{"id":532458,"date":"2026-07-18T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T15:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/532458\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T15:52:18","slug":"we-are-going-to-turn-this-countrys-democracy-upside-down-winston-peters-kicks-off-nz-first-election-year-convention-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/532458\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are going to turn this country\u2019s democracy upside down\u2019: Winston Peters kicks off NZ First election year convention &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxOOTg3dHFlX0N0S2lnLTNscUg0TUNnbVJZMGdVNU9MdFZhdnF2XzBiQXpRWllmN3JWXzBHX0otaWNZaDBDRV8wdS1sVXgxd2dteHpUQl9BQS02VWJObDJDU1g3SFdiUTR3Mkw5Z3lKdS1xVXVNUDdXQmllMWwxSU1BZjdTcjR1SU1GaDNvdUFfMmloUnlQc2h5Y0Q1MFpQa0d5b0RoOTd0VFZfTE5yWk5RWjhxTGdLRU8zY1VNMXk4elk4bFdiWUx3R3VxaUxWa1dH?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018We are going to turn this country\u2019s democracy upside down\u2019: Winston Peters kicks off NZ First election year convention<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOVDI0R2o5b3RTMFBHaXdBNUN1U3pxeHJXMlFPNXJhSG9sZGRsSFpXRS1pWVVIV29JZkx3SU5CSGdOeDMyRXZsZ3Ftby1iMmhhN0g2X3huS1ZyR0lPN2w2VkpXanZsTUx1Y044NUFjLXhLN00tYno3cU9jUng4WlpUVlVNLUhNRFc5MTNTbjZtV3J0dnhKcWJ5UHI1QXV3RVpTMzVpQ3BRQUphSVMwQWROTnNXbXAzYXpWLTJTbQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;I was blue until I woke up&#8217;: National defectors on why they&#8217;re backing NZ First<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQQ0wyQ25CMDR4Q3pxZFIxVS1DM3JFLXdsZUhpUjktNFNIRWJ0RTVnZUFYT0VBeUxueEJ5MEw3VGo5cmRtMEJGYlZ6QWRzdEF3dmdrUUEwSmxaU3phMzVPYmJUWjFvOHJiSkN0NFp1RVVQY2dqazlQRkZJOWlBSzF0XzRpRGliMDljckZoODVUcnk1Mlk3bjJfZ2lJQlNGZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Polling data hints at record election performance for NZ First<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newsroom<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1wFBVV95cUxOd0NERV82andraGE5S19qbHNzWWlWNFczY0pSYy1Hak9jb25majRqaFQ0S3FMYmktZHRkUllJZ0ZfenM3My1odmxoNWlGWUVhQ3prckdwV3dodU9lbTVHbi1ObzZVR2FNSktzUmN4QkFBTnhEWmtKblhjZmdFU3RDbkszMGRlMzdJc3pMcWUyUDlSWjQ3dlVDZ3B3RjIxWlJFakNDTmRLOUJOUHhFWHBiUGxJMFJEeXNiTG5MUlR0Q1IyMTZpMERJWUp5M1A5UEdjaGw1TzFWWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shane Jones warns of \u2018demographic engineering\u2019 as NZ First opens convention<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPNk16V3psZWcwNXNtdlRWLXB2dVhRaDVOUVdsODlVdmFaR2czS1lUaVppZ2tWQ0hVUjBSdW8tNmxIbFE4RFF1MmZyakVDeDMtS2JVaE5GdDR4WDNTbHN3TEE5SEhkVWg4TVBDM2hZdV81Mm5EY1BENFpCX2hEaFNnbXFMaTBYdjFMY3A3dnRzUFBzOW5sTmZzYUFOWTdaS0t6SE53MVV3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Full video: Winston Peters speaks at NZ First conference in Auckland<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018We are going to turn this country\u2019s democracy upside down\u2019: Winston Peters kicks off NZ First election year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-532458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}