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
NZ First leader Winston Peters denies loosening foreign buyer ban, expects party supporters will back them
NZ Herald — September 1, 2025Winston Peters explains how an overseas purchaser of a NZ home is not a foreign buyer.
Right to repair bill stalls as NZ retreats on waste reform
The Spinoff — August 22, 2025Labour and Green MPs are accusing their government colleagues of negotiating in bad faith, while campaigners warn New Zealand is falling behind on recycling.
Does Winston Peters want HMNZS Aotearoa re-named?
Stuff — August 20, 2025He makes no secret of his disdain for ‘Aotearoa’ being used instead of or alongside ‘New Zealand’. So what does the NZ First leader think of the name of the Navy’s biggest ship?
Winston Peters apologises – sort of – for attack on Greens
Stuff — August 19, 2025“That remark was in the heat of a noisy heckling period and I misread my notes,” the foreign minister says after levelling an allegation of fraud more than four months ago.
David Seymour, Winston Peters distance themselves from Christopher Luxon’s Benjamin Netanyahu ‘lost the plot’ remarks
NZ Herald — August 19, 2025'It's better just to keep your thoughts to yourself.'
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