{"id":73144,"date":"2025-10-12T03:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T03:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/73144\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T03:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T03:45:07","slug":"shane-jones-son-penetaui-kleskovic-eyes-national-politics-with-nz-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/73144\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Jones\u2019 son Penetaui Kleskovic eyes national politics with NZ First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBut more recently, I\u2019ve been a great admirer of Winston [Peters]&#8230; Given the opportunity and perhaps when the old man, my father, has finished his time in Parliament, most certainly I\u2019d be ready to step up to the plate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Foreign Minister Winston Peters. Photo \/ Mark Mitchell&#10;\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Foreign Minister Winston Peters. Photo \/ Mark Mitchell<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Jones first entered Parliament in 2005 with Labour and joined New Zealand First as an MP in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">He is currently the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, Minister for Regional Development and Minister for Resources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Kleskovic said he was happy to follow in his father\u2019s footsteps when he called it a day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Despite a provisional loss in election results so far for his ward, Kleskovic had not lost hope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe suspense is killing me, and I\u2019ll tell you how I feel on 17 October when all the Friday and Saturday votes have been counted and all the special votes have been counted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">On whether he liked his chances: \u201cGod loves a trier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Kleskovic told the Herald he spent yesterday recording a segment at 90 Mile Beach on how the iwi were trying to transition land and diversify their portfolio to generate greater returns. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt was a pleasant distraction from the results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"FNDC's Penetaui Kleskovic, Hilda Halkyard-Harawira, Babe Kapa and Tamati Rakena.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>FNDC&#8217;s Penetaui Kleskovic, Hilda Halkyard-Harawira, Babe Kapa and Tamati Rakena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">He thanked everyone who supported and voted for him in the local body elections. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhen the issues that others weren\u2019t strong enough to get across the line, the majority of the time it was myself who was called on to really get those things through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Katie Harris is an Auckland-based journalist who covers issues including sexual assault, workplace misconduct, media, crime and justice. 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