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Winston Peters

Party NZ First
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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

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Ballot name: PETERS, Winston
    Final Elected
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Ballot name: PETERS, Winston
    Final Elected
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Ballot name: PETERS, Winston
    Final Elected
  • MP for Northland
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Ballot name: PETERS, Winston
    Final Not elected
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Ballot name: PETERS, Winston
    Final Elected
In the News
FBI director Kash Patel’s secretive Wellington trip cost taxpayers $10k
NZ Herald — September 23, 2025

Kash 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, 2025

Is 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, 2025

Nicola 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, 2025

Smack 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, 2025

The 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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This database currently contains data from the 2025 local government eleciton, and general elections in 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014. It is being backfilled with older data. Please get in touch if you want to help.