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Racing Minister Winston Peters says the Government will introduce two new pieces of legislation this year to revitalise the domestic racing industry.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Racing

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has confirmed a New Zealand aid worker remains missing more than five years after she was taken hostage in Syria.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Winston Peters has welcomed law changes prohibiting certain semi-automatic weapons, magazines and parts in New Zealand, and announced that the new restrictions on these items will also extend to most exports.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Disarmament and Arms Control

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today announced the appointment of diplomat Hamish Cooper as Ambassador to Japan.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will travel to Malaysia tomorrow on a scheduled visit, but one that takes on special significance following the terrorist attack in Christchurch.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters is travelling to Indonesia and Turkey this week.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters and Minister of Defence Ron Mark today announced a package of support to the Solomon Islands Government ahead of the national general election on April 3.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Ron Mark
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Defence
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has today visited Tuvalu where he met Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters announced a package of support that will improve the health and education outcomes for hundreds of people in Kiribati today, and pledged continued support to help the island nation deal with climate change.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said that the outcome of this week’s summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un underlines the complexity of the issues to be resolved on the Korean Peninsula.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control Winston Peters has announced the members of the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control (PACDAC).

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Disarmament and Arms Control
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters announced today that New Zealand is to provide $500,000 in humanitarian assistance to support Venezuelan citizens fleeing to neighbouring countries

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters announced today that Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne will visit New Zealand 8-9 February.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Racing Minister Winston Peters today announced that the second round of applications for the $1 million Racing Safety Development Fund will open on February 5.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Racing

Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Winston Peters today welcomed new laws that make it harder for arms and military equipment to fall into the wrong hands.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Disarmament and Arms Control

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today announced the appointment of diplomat Jonathan Austin as Ambassador to Indonesia.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters announced today that New Zealand is to increase funding for economic resilience, human development and good governance in the island nation of Nauru by $8 million over three years.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

New Zealand is contributing $1.5 million to help recovery efforts following the devastating tsunami that struck the Sunda Strait, in Indonesia, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says Japan’s position in the International Whaling Commission was discussed with his Japanese counterpart, Foreign Minister Taro Kono.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Minister Winston Peters today announced the appointment of diplomat Tredene Dobson as Ambassador to Iraq.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today announced the appointment of career diplomat Linda Te Puni as New Zealand’s next Ambassador to Chile.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today announced the appointment of diplomat Peter Kell as Ambassador to the Philippines.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Minister Winston Peters today announced that diplomat Dr Trevor Matheson has been appointed the new High Commissioner to Samoa, with accreditation to American Samoa.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

A milestone in Police recruitment has been achieved with the deployment of more than 1,000 new constables around the country since the government was formed.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Police