19 Dec 2023

Winston Peters prioritises Pacific in first overseas trip

From , 6:02 am on 19 December 2023
NZ deputy prime minister and foreign minister Winston Peters shares a moment of levity with Fijian deputy prime minster and minister of finance Biman Prasad at a cocktail function in Suva on 16 December, 2023.

NZ deputy prime minister and foreign minister Winston Peters shares a moment of levity with Fijian deputy prime minster and minister of finance Biman Prasad at a cocktail function in Suva. Photo: RNZ / Koroi Hawkins

New Zealand's deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs Winston Peters has set the tone for the coalition government's Pacific engagement making his first overseas trip to Fiji over the weekend.

RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins accompanied the minister and filed this report.