New Zealand First in Parliament

NZ First registered with the Electoral Commission in December 1994. The party first entered Parliament that same year.

NZ First has been in one Government from 1996–1998. The Rt Hon Winston Peters was a Minister outside Cabinet in the Labour-led coalition 2005-2008.

The New Zealand First Party currently has seven members of Parliament all elected from the party list.

The party leader is the Rt Hon Winston Peters.

New Zealand First message

‘The party’s vision is to put New Zealanders first through enlightened economic and social policies, by controlling our own resources and by restoring faith in the democratic process.’

Source: New Zealand First, http://www.nzfirst.org.nz/index-about-nzfirst.html, accessed 19 December 2011.