A spokesperson confirmed Peters underwent a procedure in early December and was fully recovered.
Politics
Wednesday 5:30pm
You'd hardly know it, given how often he appears in the media, but the Foreign Affairs Minister has done some serious air miles this year.
December 24, 2025
Peters made the comments in a sit-down interview with RNZ, reflecting on the past year and looking ahead to the 2026 election campaign.
December 20, 2025
The latest 1News Verian poll has better news for National and Labour.
December 8, 2025
Winston Peters says taxpayers shouldn’t be spending millions on something that causes fires, creates havoc for emergency services, and puts "the fear of god" into animals.
November 5, 2025
A spokesperson for Peters office told 1News they were "unaware of the circumstances" surrounding the post.
October 29, 2025
The shipbuilder was the "largest modern integrated shipbuilding enterprise in Southern China," Peters said in his media release.
October 14, 2025
The 29-year-old appeared in the Auckland District Court this morning on a charge of burglary.
October 10, 2025
Peters said his partner, Jan Trotman, had this morning cut herself on some glass from the attack.
The person handed themselves into police last night, hours after the attack on the St Mary's Bay, Auckland home.
October 7, 2025
Foreign Minister Winston Peters said there was no obvious link between recognising Palestinian statehood now and protecting work towards a two-state solution.
New Zealand
September 27, 2025
Despite protests and a mass walkout, Israel’s Prime Minister wasn’t fazed as he gave an impassioned speech at the UN General Assembly Hall.
World
Peters had been invited to a reception with Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly in New York.
September 25, 2025
The new pathways were aimed at plugging gaps in the workforce and helping businesses hold on to workers.
September 23, 2025
Peters said today's move was a "calculated step to curtail crucial oil revenues fuelling Putin’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine".
September 12, 2025
NZ First leader Winston Peters unveiled a member’s bill aimed at ensuring that physical identification remained a "valid and equal" alternative.
September 2, 2025
"Mr Peters wants to call me a dickhead across the alleyway here, I think we should consider something for him," said Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris.
June 25, 2025
The latest round of sanctions targeted actors involved in Russia's military-industrial complex and its supporters from North Korea, Iran, and Belarus.
June 19, 2025
"Trust and meaningful engagement are fundamental to free association," a spokesperson for the Foreign Minister said.
Overnight, New Zealand's embassy in Tehran was temporarily closed, with two staff and their family members evacuated by land to Azerbaijan.
The company said it did not "condone behaviour that falls short of our Code of Conduct".
May 21, 2025
"Why don't you naff off! Yeah, look at you. Come to get a headline?" the Minister for Rail said at one point in the nearly minute-long exchange.
May 20, 2025
"Is this the biggest thing on the planet, talking about the definition of a woman? I would argue no,” senior Chris Bishop minister said.
April 24, 2025
The Foreign Minister gave a speech yesterday where he said some language used around new US tariffs had been "hysterical".
April 14, 2025
National rises for the first time in a year in the latest 1News Verian poll, while NZ First hits highest rating since 2017.
April 7, 2025
