Mr Peters made the promise at the party's 23rd annual conference which opened at the Dunedin Centre this morning.
More than 200 delegates are attending the party's first annual conference in the city.
Mr Peters said New Zealand First had not held a national conference in Dunedin before because of the cost.
"It is a lot of flights for a party without huge money behind it, but we are very pleased we did."
Mr Peters attacked a wide variety of National Party policies, when speaking to media during a conference break.
He called for a "full scale independent inquiry" and for Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce to be sacked over the possible deportation of 150 Indian students because of faked visa information.
The party had over 80 running nominations already, and it was hoped candidates would be confirmed by the end of the year, Mr Peters said.
"I can tell you we have had more nominations than we have ever had in the party's history this far out."
It was not a case of who New Zealand First would be in political talks with, rather which parties would be approaching New Zealand First, he said.
He had a target for the number of seats he wanted the party to fill next year but refused to give a firm number, saying only "much more than we have got now".
If the party did not have enough seats to bring about serious social and economic change he would reconsider the party's direction.
"Otherwise I am not personally interested in going on and nor would my party be.
"Unless we get dramatic change in New Zealand's economic direction from where we are now, and it's social direction in terms of inequality being dealt with we are all wasting your time."
This did not mean New Zealand First would bow out of politics if they were not in Government, he said.
The party will announce new policies in remits which will take up much of the two day conference.
Mr Peters also promised to make "definitive statements" in his address tomorrow afternoon.
