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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1525/
- Published: 2026-07-06T18:30:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-06T18:30:58.000Z
- Description: Announcing his new policy on Sunday, party leader Winston Peters said voting “should be a privilege of those who have sworn allegiance to New Zealand, and who have made the commitment to make New Zealand their home and their future”.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has announced a policy to restrict voting rights to only those with New Zealand citizenship.  
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> Peters announced the policy at a public meeting in Warkworth on Sunday afternoon.  
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> Currently, legal residents living in New Zealand continuously for a year or more, and whose visa does not require them to leave within a certain time are eligible to vote.  
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> Announcing his new policy on Sunday, party leader Peters said voting “should be a privilege of those who have sworn allegiance to New Zealand, and who have made the commitment to make New Zealand their home and their future”.  
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> “If you haven’t made that commitment or sworn that allegiance, we are happy to let you live here permanently, but why should you get a say in how this country is run or governed?” he said.  
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> “New Zealand First will restore the basic democratic principle that the right to decide New Zealand’s future belongs to New Zealand citizens.”  
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> RNZ

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