‘But sometimes, it’s a case of getting checked – or die. Harden up!’ When Sir Peter Leitch first received a letter telling him he was to be knighted, he thought they’d sent it to the wrong bloke.
“I was in Wellington and I bumped into [former Prime Minister] John Key,” he recalls.
“I said, ‘You can’t make me knight, I’m not Sir material. I’m rude, I’m loud, I swear like a trooper.’ And he said to me, ‘We’ll take you for what you do in the community.’”
And ever since, Peter (73) has used his unique, brash and colourful character to do just that. The Mad Butcher, along with legendary entertainer Frankie Stevens (68) and MasterChef champion Brett McGregor (44), have gathered together in aid of Blue September, which raises…