Our country’s name is New Zealand.
New Zealand First has today introduced a Member’s Bill that seeks to state in law that “New Zealand” is the official geographic name of our country.
"The silence over the past week from some of the so-called pro-Palestinian protesters around this country has been absolutely deafening.
For two years they have ranted and raved and fumed and fulminated about the situation in Gaza. They have demanded that we do more, give more, say more and virtue signal more.
Then, over the past week, as a peace deal has been struck, as a ceasefire has taken hold and as hostages have been released, from those protesters not a mutter, not a murmur, not a syllable, not a sound. We have seen not a press release, not a tweet, not a parliamentary question, and the question is - why this deafening silence? Because you're all about performative politics."
Watch @winstonpeters full parliamentary question regarding the Middle East peace deal: piped.video/watch?v=Y5GpkB7G…
We’re keeping our country New Zealand. We’re stopping a name change by stealth as part of our coalition agreement we have guaranteed that the name of NZ will not be changed without a referendum – putting power in the hands of the people, not woke bureaucrats.
Did you know that English is not an official language? Well, we're changing that by delivering on a key campaign promise - we are making English an official language of New Zealand. We will continue to fight for common sense ideas and work in the interests of all New Zealanders.
WINSTON'S WAR ON WOKE: We're taking on public sector DEI policies, Woke Banks and their ESG policies, scrapping gender ideology RSE guidelines in schools, and fighting back against Te Pati Maori's radical, racist, separatist policies
“We believe in a country called New Zealand, with one law, one people, one flag, and one set of values that our forebears fought and died for. And if we are the only party willing to stand in the way of globalist politicians and bureaucrats trying to take our country away, then so be it.” - @winstonpeters
During the campaign we pledged to repeal the Therapeutics Products Act, we defended natural health products in 2007 & 2017 when similar legislation was presented. Today we’ve taken the first steps at repealing Labour’s legislation giving Kiwis choice when it comes to their health
UK Courts are protecting the definition of ‘woman’ - we know that many kiwis want the same here too. We’ve accepted two petitions advocating for a definition in legislation - New Zealanders will be heard.
As part of our coalition agreement, we’re amending the Sentencing Act to ensure real consequences for lower-level crimes such as shoplifting. Small Kiwi businesses deserve legislation that holds offenders to account and discourages theft.
New Zealand First leader @winstonpeters and @TanyaUnkovichMP have accepted a petition to accurately define 'sex' in legislation from @SpeakUp4WomenNZ. While some politicians struggle to answer 'what is a woman?', New Zealand First will continue to advocate for protecting women's rights.
"The Maori Party are extremists.
They don't want democracy. They want anarchy.
They don't want one country. They don't want one law. They don't want one people. They want separatism, division, and laws based on race.
They are the product of feeble minds and bad sociology classes at university and they are the advocates of Marxism."
Rt Hon @winstonpeters
New Zealand First has today introduced a member's bill which would make it law that government buildings can only display the official flag of New Zealand.
nzfirst.nz/nzf_bill_only_off…
We’re protecting Kiwis’ freedoms with a number of policies that we secured in our coalition agreement. We have already reserved against the W.H.O amendments, but this is just the beginning. We will ensure National interest tests for any U.N. agreements, and ensure a full-scale, wide ranging, and independent inquiry into Covid-19.
Covid-19 Inquiry update
We are happy to announce that we are expanding the terms of reference on the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 response – and we want your say.
nzfirst.nz/covid-19-inquiry-…
"We must call out those members of this House who collude and collaborate with the very protestors targeting politicians’ homes. Do you have no shame? Do you feel so morally righteous that you and your supporters are justified to break any law, any taboo, any political norm? Shame on you." - @winstonpeters has just delivered a Ministerial Statement on the Middle East in the House
This afternoon @winstonpeters and @TanyaUnkovichMP accepted Family First's petition to ensure that ‘woman’ is defined as ‘an adult human female’ in all our laws, public policies and regulations. We can define what a woman is…can anyone in the opposition?
“The woke agenda of the left has crept in like a cancer that has spread so deep into their divisive thinking it has become their sole focus. That’s why New Zealand First is fighting this war on woke, for your right to just get on with your lives, without fear of being cancelled, gaslit and shut out.” - @winstonpeters
Read all of our Member's Bills on our website here: nzfirst.nz/our-members-bills
Labour left our education system in ruins. We're repairing it by scrapping ideology in the curriculum and getting kiwi kids back to learning the basics.
New Zealand First has today introduced a Member’s Bill that would protect New Zealanders’ ability to use cash. The Bill will provide for the enduring use of cash as a private, accessible, and reliable method of payment.
New Zealand First has introduced a Member’s Bill that would ensure the biological definition of a woman and man are defined in law.
nzfirst.nz/nzf-bill-defining…
Shane Jones: Colonialism and colonisation are not the reasons why we have so many young men and women heading off to jail. What about self-responsibility?
"We are winning the war on woke. The woke ‘Relationship and Sexuality Guidelines’ have been removed from the school curriculum and have been replaced with a curriculum that actually educates, not indoctrinates. There is more to come very soon on New Zealand winning the ‘war on woke’… watch this space…" - @winstonpeters
Freedom of speech is fundamental to any democracy. That is why, as part of our coalition agreement, we are protecting freedom of speech by ruling out the introduction of hate speech legislation and stopping the Law Commission's work on hate speech legislation. The vague and overreaching proposal by the previous government was careless legislating and we’ve stopped it in its tracks.
Our Members Bill will provide clarity and consistency in New Zealand law by defining “woman” as “an adult human biological female” and “man” as “an adult human biological male” in the Legislation Act 2019.
“This Bill would ensure our country moves away from the woke ideology that has crept in over the last few years, undermining the protection, progression, and safety of women” - @winstonpeters
The govt has reserved against the proposed amendments to the World Health Organisation’s Health Regulations (IHRs)
We committed to meet the 1 Dec deadline so that the incoming govt can consider the regulations against a ‘National Interest Test as per our coalition agreement.