Winston Raymond Peters is a New Zealand politician who has been the leader of New Zealand First since it was founded in 1993. He was re-elected for a fifteenth time at the 2023 general election,having previously been a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 1981,1984 to 2008 and 2011 to 2020. Peters has served as the 13th deputy prime minister of New Zealand and 25th minister of foreign affairs since November 2023.
New Zealand First,commonly abbreviated to NZ First,is a populist and nationalist political party in New Zealand. The party formed in 1993 following the resignation of its leader and founder,Winston Peters,from the National Party. Peters had been the Member of Parliament for Tauranga since 1984 and it was the base for New Zealand First until defeats to National Party candidates in 2005 and 2008. The party has formed coalition governments with both major political parties in New Zealand:with the National Party from 1996 to 1998 and 2023 to present,and with the Labour Party from 2005 to 2008 and 2017 to 2020. New Zealand First currently serves in a coalition government with both National and ACT as part of the Sixth National government.
Sir David Cunningham Carter is a New Zealand National Party politician who served as the 29th Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017 and as a Cabinet Minister in the Fourth and Fifth National Governments. He represented the Selwyn electorate in the 44th Parliament and the Banks Peninsula electorate in the 45th Parliament. He served as a list MP from 1999 until he retired at the 2020 election.
Aupito Tofae Su'a William Sio is a politician who became a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives on 1 April 2008 for the Labour Party as a list MP. From the November 2008 election to 2023,he represented the Māngere electorate.
The 2008 New Zealand general election was held on 8 November 2008 to determine the composition of the 49th New Zealand Parliament. The liberal-conservative National Party,headed by its parliamentary leader John Key,won the largest share of votes and seats,ending nine years of government by the social-democratic Labour Party,led by Helen Clark. Key announced a week later that he would lead a National minority government with confidence-and-supply support from the ACT,United Future and Māori parties. The Governor-General swore Key in as New Zealand's 38th Prime Minister on 19 November 2008. This marked the beginning of the Fifth National Government which governed for the next nine years,until the 2017 general election,when a government was formed between the Labour and New Zealand First parties,with support on confidence and supply by the Green Party.
Bay of Plenty is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current representative is Tom Rutherford of the National Party,first elected at the 2023 election.
East Coast is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate,returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate first existed from 1871 to 1893,and was recreated in 1999. The current MP for East Coast is Dana Kirkpatrick of the National Party,who has held office since 2023.
Northland is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate,returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate was established for the 1996 election. It was represented by National Party MP John Carter from 1996 to 2011,and then National's Mike Sabin until his resignation on 30 January 2015. The by-election in March 2015 was won by New Zealand First party leader Winston Peters. Peters was defeated by National's Matt King in the 2017 general election. King in turn was defeated by the Labour Party's Willow-Jean Prime in the 2020 general election,who became the first Labour MP elected for the area since the party won the predecessor electorate Bay of Islands in 1938. Prime was later defeated in the 2023 election by National's Grant McCallum
Tauranga is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate,returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Tauranga is Sam Uffindell of the National Party,who won the seat in the 2022 Tauranga by-election,following the resignation of the previous MP,Simon Bridges of the National Party.
Te Tai Tokerau is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate that was created out of the Northern Maori electorate ahead of the first Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) election in 1996. It was held first by Tau Henare representing New Zealand First for one term,and then Dover Samuels of the Labour Party for two terms. From 2005 to 2014,it was held by MP Hone Harawira. Initially a member of the Māori Party,Harawira resigned from both the party and then Parliament,causing the 2011 by-election. He was returned under the Mana Party banner in July 2011 and confirmed at the November 2011 general election. In the 2014 election,he was beaten by Labour's Kelvin Davis,ending the representation of the Mana Party in Parliament.
Seventy of the one hundred and twenty members of the New Zealand House of Representatives elected in New Zealand's 2008 general election will be from single member constituencies,an increase of one electorate seat from 2005. The initial composition of the 2005 Parliament gave the Labour and National parties each 31 constituencies,the Māori Party four and ACT,United Future and the Progressive Party one each.
Simon Joseph Bridges is a former New Zealand politician and lawyer. He served as Leader of the National Party and Leader of the Opposition between 2018 and 2020,and as the Member of Parliament for Tauranga from the 2008 election to May 2022,when he resigned.
The 2011 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 26 November 2011 to determine the membership of the 50th New Zealand Parliament.
The 2014 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 20 September 2014 to determine the membership of the 51st New Zealand Parliament.
The 50th New Zealand Parliament was elected at the 2011 general election. It had 121 members,and was in place from December 2011 until September 2014,followed by the 2014 general election. The first sitting of the 50th Parliament was held on 20 December 2011,where members were sworn in and Lockwood Smith was elected Speaker of the House. This was followed by the speech from the throne on 21 December. John Key continued to lead the Fifth National Government. Following the resignation of Smith,David Carter was elected Speaker.
The 2011 Te Tai Tokerau by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of Te Tai Tokerau that was caused by Hone Harawira's resignation from the seat. Prior to resigning his seat,Harawira had resigned from the Māori Party and formed his own Mana Party.
The 51st New Zealand Parliament was elected at the 2014 general election. This Parliament consists of 121 members and was in place from September 2014 until August 2017,followed by the 2017 New Zealand general election. Following the final vote count John Key was able to continue to lead the Fifth National Government.
The NZ Independent Coalition is a former political party in New Zealand. The party was founded in January 2014 by Brendan Horan. Horan was expelled from New Zealand First in December 2012 following accusations of taking money from his dying mother's bank account and spending it on gambling. Horan acted an independent Member of Parliament after expulsion,and proposed starting a party in January 2013. In February 2014,the party registered a logo with the Electoral Commission. On 18 June 2014,it applied for registration. The party was registered on 24 July.
A by-election was held in the Northland electorate on 28 March 2015. The seat had been vacated following the resignation of Mike Sabin of the National Party from the House of Representatives on 30 January 2015. Northland was generally regarded as a safe National seat;the party has held the seat since its creation for the 1996 election. The election was won by Winston Peters of New Zealand First. As Peters was already a list MP for his party,this allowed New Zealand First an additional list member,Ria Bond,to join parliament.
Janette Rose Tinetti is a New Zealand politician and a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party.
