Winston Peters
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Winston Peters’s Elections & Candidacies
Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.
Contested 5 races — 4 elected 1 not elected
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List MPParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: New Zealand First PartyFinal Elected
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List MPParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: New Zealand First PartyFinal Elected
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List MPParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: New Zealand First PartyFinal Elected
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MP for NorthlandParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: New Zealand First PartyFinal Not elected
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List MPParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: New Zealand First PartyFinal Elected
In the News
The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills
The Spinoff — November 6, 2025NZ First MPs keep proposing laws they have no intention of passing, and the media falls for it every time.
Winston Peters says banning fireworks will be a ‘bottom line’ in coalition negotiations
Stuff — November 5, 2025NZ First leader Winston Peters says the parties bill that would ban the public sale of fireworks would be a bottom line in any future coalition agreement.
The most normal abnormal mayor
The Spinoff — November 5, 2025The really odd thing about new Whakatāne mayor Nándor Tánczos is how conventional he is. Nándor Tánczos is interrupted six times during a 50-minute interview outside Resilience Coffee Shop in Whakatāne’s town centre. Some passersby want to congratulate him on his recent narrow victory in the central North Island district’s mayoral race . Others just want to say hi. One wants to learn how to say his name.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters blasts Chinese ambassador’s 'mistake'
The Post — November 4, 2025Chinese Ambassador Wang Xiaolong has a “thin” understanding of democracy, Peters says, after the diplomat scolded MPs over a Taiwan event.
NZ First calls for ban on fireworks sales to public
The Post — November 4, 2025NZ First wants the sale and use of fireworks for the public banned - although public displays would still be allowed. Winston Peters says it’s not about being a ‘nanny state’, it’s common sense.
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