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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1187/
- Published: 2025-04-07T18:30:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-07T18:30:41.000Z
- Description: He retains his natural effervescence and straight-talking persona but admits his memory is fading now at 81.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day, Sport

> Sir Peter Leitch is enjoying a slower pace of life after hanging up his meat cleaver – and is grateful just to be alive[ after health scares ](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/im-just-bloody-grateful-i-woke-up-today-sir-peter-leitch-the-mad-butcher-in-hospital-after-heart-surgery/7JMI2B6OZM3KGAB3OV54UF2LRE/?ref=goodoil.news)had him worried the end of his life was nigh.  
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> Lovingly known as the Mad Butcher, Sir Peter has now largely [stepped away from public life](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/sir-peter-leitch-slows-down/73NK326TOLZQJA75MEX7EAAXDI/?ref=goodoil.news).  
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> He retains his natural effervescence and straight-talking persona but admits his memory is fading now at 81\. And while he’ll be a fan of his beloved New Zealand Warriors “’til the day I die”, he can no longer get to Mt Smart Stadium to watch them as often as he used to.  
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> But don’t try to tell him life’s not what it used to be – Sir Peter told Newstalk ZB’s *Real Life with John Cowan* on Sunday night he has “no problem at all” with retirement.  
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> NZ Herald

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