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"One Clarion Call" - Winston Peters' Speech At The New Zealand First's 32nd Annual General Meeting
Sunday, 7 September 2025, 3:45 pm | New Zealand First Party
Today we meet, here, in public, in Palmerston North, as a political movement in revival with boundless prospects ahead of us, strong, visionary, whilst being driven by this most elusive quality in politics – ‘Plain Common Sense’, says Winston Peters, ... More >>
New Zealand First Introduces Bill To Protect Against ‘Digital ID’ Overreach
Tuesday, 2 September 2025, 10:03 am | New Zealand First Party
The Identification (Protection of Physical Identification Methods) Bill mandates that organisations accept passports, driver licences, 18+ cards, school IDs, and other prescribed physical documents whenever proof of age or identity is required. More >>
NZ First Bill Legislates “New Zealand” As Official Name Of Country In Law
Friday, 1 August 2025, 10:14 am | New Zealand First Party
“Over the past few years, we have had a bunch of unelected bureaucrats, officials, government departments, and politicians trying to change our country’s name by stealth - with no permission or consent from the people” says Rt Hon Winston Peters ... More >>
NZ First Introduces Bill To Protect New Zealanders’ Ability To Use Cash
Tuesday, 8 July 2025, 10:37 am | New Zealand First Party
The Bill acknowledges that cash is a critical tool for vulnerable populations like those inrural communities, the elderly, and low-income earners who may experience barriers to digital banking. More >>
NZ First Bill: Only Official New Zealand Flag To Fly On Government Buildings
Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 12:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
The “Display of Flags (Government Premises) Bill” would restrict flags being displayed on Crown buildings, local authority properties, and state schools to the official flag of New Zealand. More >>
Resignation Of New Zealand First List MP, Tanya Unkovich
Friday, 27 June 2025, 2:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the New Zealand First caucus, party members, and in particular the Rt Hon Winston Peters for his strong leadership and commitment towards a greater New Zealand. More >>
New Zealand First Introduces Bill Defining ‘Woman’ And ‘Man’ In Law
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 10:32 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is the only party that campaigned on keeping men out of women’s sports, keeping men out of women's and girl's changing rooms, and we have received two petitions this term calling for protecting the term ‘woman’ in legislation. More >>
NZ First Introduces Bill That Gives Democracy Back To The People
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 11:37 am | New Zealand First Party
The “Conscience Acts Referendums Bill” will require that any legislation deemed as a “conscience Act” by the Speaker of the House, once debated and voted on by parliament, will be put to a public referendum at the next election so it is the ... More >>
Winston Peters' State Of The Nation - 'Make New Zealand First Again'
Sunday, 23 March 2025, 2:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
Ever since the formation of New Zealand First, under First Past the Post and before the arrival of MMP, we have stood for the sovereignty of New Zealand citizens in our own country. More >>
NZ First Introduces Bill To Remove Woke 'DEI' Regulations From Public Service
Friday, 7 March 2025, 11:46 am | New Zealand First Party
“This Bill would put an end to the woke left-wing social engineering and diversity targets in the public sector. New Zealand is a country founded on meritocracy not on some mind-numbingly stupid ideology” says New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters. More >>
Democracy Matters
Thursday, 13 February 2025, 1:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
Individual democratically elected Councillors are not only being threatened with huge fines, they are now being threatened with imprisonment – all for disagreeing with a foolish law change and forcing Wellington-based bureaucrats to act. More >>
NZ First Introduces Bill To Fight ‘Woke Banks’
Monday, 10 February 2025, 2:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
This Bill amends the Financial Markets Act 2022 to remove the ESG Framework’s stranglehold on corporations. More >>
Court Of Appeal Ruling: SFO Methods “Overreach, Unlawful, Oppressive”
Friday, 29 November 2024, 5:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
The outcome of this ruling shines a spotlight on the operation of the SFO, its current ongoing investigations, and also questions their methods, authority, and overreach for previous investigations. More >>
New Zealand First Member’s Bill To Improve Access To Palliative Care
Friday, 18 October 2024, 12:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
The ‘Improving Access to Palliative Care Bill’ seeks to guarantee that every New Zealander has the right to receive high-quality palliative care whenever it is needed. More >>
Rt Hon Winston Peters: As Promised – We Are Taking Back Our Country
Sunday, 13 October 2024, 3:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
To our members here today, when you go home from this meeting please thank your wives your husbands and your children, for the sacrifices you have all made to be part of a great political movement. More >>
NZ First Invokes 'Agree To Disagree' On New Covid Royal Commission
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 1:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First’s position from the beginning of discussions, has been to stop the current Royal Commission altogether and start a new, broader, independent, and public inquiry. We have consistently advocated for this position. More >>
Banking Inquiry On Its Way
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 1:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First campaigned to take on foreign owned banks, and we committed to that in our coalition agreement by ensuring the inquiry has a broad and deep criteria that focuses on competitiveness, customer services, and profitability. More >>
Responsible Budgeting
Saturday, 1 June 2024, 1:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
The coalition government’s Budget 2024 was released on Thursday, and New Zealand First is celebrating the crucial policy initiatives we secured. More >>
New Zealand First Member’s Bill To Protect Freedom Of Speech
Friday, 24 May 2024, 1:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
The “Protection of Freedom of Expression Bill” will ensure that no organisation or individual, when acting within the law, is unreasonably denied use of a public venue for an organised event or gathering due solely to holding a differing opinion ... More >>
New Zealand First Member’s Bill To Protect Women’s Spaces
Friday, 10 May 2024, 1:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
The ‘Fair Access to Bathrooms Bill’ will require, primarily in the interest and safety of women and girls, that all new non-domestic publicly accessible buildings provide separate, clearly demarcated, unisex and single sex bathrooms. More >>
