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Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters and Health Minister Dr David Clark are pleased the District Health Boards have made a revised offer to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation that has seen the strike notice lifted for July 5.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Health

Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control Winston Peters has welcomed moves to strengthen the global ban on chemical weapons, following the successful outcome of an emergency meeting held in The Netherlands this week.

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

Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has expressed his condolences with the passing of Hon Koro Wētere this morning.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has congratulated Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford on the birth of their daughter this evening.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has welcomed the change in United States policy that will no longer see children being separated from their parents at the Mexico-US border.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has welcomed the meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un in Singapore.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Good morning, Prime Minister, Ministerial colleagues, and invited guests.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Good morning, This is an auspicious occasion. What today represents is when words in Wellington become a reality in the provinces.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today announced the appointment of Tahamoana Macpherson as New Zealand’s new Ambassador to Thailand.

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

New Zealand will contribute $2.7 million to help limit dengue fever in Fiji, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced.

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

Minister for Racing Winston Peters today announced that the Government has invested $340,045 in 16 projects to improve safety at racecourses.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Racing

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has announced a renewed government funding agreement with Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA), a volunteer agency that sends New Zealanders offshore to make a positive difference in developing countries.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Foreign Affairs

Winston Peters Speech to Howard League Prisoners' Programme.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters has ended a three day visit to China with an agreement for future high level visits between the two countries to maintain and build on the bilateral relationship.

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

The Government is deeply concerned at the finding announced overnight by the Joint Investigative Team that the missile which brought down Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in July 2014 originated from the 53rd brigade of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.

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

“New Zealand has been following developments in Venezuela closely in recent months and is extremely concerned about the deteriorating situation in the country, including the continuing erosion of democratic norms and institutions,” Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says.

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

Speech to MFAT Heads of Missions

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

Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters will travel to China this week for a formal meeting with his counterpart, China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

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

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has announced New Zealand is continuing a tradition of over 50 years by gifting a white horse to Tōshōgū Shrine in Nikkō, Japan.

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

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters departs Tokyo this evening following a productive three-day visit to Japan.

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

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today announced the government has agreed to a long term approach to assist Pacific Island states in meeting the challenges of climate change.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Foreign Affairs

Minister for Racing Winston Peters today announced changes to bloodstock tax rules for the New Zealand racing industry as part of Budget 2018.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Racing

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters is travelling to Japan this week to attend the eighth Japan-Pacific Leaders’ (PALM) Meeting and to undertake a number of bilateral calls.

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

Disarmament Minister Winston Peters has announced that New Zealand will join a new international treaty outlawing nuclear weapons.

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