Ardern was only able to form government because she was prepared to form a coalition with New Zealand First by agreeing to make Winston Peters her deputy, the Kiwi equivalent of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-big-promises-jacinda-didn-t-keep-20230122-p5cej5.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national

But we in New Zealand First regard ourselves, whatever our background, as New Zealanders First and foremost.

Source: http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/417205

He pledged to do everything possible to avoid going to the polls again, including trying to put together a government with New Zealand First.

Source: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/luxon-raises-prospect-hung-parliament

"New Zealand First has become a party more interested in toilets than the issues that matter most to New Zealanders," he told media.

Source: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/instability-and-chaos-labour-wont-partner-nz-first

New Zealand First is the only party that has had the courage over the decades to expose white collar crime when the rest would not.

Source: http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/419616

The total for National, Act and New Zealand First was about 54.5%.

Source: https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/setbacks-progressive-causes