Winston Peters
Politician
Odds are against drive to humanise robo-GoffIf Labour was to follow the mirror route on the Left it would need first to attack the non-vote, the grumpies who no longer have Winston Peters representing them in the House and perhaps some Greens to shore up Labour's numbers. That -... In this article: Phil Goff, Labour Party, Don Brash, Jim Anderton, John Key, Beneficiary, Hamburger, Tax, and The Dominion Post |
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Wikipedia | September 13, 2008
Malcolm Douglas
...the Labour Party . He represented the Hunua electorate from 25 November 1978 after the 1978 general election , until 24 May 1979, when he was unseated by a decision of the Electoral Court in favour of Winston Peters. The petition involved...
In this article: Malcolm Douglas, Labour Party, Norman Douglas, Roger Douglas, and New Zealand
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The Australian | September 13, 2009
Q+A: Interview with Labour Leader Phil Goff
...make for himself - I'm not about to give him any advice… GUYON: But the voters want to know is there a place for Winston Peters in a few years time to become a part of Government? PHIL: There's a place for anybody who is prepared to work...
In this article: Phil Goff, Labour Party, New Zealand, Recession, John Key, Unemployment, and Chris Trotter
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Jack Elder
...remained with Labour , but Elder was still dissatisfied. On 4 April 1996, Elder left the Labour Party to join New Zealand First, a centrist conservative party led by Winston Peters. In the 1996 elections , Elder was re-elected to Parliament...
In this article: Jack Arnold Elder, New Zealand First, Mike Moore, Labour Party, Minister of Internal Affairs, National Party, Mauri Pacific, Henderson High School, University of Auckland, and Helen Clark
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New Zealand general election, 2008
...seats off Labour: National also won Tauranga off New Zealand First leader Winston Peters in 2005 and the lion's share of the ACT and United parties' core votes (and in the process gained Northcote off Labour). The newly-drawn seat of...
In this article: National Party, Labour Party, New Zealand First, Labour Party, John Key, Helen Clark, and United Future
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Bill Birch
...performed most of the job's key functions. Mike Moore of the Labour Party commented that "we are always impressed when Winston Peters answers questions, because Bill Birch's lips do not move." When the coalition with New Zealand First...
In this article: Minister of Finance, National Party, Bill Birch, New Zealand First, Ruth Richardson, Pukekohe, and Bill English
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Closing the gaps
..., but no longer referred to the policy by that name. In June, 2000, Winston Peters, leader of the New Zealand First party, described the program as "social apartheid". Over the term of the 1999 - 2008 Labour government, social...
In this article: Labour Party, New Zealand First, Labour Party, New Zealand, and Pacific
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Winston Peters
...Waitangi settlements. This message regained much support for both Peters and his party, especially from among the elderly who had in the past backed Winston Peters, and New Zealand First won 10% of the vote and 13 seats. Peters seemed to hope...
In this article: Winston Raymond Peters, New Zealand First, National Party, New Zealand Labour Party, Tauranga, New Zealand, Jim Bolger, Owen Glenn, and Bob Jones
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Tight Five
...four new MPs each pushed Labour into second place. When New Zealand First entered a coalition with National with Peters as deputy prime minister , Henare and Delamere joined Peters in Cabinet . Henare served as minister of Maori affairs and...
In this article: New Zealand First, Tuku Morgan, Labour Party, Rana Waitai, Tu Wyllie, and Jenny Shipley
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Alliance (New Zealand political party)
...balance of power between Labour and National. Eventually, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters opted to form a coalition with National, leaving both Labour and the Alliance in opposition. The Labour Party, now led by Helen Clark, had...
In this article: Alliance, Jim Anderton, Labour Party, Mana Motuhake, Matt McCarten, Tax, New Zealand First, and National Party
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Winston Raymond Peters (born 11 April 1945) is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a political party he founded in 1993. Peters has had a turbulent political career since entering Parliament in 1978. He served as Minister of Maori Affairs in the Bolger National Party Government before being sacked in 1991 and losing party endorsement for his Tauranga seat. He returned to Parliament as an independent, then formed his own party, New Zealand First. In Opposition, Peters became an outspoken critic of New Zealand immigration policies. As leader of New Zealand First, he held the balance of power following the 1996 election, enabling the National Party to form a coalition government and securing for himself the positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer. However, the coalition dissolved in 1998 following the replacement of Bolger by Jenny Shipley as Prime Minister.
Following the dissolution of the coalition, New Zealand First split between supporters of Shipley's government and opponents. Support for the party collapsed at the 1999 election. He was defeated in his Tauranga seat in 2005, but remained in Parliament as a list MP and was given the Foreign Affairs, Senior Citizens and Racing portfolios in the Labour government. On August 29, 2008, he stood down as Foreign Affairs and Racing Minister pending a police investigation into accusations that he failed to declare a series of political donations received by his party. On September 23, 2008, Peters was censured by the Parliament for "knowingly providing false or misleading information on a return of pecuniary interests" over a $100,000 donation made in 2005.
- Birth Date:
- April 11, 1945
- Birthplace:
- Whangarei, New Zealand
- Political party:
- Represents:
- Tauranga
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