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Who replaced Winston Peters' position as Prime Minister, resulting in the dissolution of the coalition in 1998?

  • Helen Clark

  • Jim Bolger

  • Jacinda Ardern

  • Jenny Shipley

Answer

Jenny Shipley replaced Winston Peters as Prime Minister in 1998, resulting in the dissolution of the coalition. Shipley was a member of the National Party, while Peters was a member of the New Zealand First Party. The two parties had formed a coalition government in 1996, but the coalition collapsed in 1998 after Peters resigned as Deputy Prime Minister.
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