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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1430/
- Published: 2026-03-13T17:30:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-13T17:30:39.000Z
- Description: ‘I think it’s my time, I’ve given a lot here, and when you give a lot here it takes away from other spaces’ – Henare
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> For Peeni Henare, it’s the Warriors, heaps of seafood, a good history book and ample time with his kids.  
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> Everything else can wait now that the senior Labour MP is retiring after a busy 12 years as a politician.  
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> He is a familiar face from his time as defence minister, as a key leader during the pandemic for the Ardern government, and as a regular speaker for Labour during pōwhiri.  
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> “It wasn’t an easy decision to arrive at, let’s be very clear, sleepless nights ... am I making the right decision?” he told the *Herald*.  
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> “I think it’s my time, I’ve given a lot here, and when you give a lot here it takes away from other spaces.”  
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> NZ Herald

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