He also served as Pro Vice-Chancellor M\u0101ori at the University of Auckland.<\/p>\n
Jim Peters was a former MP and renowned educator.<\/p>\n
The party described Peters as a \u201cfoundational figure\u201d within NZ First and a long-serving electorate chairman.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was revered across the party for his quiet wisdom, integrity, and principled guidance.<\/p>\n
\u201cJim will be sorely missed and his legacy will long endure. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the Peters family, his colleagues, and all those whose lives he touched.\u201d<\/p>\n
Northland College paid tribute to its former principal in a post. <\/p>\n
\u201cKua hinga te kauri i te waonui a T\u0101ne [a great tree has fallen in the great forest of T\u0101ne],\u201d the school said. <\/p>\n
The school, which he led from 1987 to 2002, acknowledged Peters\u2019 contribution to generations of Ng\u0101puhi and the wider community during his years at the college. <\/p>\n
During his tenure, the school\u2019s roll grew to 80% M\u0101ori, making it one of the country\u2019s largest mainstream schools catering to M\u0101ori students at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur sincerest sympathies and condolences extend out to the wh\u0101nau at this time.\u201d <\/p>\n
Northland MP Grant McCallum also acknowledged Peters\u2019 death. <\/p>\n
He described Peters\u2019 contribution to the region as \u201cimmense\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cI would regularly see Jim and wife Robin at events in Northland,\u201d McCallum wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was always a gentleman and was obviously very supportive of his brother, Winston. He also would regularly offer me advice. My condolences to Robin and the wider Peters family.\u201d<\/p>\n
The eldest of 11 children, \u201cGentleman Jim\u201d Peters was an older brother to New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.<\/p>\n
The brothers served together in Parliament after Jim Peters entered as a list MP in 2002.<\/p>\n
Despite being led in caucus by his younger brother, Jim told the Herald in 2003 the arrangement presented no difficulties.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were a farming family so we all worked. In that environment you all got on well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peters received a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to local body affairs, education and the community.<\/p>\n
He told the Herald at the time he particularly enjoyed local politics because of its closeness to the communities it served.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s direct, it\u2019s productive. It\u2019s close to your community and if you don\u2019t do well you get a very, very urgent shock every three years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He expressed pride in his family\u2019s contribution to politics, which also included another brother, former National MP Ian Peters.<\/p>\n
He described Winston as one of the most \u201coutstanding politicians we\u2019ve ever had\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cPulpits aside, we should be proud of anyone who rises to that level, whoever it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
While reflecting on his MNZM, Peters turned the attention back to his community.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot many people from Kaikohe receive these awards. This is as much about the wonderful people we have here as it is me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He also served as Pro Vice-Chancellor M\u0101ori at the University of Auckland. Jim Peters was a former MP…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95,4995,31468,6179,7126,29194,1888,2740,42,16081,13489,6368,117,43,1067,24808,4762,51627,6729,6791,40,38,41,39,6728,80],"class_list":["post-600937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-and","tag-away","tag-brother","tag-died","tag-dies","tag-educator","tag-first","tag-former","tag-headlines","tag-jim","tag-leader","tag-mp","tag-new","tag-news","tag-northland","tag-older","tag-party","tag-passes","tag-peters","tag-prominent","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-winston","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600937","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=600937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}