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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 PartyBallot name: PETERS, WinstonFinal Elected
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List MPParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: New Zealand First PartyBallot name: PETERS, WinstonFinal Elected
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List MPParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: New Zealand First PartyBallot name: PETERS, WinstonFinal Elected
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MP for NorthlandParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: New Zealand First PartyBallot name: PETERS, WinstonFinal Not elected
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List MPParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: New Zealand First PartyBallot name: PETERS, WinstonFinal Elected
In the News
FBI director Kash Patel’s secretive Wellington trip cost taxpayers $10k
NZ Herald — September 23, 2025Kash Patel met Winston Peters in the Beehive before the trip was officially disclosed.
Winston Peters is (sort of) right about migrants moving to Australia
Stuff — September 23, 2025Is New Zealand being used as a “stepping stone” for migrants wanting to move to Australia? Here are the facts.
NZ First invokes 'agree to disagree' clause over migrant residency pathway changes
The Post — September 23, 2025Nicola Willis has announced residence pathways for skill migrants who meet specific work experience, qualification, and pay thresholds. Winston Peters says it’s “unfocussed”.
The rates battle continues as council debt rises
The Spinoff — September 23, 2025Smack bang in the middle of local elections, rates are more scrutinised than ever , writes Duncan Greive in today’s extract from The Bulletin.
One MP, One Pint: Benjamin Doyle on going out on your own terms
The Spinoff — September 23, 2025The outgoing Green MP is wondering if you might have time to read their CV. It’s Benjamin Doyle’s first and last time in parliament’s Pint of Order bar, twirling the straw of their soda with glittering pink nails while I’m trying not to make it obvious that this is not my first pint.
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