Winston Peters

This week in Question Time the top-of-the-bill bouts involved a lot of repetition. Repeated questions, repeated answers. Reprises, reiterations and recaps. Do I need to say that again? Audio

New Zealand First is flexing its muscles within the coalition, now publicly criticising some of the commercial rent measures its partner Labour had been pushing for - which it ended up blocking.

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Plans for a trans-Tasman bubble by July have failed to get lift-off - with New Zealand government ministers saying it's too early for such a proposal.

Top business voices want to see a new flight… Audio

Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of Capital Government Relations. Trish Sherson is from… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Government will look at moving to Alert Level 1 next week.

Ardern says they will bring forward Cabinet's discussion of moving levels to next Monday.

It was due… Audio

Thousands turned out in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch yesterday to protest against the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

But the large gatherings have angered some politicians. Deputy… Audio

Parliament has a new Leader of the Opposition with a new strategy in Question Time, we compare his tactics to Simon Bridges' ones. Video, Audio

Tens of thousands in donors' funds given to the New Zealand First Foundation were spent paying expenses, wages and bills for people closely associated with the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.

The Deputy Prime Minister says he knows who leaked private information about him but won't reveal who that is. Winston Peters is going to appeal the High Court decision over the leak of his pension… Audio

The Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters is keeping tight lipped on who leaked his pension details, instead waiting until the matter goes to court.

Peters is appealing the High Court decision, after… Audio

A $50 billion Covid-19 rescue package poured out of the Crown coffers yesterday when the Government revealed its rebuild plan - but it's the $20 billion dollar blank cheque that's got the Opposition… Audio

Leader of NZ First, Winston Peters. Audio

The promise not to get political over Covid-19 has gone out the window, with tempers running high in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon.

The Prime Minister was forced to defend a controversial memo her… Audio

With restaurants, bars, beauty salons and professional sports set to return in Alert Level 2, some normality in a post-covid world seems imminent, but the Prime Minister is warning it is just another… Audio

As Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison try to manage expectations of a trans-Tasman travel bubble, Tasmania's Premier and New Zealand's deputy prime minister are already planning new direct flights.

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The Foreign Minister says he'd fully back starting direct flights between New Zealand and Tasmania ahead of travel with mainland Australia if that would be more straightforward.

Tasmanian Premier… Audio

To get the trans-Tasman economies restarted, both the Australian and New Zealand Prime Ministers have said they will consider reopening the borders to form a two country bubble.

Deputy Prime… Audio

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, is lauding New Zealand's response to the threat of Covid-19.

Mr Peters says New Zealand generally acted faster than most to… Audio