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'Give Whangarei And Northland A Fair Go'
Monday, 31 July 2023, 10:30 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt. Hon Winston Peters Public Meeting 1pm Sunday 30th 2023 Level 2 Lounge Semenoff Stadium 51 Okara Drive Whangārei Good afternoon and thank you for being here in such numbers. It’s great to announce the candidacy of Gavin Benney an experienced ... More >>
New Zealand First Announces Casey Costello As Candidate For 2023 Election
Monday, 24 July 2023, 11:21 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has demonstrated their commitment to defending democracy and equality before the law with their candidate announcement of Casey Costello. Casey has been a spokesperson for Hobson’s Pledge for the last seven years and has been instrumental ... More >>
'Let’s Take Back Our Country'
Monday, 24 July 2023, 11:20 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Convention Rt. Hon Winston Peters 2pm Sunday 23rd 2023 Mt Smart Stadium Eastern Lounge Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you for being here, at New Zealand First’s campaign launch. 81 days before Election Day, 69 days before Early Voting ... More >>
NZ First Convention Opening Address by Rt. Hon Winston Peters
Saturday, 22 July 2023, 1:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Holiday Inn Auckland Airport 2 Ascot Rd Māngere Good morning and welcome to our 30th Convention, four days after out 30th Birthday on the 18th of July. These are difficult economic times with costs rising everywhere so our sincere gratitude ... More >>
Freedom Of Speech Facing Biggest Threat
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 1:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First’s stance has always been that the government has no place in the nation’s bedrooms. But what has happened today is breathtaking and a serious assault on this country’s democracy and points to a disastrous interference in ... More >>
“Our Country Is Broke - Of Ideas”
Sunday, 16 July 2023, 5:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters Public Meeting The Atrium, 252 Otumoetai Road, Tauranga 1pm, Sunday,16 July 2023 Good afternoon, thank you for the chance to speak with you today. It is a real pleasure to return to Tauranga, the birthplace of the ... More >>
“Northland Needs Performance Not Promise”
Sunday, 9 July 2023, 2:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
Good afternoon it’s a pleasure to return to Dargaville, the heart of the Northern Wairoa, with colleague the Hon Shane Jones, our candidate for Northland. Northland as you know, had for decades become a ‘Cinderella’ in New Zealand politics and ... More >>
“15 October. New World In The Morning?”
Sunday, 2 July 2023, 2:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters Public Meeting Napier War Memorial Centre, 48 Marine Parade, Napier 1pm, 2nd July 2023 “15 October. New World In The Morning?” Good afternoon, thank you for being at this War Memorial Centre and for the chance to speak to you ... More >>
Enforce, Not Dilute The Law
Monday, 26 June 2023, 12:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
Winston Peters Labour have made it clear that the law-and-order strategy they are committing to is the same strategy they have had over the past few years that has created our country’s current state of lawlessness – empty the prisons, put offenders ... More >>
'Past Performance Not Future Promises'
Sunday, 25 June 2023, 4:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
Good afternoon and thank you for the chance to speak with you today. We meet here today at the centre of the Otago Province - a lifeline to New Zealand particularly in the critical economic circumstances of Covid -19 three years ago. In that year, ... More >>
Commerce Commission Banking Inquiry Labour’s ‘Peak Faux-outrage’
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 10:28 am | New Zealand First Party
Last year the Australian owned banks operating in New Zealand had profits of $7.15 billion, this year it will be on track to be even more excessive because of the interest rates going up. An announcement from Labour to ‘ask the Commerce Commission’ ... More >>
“An Election – Not An Auction”
Sunday, 18 June 2023, 7:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
Thank you for coming out today in one of Heartland New Zealand’s most successful towns, and for the chance to speak with you. Cambridge is at the centre of the Waikato region with a proud record of creating real wealth in this province and indeed for ... More >>
Andrea Vance And Stuff's Blatant Bias Unravelled - Again
Monday, 12 June 2023, 4:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters Since yesterday I have had a number of calls concerning political 'opinion' columnist Andrea Vance and her article about the role of third parties in the upcoming election. Vance laid bare both her biased narrative and lack of political ... More >>
Labour, Media, Parliament Play Fiddle While New Zealand Burns
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 10:56 am | New Zealand First Party
What is going wrong with this country when a Minister gets punished for stupidity but not for his blatant incompetence? Minister Wood has a history of costing taxpayers millions of dollars with harebrained ideas not least of which include the continually ... More >>
Rt Hon Winston Peters - Latest Electoral Review: More Dangerous Woke Nonsense
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 11:29 am | New Zealand First Party
The Independent Electoral Review out today has included a recommendation to ‘affect the Treaty of Waitangi and its Principles’ and make it one of the Act’s ‘explicit objectives’. What ‘principles’ are they talking about ... More >>
NZ First Secured 1800 New Frontline Police - Not Labour
Thursday, 1 June 2023, 12:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
During New Zealand First coalition negotiations our policy was to train and resource 1800 new frontline police. We secured this coalition policy win to ensure our streets had a police force that could tackle crime - after years of neglect. Remember those ... More >>
Stuff’s ‘Fact Checking’ Is Stuffed
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 1:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
Press Release: Rt Hon Winston Peters Katie Kenny from Stuff published an article today with a lazy attempt at so-called ‘fact checking’ my recent comments on the World Health Organisation’s concerning new regulations being developed. What ... More >>
New Zealand’s Version of ‘Know Nothingism’
Sunday, 28 May 2023, 2:41 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters Public Meeting Marlborough Events Centre Blenheim 1.00pm 28 May 2023 Good afternoon and thank you for taking the time to be here. Blenheim is at the heart of the Marlborough region and an important contributor to New Zealand’s ... More >>
New Zealand First Announces Kaikoura Candidate
Sunday, 28 May 2023, 2:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is pleased to announce Jamie Arbuckle, Marlborough District Councillor, to stand as a candidate for the Kaikoura electorate at this year’s General Election. Jamie Arbuckle is an outstanding contributor to New Zealand First and his local community. ... More >>
W.HO. Director General Seeking Powers To Override Sovereign States
Thursday, 25 May 2023, 1:47 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealanders will be highly concerned that the World Health Organisation proposes to effectively take control of independent decision making away from sovereign countries and place control with the Director General. W.H.O ... More >>
