Biden to visit NZ

Newshub reports:

Vice President Joe Biden is coming to for his first ever visit.

It's a trip Minister John Key says will be fleeting but significant.

He'll have just 24 hours on the ground, but they'll cover a range of important issues.

“The United States has been moving towards that pivot into Asia and it's been a big plank of President Obama's policy,” says Mr Key.

“They were instrumental in leading the , of which we are a member, and so they have had a much heavier focus and they've been pretty strongly making statements about the South Sea. So there's a lot of issues in the region.”

One of the issues to be discussed will be whether a US naval ship will be sent here to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the New Zealand navy. 

 

Off memory the last VP was Lyndon Johnson.

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