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Army Needed To Restore Law And Order In Hawkes Bay Region
Monday, 20 February 2023, 12:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
From Rt Hon Winston Peters It is appalling that during these tragic circumstances in the Hawkes Bay and elsewhere where people have lost their lives and livelihoods, we are now seeing gangs and feral thugs threatening, robbing, stealing, and looting. ... More >>
Cry Havoc And Let Loose The Dogs Of Separatism
Sunday, 4 December 2022, 6:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
Speech by Rt. Hon Winston Peters Leader, NZ First Delivered at a public meeting at Cheval Room, Hawkes Bay Racecourse, Hastings at 1 pm on December 4, 2022. There have been great labour governments in the past and Labour governments that ... More >>
Manukau Harbour incident: Searching will continue today
Monday, 7 November 2022, 7:42 am | New Zealand First Party
Search and rescue operations will continue today on the Manukau Harbour, following the incident yesterday in which a boat capsized. More >>
NZ First: Hamilton-West By election
Wednesday, 2 November 2022, 3:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has considered the Hamilton-West byelection and the circumstances that have led to it. When Members of Parliament stand at elections they promise the electorate to serve them for the next three years. That promise should be kept except ... More >>
Peter’s Action Against Speaker “Justified” With Ruling
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 1:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Wellington High Court has released a ruling stating that Trevor Mallard in his role as Speaker was unreasonable, irrational, and unjustified in trespassing me from parliament. The High Court has highlighted that Mallard's actions amounted to an ... More >>
“Enough Of Failure”
Sunday, 16 October 2022, 7:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt. Hon Winston Peters Public Meeting 2pm 16 October 2022 Latimer Hotel, Christchurch Ladies and Gentlemen. Good afternoon. It’s a personal inspiration to join you all here this afternoon in Christchurch – and to be part of the 29th New Zealand First ... More >>
Co-governance And Separatism
Sunday, 25 September 2022, 6:44 pm | New Zealand First Party
Speech by Rt. Hon Winston Peters, Leader NZ First Good afternoon. It’s great to be back in the Western Bay, and Tauranga in particular, which has had more than its fair share of publicity lately. Thank you for coming out this afternoon in the numbers ... More >>
Co-governance And Separatism
Sunday, 25 September 2022, 6:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
Speech by Rt. Hon Winston Peters, Leader NZ First Good afternoon. It’s great to be back in the Western Bay, and Tauranga in particular, which has had more than its fair share of publicity lately. Thank you for coming out this afternoon in the numbers ... More >>
New Zealand First: Passing Of Queen Elizabeth II
Friday, 9 September 2022, 6:49 am | New Zealand First Party
It is with deep sadness that we hear of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizibeth II. We join with other nations around the world paying tribute to the Queen for her many years of extraordinary service. Respect for the British monarchy owes so much ... More >>
‘Co-governance Is Not Democracy’
Sunday, 21 August 2022, 6:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt. Hon Winston Peters Leader NZ First Public Meeting Warkworth Town Hall 21st August 2022 Good afternoon, and thank you for the invitation to speak to you this afternoon. And thank you for taking time out in your busy lives to be here. ... More >>
In Response To Willie Jackson’s Desperate Co-governance Diatribe
Tuesday, 9 August 2022, 5:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
The recent diatribe by Minister of Māori Development Willie Jackson which slams the ‘one person, one vote’ outrage is alarming not only for its content but its ignorance of history, facts, and the essence of democracy. He claims that the recently ... More >>
Winston Peters: Challenge To Willie Jackson To Debate His Co-governance Diatribe
Tuesday, 9 August 2022, 3:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
Yesterday Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson decided to write an opinion piece in the NZHerald that tries to justify the Labour Party’s push for apartheid in our country via co-governance. The fact that Willie loudly announced that New ... More >>
Unelected Ngai Tahu On Environment Canterbury Is A Dismantling Of Democracy
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 11:36 am | New Zealand First Party
"At a time when many Maori, like many other Kiwis, suffer from a crisis in housing, health, first world education, and decent wages, Labour is busy dismantling New Zealand’s democracy,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. ... More >>
Press Statement: Rt Hon Winston Peters
Monday, 1 August 2022, 1:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
It is said that the “malady of the ignorant is to be ignorant without knowing it”. And so it has emerged in the commentariat of self-appointed experts on the issue of Electoral Law and its requirements in this country. That law of course has ... More >>
Maori Ward Legislation – Removal Of Democracy By Stealth
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 10:34 am | New Zealand First Party
“Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s move to make it mandatory for councils to consider introducing Maori Wards is unconstitutional and depicts a seismic shift in our democracy,” says Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “This is ... More >>
LGNZ’s ‘Inclusive Campaigning Guidelines’ Must Be Withdrawn
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 1:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Local Government New Zealand has released one of the most out of touch and divisive pieces of social engineering that represents all that is wrong with this current government,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “They have ... More >>
Innocent Again
Friday, 22 July 2022, 2:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
Hon Winston Peters From the moment these spurious allegations were first raised and then perpetuated by many in the media, day after day, and month after month, I maintained that there had been no wrongdoing. Today the High Court confirmed that ... More >>
Andrea Vance On Coalition Negotiations – Fiction Not Fact
Monday, 18 July 2022, 11:33 am | New Zealand First Party
It is said the “trouble with publishing is that too many people with half a mind to write a book, do so”. Or as Winston Churchill would put it, the trouble with Andrea Vance and reality is that they are separated by the English language. Words ... More >>
Press Statement: Rt Hon Winston Peters On The Passing Of Former PM Of Japan Shinzo Abe
Saturday, 9 July 2022, 5:27 am | New Zealand First Party
It is with great sorrow that we have learnt of the passing of the former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. Shinzo Abe was Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister and his presence and influence was critically important to Japan's leadership on the ... More >>
Mallard Resignation A Cover-up
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 1:41 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The reason given by the Prime Minister for Speaker Trevor Mallard’s resignation is not the full truth and can be nothing other than an attempted cover-up,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “On the 25th May the Speaker ... More >>
