List of international trips made by Winston Peters as Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand

This is a list of international visits undertaken by Winston Peters while serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs within New Zealand. Peters served as Foreign Minister under three different Prime Ministers, Helen Clark, Jacinda Ardern, and Christopher Luxon.

International Trips as Foreign Minister under Helen Clark

Peters as Foreign Minister from 19 October 2005 to 29 August 2008.

International Trips as Foreign Minister under Jacinda Ardern

Peters as Foreign Minister from 26 October 2017 to 6 November 2020

CountryLocationsDetailsDates
1  Vietnam[1]7-15 November 2017
2  AustraliaSydney[1]1-2 March 2018
3  Samoa  Tonga  Cook Islands  Nauru[1]4-9 March 2018
4  Belgium  United Kingdom  Singapore2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting[1]12-25 April 2018
5  New Caledonia[1]4-6 May 2018
6  Japan[1]18-21 May 2018
7  ChinaBeijing[1]24-27 May 2018
8  Singapore[1]2-8 August 2018
9  SamoaApia[1]9-11 August 2018
10  AustraliaCanberra[1]21-23 August 2018
11  VanuatuPort Vila[1]23-25 August 2018
12  Nauru[1]3-6 September 2018
13  Thailand  IndonesiaBangkok

Jakarta

[1]1-6 October 2018
14  AustraliaFlemington Racecourse, Melbourne[1]6 November 2018
15  Sweden  United Kingdom  France  Ireland[1]8-14 November 2018
16  Singapore[1]14-15 November 2018
17  Papua New Guinea[1]15-16 November 201
18  United StatesWashington, D.C.[1]13-19 December 2018
19  Fiji  Kiribati  Tuvalu[2]26 February - 2 March 2019
20  Turkey  Indonesia[3]20 March 2019
21  Malaysia[3]26-28 March 2019
22  Denmark  Iceland  Norway  Finland[4]21-28 April 2019
23  FijiSuva[5]14-16 May 2019
24  Cook Islands[5]24-26 May 2019
25  Vanuatu  Solomon Islands[6]4-8 June 2019
26  Chile  PeruSantiago

Lima

[7]2-6 July 2019
27  United StatesWashington, D.C.[7]15-20 July 2019
28  FijiSuva[7]25-27 July 2019
29  ThailandBangkok[7]31 July - 4 August 2019
30  Papua New Guinea  Australia[8]2-5 October 2019
31  South Korea  Japan[8]28 October - 3 November 2019
32  United StatesWashington, D.C.[9]13-17 November 2019
33  Japan[9]22-24 November 2019
34  United Arab Emirates[9]26-30 November 2019
35  SamoaApia[10]13-14 December 2019
36  India[11]25-29 February 2020

International Trips as Foreign Minister under Christopher Luxon

Peters as Foreign Minister from 27 November 2023 to present.

CountryLocationsDetailsDates
1  FijiSuvaMet with Prime Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna.[12]15-16 December 2023
2  AustraliaMelbourneAttended the inaugural Australia and New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting, alongside Minister of Defence Judith Collins to meet their Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and Minister for Defence Richard Marles.[13]31 January 2024
3  TongaNukuʻalofaMet with the Prime Minister of Tonga Siaosi Sovaleni, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fekitamoeloa ʻUtoikamanu, Minister of Health Siale ʻAkau'ola, and Minister of Finance Tiofilusi Tiueti.[14][15]6 February 2024
4  Cook IslandsAvaruaMet with the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Mark Brown.[15][16]7 February 2024
5  SamoaApiaMet with the Samoan Head of State Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II and Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa.[15][17][18]8 February 2024
6  IndiaAhmedabad

New Delhi

Met with the Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendrabhai Patel, External Affair's Minister S. Jaishankar, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.[19][20]10-13 March 2024
7  IndonesiaJakartaMet with then Minister of Defence and President-Elect Prabowo Subianto and Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi.[19][21][22]14-15 March 2024
8  SingaporeSingaporeMet with Minister of Foreign Affairs Maliki Osman, Minister of Defence Ng Eng Hen, and Chair of the Clermont Group Richard Chandler.[19][23]15 March 2024
9  EgyptCairoMet with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit.[24]1 April 2024
10  PolandWarsawMet with Radosław Sikorski and Ukrainian refugees.[24]2 April 2024
11  BelgiumBrusselsMet with Foreign Ministers from across NATO including Antony Blinken and David Cameron.[24]3-4 April 2024
12  SwedenStockholmMet with Foreign Minister Tobias Billström.[24]5-6 April 2024
13  United States

 United Nations

New York City

Washington, D.C.

Met with Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations Dennis Francis (diplomat), Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Senators Lindsey Graham and Chris Van Hollen.[25][26][27][28][29]6-12 April 2024
14  TurkeyIstanbul

Gallipoli

Met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, and American Ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake for Anzac Day celebrations.[30][31][32]22-28 April 2024

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