Winston Peters
✓ Source-basedfallingNew Zealand politician (born 1945)
in New ZealandWinston Raymond Peters is a New Zealand politician. He has led the political party New Zealand First since he founded it in 1993, and since November 2023 has served as the 25th minister of foreign affairs.
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Peters became an outspoken critic of his party leader, Jim Bolger (pictured in 1992).
Peters on the campaign trail in Auckland, c. 1993
Peters had a strained relationship with Prime Minister Jenny Shipley (pictured), who sacked him from Cabinet.
Peters greets US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Auckland Airport in 2008.
Peters at the Europa Lecture 2008, University of Auckland
Peters talking to Bryce Edwards as a part of the Vote Chat forum at the University of Otago, 2011
Peters with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy at the swearing-in of the new Cabinet on 26 October 2017In their own words 3
We have now reached the point where you can wander down Queen Street in Auckland and wonder if you are still in New Zealand or some other country.
2005 speech on immigration policy, entitled "Securing Our Borders and Protecting Our Identity."'
We are being colonised without New Zealanders having some say in the numbers of people coming in and where they are coming from.
2005 speech on immigration policy, entitled "Securing Our Borders and Protecting Our Identity."
A corporate raid on a country is not foreign investment. It's just a corporate raid.
Interview with the 7:30 Report, ABC TV, Australia.
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About this person
Winston Raymond Peters is a New Zealand politician. He has led the political party New Zealand First since he founded it in 1993, and since November 2023 has served as the 25th minister of foreign affairs. A long-serving member of Parliament (MP), Peters was re-elected for a fifteenth time at the 2023 general election, having previously been an MP from 1979 to 1981, 1984 to 2008 and 2011 to 2020. He served as the 13th deputy prime minister of New Zealand from November 2023 to May 2025. This was his third time in the role, previously serving from 1996 to 1998 and 2017 to 2020. In addition to his foreign affairs portfolio, Peters concurrently serves as the 8th minister for racing and the 29th minister for rail.
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