A professor of international relations says Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelensky will regard his address to New Zealand's parliament next week as important.
Mr Zelensky will speak directly to MPs via video link at 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning.
He'll become just the second foreign leader to speak in the House - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was the first in 2011.
Katie Scotcher asked Otago University professor of politics Robert Patman whether New Zealand should let foreign leaders address its Parliament.