mr Peters and his party have been fading since 2005. He lost his Tauranga seat that year but was returned to Parliament as a list MP with six colleagues. In 2008, the party won neither an electorate seat nor passed the 5% voter threshold to ensure it any places in the House.
As of last week, New Zealand First was polling at below 3%, although a poll result on the party's website yesterday listed its support at 7.8%.
Mr Peters yesterday urged supporters not to believe the polls and political pundits who were predicting an easy win for National on November 26.
"The results of this election could be a lot closer than the so-called experts are picking. Don't forget that 17 days is a long time in politics."
