New Zealand Foreign Ministers - Mike Moore, Phil Goff, William Massey, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, Peter Fraser, David Lange (Paperback)


Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Mike Moore, Phil Goff, William Massey, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, Peter Fraser, David Lange, Keith Holyoake, Walter Nash, George William Forbes, Joseph Ward, Gordon Coates, Jack Marshall, Norman Kirk, Bill Rowling, Don McKinnon, James Allen, Michael Joseph Savage, Murray McCully, Brian Talboys, Francis Bell, Warren Cooper, Thomas Lachlan MacDonald, Frank Langstone, Thomas Clifton Webb, Ernest Lee, William Nosworthy, Frederick Doidge, Les Gandar. 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 the 1996 election, enabling the National Party to form a coalition government and securing for himself the positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer. However, the coalition dissolved in 1998 following the replacement of Bolger by Jenny Shipley as Prime Minister. Following the dissolution of the coalition, New Zealand First split between supporters of Shipley's government and opponents. Support for the party collapsed at the 1999 election. He was defeated in his Tauranga seat in 2005, but remained in Parliament as a list MP and was given the Foreign Affairs, Senior Citizens and Racing portfolios in the Labour government. On 29 August 2008, he stood down as Foreign Affairs and Racing Minister pending a police investigation int...

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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: 35. Chapters: Mike Moore, Phil Goff, William Massey, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, Peter Fraser, David Lange, Keith Holyoake, Walter Nash, George William Forbes, Joseph Ward, Gordon Coates, Jack Marshall, Norman Kirk, Bill Rowling, Don McKinnon, James Allen, Michael Joseph Savage, Murray McCully, Brian Talboys, Francis Bell, Warren Cooper, Thomas Lachlan MacDonald, Frank Langstone, Thomas Clifton Webb, Ernest Lee, William Nosworthy, Frederick Doidge, Les Gandar. 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 the 1996 election, enabling the National Party to form a coalition government and securing for himself the positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer. However, the coalition dissolved in 1998 following the replacement of Bolger by Jenny Shipley as Prime Minister. Following the dissolution of the coalition, New Zealand First split between supporters of Shipley's government and opponents. Support for the party collapsed at the 1999 election. He was defeated in his Tauranga seat in 2005, but remained in Parliament as a list MP and was given the Foreign Affairs, Senior Citizens and Racing portfolios in the Labour government. On 29 August 2008, he stood down as Foreign Affairs and Racing Minister pending a police investigation int...

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August 2011

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August 2011

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246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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36

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978-1-155-88530-8

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9781155885308

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