Conduct unbecoming

Is this appropriate conduct for a Minister of Foreign Affairs?

Contacted for comment yesterday, the party leader, Winston Peters, said: “Phil, I told you I’m not talking to a lying wanker like you. See you.” He then hung up.

That was his response to questions from Dominion post journalist Phil Kitchen about a deposit slip showing $19,998 was deposited into NZ First’s bank account from one or more cheques in December 1999.