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The Rt Hon Winston Peters is the deputy prime minister and the leader of the New Zealand First Party

‘The past is our prologue’: Winston Peters on NZ First at its 25th birthday

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In 2018 the New Zealand First Party reached its quarter century. Today at the party convention in Tauranga, its first and only leader, Winston Peters, delivered this address, titled Defying History: The Past as Prologue Today marks a celebration of the New Zealand First Party’s first 25 years. And what a time it has been. From … Read more

‘We chose the harder path’: Winston Peters on election 2017

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The NZ First leader defends his party’s approach to coalition negotiations, explains why they went with Labour and, of course, upbraids the media. This is the second in a series of extracts from the new VUP collection Stardust and Substance, which is published today. Read Jacinda Ardern’s review of ‘the most extraordinary year of my … Read more