Winston Peters
Chumbawamba wrote Tubthumping as a working-class anthem. We won’t have it stolen by the right | Boff Whalley
Why do populists so often use the work of artists who despise them? Because they don’t have any good songs of their own, says former Chumbawamba guitarist Boff Whalley
Boff Whalley
23, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM
Chumbawamba tells NZ deputy PM Winston Peters to stop using its Tubthumping anthem
Lead guitarist Boff Whalley says band does not share views of Winston Peters, who recently compared co-governance to policies of Nazi Germany
Eva Corlett in Wellington
20, Mar, 2024 @1:44 AM
‘A massive unravelling’: fears for Māori rights as New Zealand government reviews treaty
Critics say nation ‘under attack’ as coalition plans to review Te Tiriti o Waitangi and other policies that provide for Māori
Michelle Duff in Wellington
01, Dec, 2023 @7:00 PM
New Zealand’s slapdash new government has no vision – only a plan to take us backwards | Lamia Imam
In the interests of advancing personal career ambitions, we will be left with fewer employment protections, a higher prison population and dismantled treaty obligations
Lamia Imam
24, Nov, 2023 @4:00 AM
Final New Zealand election results show National party will need populist NZ First to govern
Centre-right party loses two seats in final tally and will need to rely on traditional partner Act as well as NZ First to form coalition
Eva Corlett in Wellington and Serena Solomon in Auckland
03, Nov, 2023 @3:32 AM
Winston Peters on New Zealand’s ‘unreal’ campaign as populist poised to be election kingmaker
Polls indicate NZ First may hold balance of power as major parties warn of ‘chaos’ or a fresh vote should Peters wield such influence
Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
13, Oct, 2023 @4:27 AM
Tired, broke and eager for change, New Zealand expected to shift right at coming election
If the polls are to be believed, a new political power could be running the country next week, drawing a line under the Jacinda Ardern era
Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
08, Oct, 2023 @8:00 AM
How a politician most people won’t vote for could shape the New Zealand government | Henry Cooke
Potential return of Winston Peters in any National-led coalition highlights electoral system where one party can rarely govern alone
Henry Cooke
26, Sep, 2023 @10:59 PM
New Zealand and allies allowed ‘vacuum’ to develop in Pacific, former foreign minister says
Comments by Winston Peters come as China hopes 10 Pacific countries will sign wide-ranging security deal
Tess McClure in Auckland
27, May, 2022 @1:27 AM
NZ’s former deputy PM banned from parliament for visiting anti-vaccine-mandate protest
Winston Peters condemned two-year ban as ‘dictatorial behaviour’ that ‘should be reserved for third world banana republics’
Tess McClure in Auckland
03, May, 2022 @6:05 AM
Why New Zealand rejected populist ideas other nations have embraced
Labour’s historic win delivered Ardern a second term while voters punished politicians who embraced populism
Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
19, Oct, 2020 @2:13 AM
Kingmaker no more: Winston Peters consigned to NZ political history
Emphatic end for man who held balance of power as New Zealand First fails to pass 5% threshold
Charlotte Graham-McLay in Auckland
17, Oct, 2020 @10:16 AM
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