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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LGNZ’s ‘Inclusive Campaigning Guidelines’ Must Be Withdrawn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 >>
Passing Of Former New Zealand First MP Richard Prosser
Sunday, 12 June 2022, 1:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
It is with sadness that we have learnt of the sudden passing in the UK of former New Zealand First Member of Parliament Richard Prosser. Richard represented New Zealand First as a list MP based in Waimakariri between 2011 and 2017. Our thoughts and prayers ... More >>
Frontline Prison Officers Have Lost Trust In Corrections Leadership Amid Rising Assault Numbers
Friday, 10 June 2022, 1:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
“In a letter sent from the President of the Corrections Association to the Corrections Chief Executive, it is clear that the frontline officers have lost faith and trust in the department’s leadership and ability to keep them safe,” says Rt Hon Winston ... More >>
Kelvin Davis Must Explain Letter From Corrections Association To Chief Exec.
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 12:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
“A letter which outlines in detail a clear crisis that is unfolding within corrections and the system failing at keeping guards safe has been sent from the union to the department’s chief executive,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand ... More >>
Nanaia Mahuta Must Address Accusations Of Nepotism
Friday, 27 May 2022, 11:16 am | New Zealand First Party
“Accusations of nepotism being levelled at a cabinet minister must be addressed,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “Questions have been raised about Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta having close family members appointed ... More >>
Winston Peters: Address To Otago University NZ Foreign Policy Class
Monday, 23 May 2022, 1:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
Thank you for your invitation to close this semester for your class. There was a time when foreign policy was nonpolitical and when politicians held the view, that offshore, we would face the world as one people. Sadly, that is not the case today ... More >>
Winston Peters - Budget 2022
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 4:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
It's a 'cost of living crisis' not a 'spending on living crisis'. Throwing more and more money at a black-hole for kiwis to spend is akin to the famous saying: "...it's like standing in a bucket and trying to pull yourself up by the handle." More >>
Maori Party Is ‘The Pot Calling The Kettle White’
Friday, 13 May 2022, 2:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The Māori Party announcing that they are not standing in the Tauranga by-election because it is a ‘safety issue’ due to ‘racism’ is a ridiculous insult to the voters and just plain wrong,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand ... More >>
Winston Peters: Mallard Must Immediately Face Vote Of No Confidence
Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 4:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
The debacle we have witnessed over the past few days created by Trevor Mallard’s dictatorial and bullyboy behaviour, is just another in a long list of examples of his unsuitability to remain in his role as Speaker. Today in his press release he ... More >>
Mallard’s Wrongful Actions Must Be Held To Account
Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 2:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
After being contacted by the media, and checking my emails, not the doorstep, I have learnt that the trespass notice issued to me has been withdrawn as at 1:39pm today. It should not have taken the threat of a judicial review for the speaker to ... More >>
Peters Announces Judicial Review Action
Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 10:32 am | New Zealand First Party
After carefully considering advice from my lawyers, I have decided to seek a judicial review of the decision made by Trevor Mallard to trespass me from parliament grounds. This is not about whether former Members of Parliament should be treated differently ... More >>
Mallard's Precinct Decision Loses The Plot
Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 11:52 am | New Zealand First Party
I have found out that the Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard, has trespassed me from parliament grounds for a period of two years. This dictatorial behaviour by Mallard, supported by Labour, should be reserved for third world banana republics. ... More >>
