New poll suggests voters unfazed by Govt Budget as Winston Peters nears Luxon and Hipkins in preferred PM

The Government’s Budget had little impact on voter sentiment, according to a poll which has returned a similar result ...

Winston Peters

The latest news and top stories on Winston Peters, a veteran New Zealand politician. Known for founding and leading the New ...

Winston Peters asks officials to 'express concern' with Chinese counterparts over MP travel bans

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has expressed surprise that four MPs have been banned from China for a year after visiting ...

‘Budget leak’: Winston Peters confirms fees-free university scheme to be scrapped

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the fees-free university scheme will be scrapped in the upcoming Budget. Peters described his revelation that the scheme would be canned as a “Budget leak” ...
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Four NZ MPs banned from China for visiting Taiwan, Winston Peters instructs officials to 'express concern'

Laura McClure of ACT, Maureen Pugh of National, Duncan Webb of Labour and David Wilson of NZ First went to Taiwan in May on a ...

Perspective with Andrew Dickens: Here's one thing we shouldn't forget about Winston Peters

Secretly, I think Nicola Willis and Winston Peters are enjoying their performative scrap against each other. Their war of ...

Budget 2026: Willis' superannuation comments an 'unfortunate mistake' says Winston Peters

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the Finance Minister made an "unfortunate mistake" when she made comments about ...
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Factbox: New Zealand First politician Winston Peters, set to decide New Zealand's next government

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Winston Peters - a colourful, populist figure who rails against immigration - is poised to determine New Zealand's next government after a hotly contested election left neither ...
The Conversation

Winston Peters back in the driver’s seat for coalition negotiations

Here we go again. The final results of this year’s election have delivered two more seats to te Pati Māori, thereby increasing the size of New Zealand’s 54th Parliament to 123 seats (once the Port ...