Winston Peters

Winston Peters used his party conference to rail against the labour government saying it is pursuing "woke, virtue signalling madness", and a "separatist agenda".

He says the government's agenda is… Audio

Winston Peters has declared next year's election the most important in voters' lifetimes, as he gears up for a comeback from his 2020 disaster result.

New Zealand First held its annual conference in… Audio

The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the former Speaker of Parliament, Trevor Mallard, should never have been named the next ambassador to Ireland.

Peters, a former Deputy Prime Minister… Audio

The government's being criticised for letting its relationships with Pacific islands drift, as China tries to boost its influence in the region.

Leaked documents have revealed Beijing is proposing a… Audio

Parliament's Speaker has performed a major about-turn, dropping the trespass orders he'd slapped on Winston Peters and four other former MPs.

The former Deputy Prime Minister yesterday revealed he'd… Audio

Speaker Trevor Mallard has been told to consult other parties over his decision to trespass Winston Peters from the grounds of Parliament for two years.

The former Deputy PM is one of several people… Video, Audio

The former Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has accused the Government of neglecting the Pacific region - and says his successor should have visited sooner.

The New Zealand First leader's… Audio

The protest at Parliament has dragged into a third week - two top political journalists join The Detail's Emile Donovan to discuss how the country's political leaders have responded to the… Audio

Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Nights. This week Hayden Donnell talked to Karyn about the media blame game as the country moves away from elimination - and an explosive live on-air… Audio

Joining us on the Panel are Penny Ashton and Tim Watkin. They discuss Ronaldo's snubbing of Coke, the idea of the America's Cup being staged outside of New Zealand, and the police's handling of the… Audio

Associate Professor Grant Duncan speaks to The panel about his legacy. Audio

Winston Peters was the wild card of New Zealand politics for most of his long political career - cutting, brusque, combative, rude, funny - a contradiction. Now he's gone, and we look back.  Audio

It was all broadway and boxing on the campaign trail in Auckland today, although the Labour and National Party leaders say there won't be any fisticuffs or dance routines on show tonight.

Judith… Audio

This week we're catching up with party leaders to see how they think their campaigns have panned out.

If the Labour Party cruises to victory this weekend, as the polls suggest, its success could come… Audio

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is leaving nothing to chance as he fights for his political survival this election.

At one or two percent support in the polls the future is looking very… Audio

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says all parties but his are using 'plants' on the campaign trail, to make sure they get an enthusiastic reception, and positive media coverage. Audio