TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wishart,Ian
TI  - Winston: the story of a political phenomenon 
SN  - 9780994106414
U1  - 324.293092 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Auckland, New Zealand
PB  - Howling at the Moon Publishing Ltd
KW  - Peters, Winston,
KW  - New Zealand First (Political party)
KW  - Politicians
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Biography
KW  - Political leadership
KW  - History
KW  - Māori (New Zealand people)
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1984-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- Humble beginnings -- Ngati Luigi -- A fuse is lit -- We all live on a yellow submarine -- Vladimir Putin lived in Karori -- The Maori loans affair -- When in Rome -- Battle of the Bolger -- Sickly white liberals -- How to win friends -- The years of living dangerously -- Enter the gladiator -- Mutually assured destruction -- The Sarah Neems mystery -- Conspiracy fact -- It's 2am. It must be Winston -- A funny thing happened on the way to the poll -- The battle of Black Stump -- Winston on the witness stand -- Winston's secret deal with Ratana Church -- Great expectations -- Crash and burn: 1997-1999 -- And they got up again -- The price of politics -- Keeping the bastards honest: snapshots
N2  - "They called him 'Luigi'. In fact, they've called him lots of things. Love him or loathe him, there's no denying Winston Raymond Peters is a force of nature. He's the former school teacher brought to tears by a class of 11 year olds. He's the former blast furnace worker for BHP Australia. He's the man who helped inspire Dame Whina Cooper's Land March in 1975. He's the man credited with the introduction of the proportional voting system we now use. But there's another side to Winston Peters. He's the man whose campaign against business and political corruption forced an inquiry and birthed a major new political party. Along the way, Peters has entertained and infuriated his friends and foes in almost equal measure. He has known utter defeat, and absolute triumph; experienced total loyalty and abject betrayal. [This book] is the most fascinating unauthorised political biography you're likely to read, tracing the greatest hits and misses of the most dramatic career in NZ politics since World War 2"--Back cover
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