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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: People from Whangarei, Winston Peters, Keith Urban, Thomas Forsaith, Tim Southee, Kendrick Smithyman, Jeremy Christie, Gordon Coates, Russell Garcia, Hongi Hika, Michael Hill, Willie Apiata, Hone Harawira, Murray McCully, Anthony Short, Norman McLeod, Catherine Cox, Robyn Donald, Pete Hodgson, Shane Jones, Caleb Ross, Lizzy Igasan, Mark Robinson, Muriel Newman, Abby Erceg, Lawrence Weathers, Laurence Aberhart, Jane Mander, Vernon Cracknell, Ralph Hotere, Paul Hitchcock, Ian Jones, Ellen Melville, Shelley Kitchen, Jim Peters, Norm Maxwell, Bob Cunis, Brian Donnelly, Ruatara, Whina Cooper, Blyth Tait, Louis Anderson, Suzie Muirhead, Rawiri Paratene, Kurtis Haiu, Hannah Wilkinson, Philip Heatley, Karl Temata, William Sage Rapson, Alex Tait, Bill Young, Daniel Woolhouse, Rodney Redmond, Thomas Clifton Webb, Meri Te Tai Mangakahia, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Bryan Young, Ramon Te Wake, Iwi Hauraki, Barry Cooper, Bruce Martin, David Holwell, Joseph Yovich, Walter Lee, Jody Tini, Neal Parlane, Jennifer McDonald, Jenny Shepherd, Ross McPherson, Leisen Jobe, Mike Davidson, Grant McLeod, Arthur Parkin, Ted Salmon, Selwyn Blackmore, Emily Gillam, Christian Huriwai, Sue McLeish, Neil McLeod, Ronald Hemi. Excerpt: Winston Raymond Peters (born 11 April 1945) is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a political party he founded in 1993. Peters has had a turbulent political career since entering Parliament in 1978. He served as Minister of Maori Affairs in the Bolger National Party Government before being sacked in 1991 and losing party endorsement for his Tauranga seat. He returned to Parliament as an independent, then formed his own party, New Zealand First. In Opposition, Peters became an outspoken critic of New Zealand immigration policies. As leader of New Zealand First, he held the balance of power following t...