Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media after a speech to the NZ Institute of International Affairs. Photo / Mark MitchellPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media after a speech to the NZ Institute of International Affairs. Ardern said New Zealand had put $17 million of funding into Covax, which distributes vaccines to lesser well-developed countries, but a stronger global effort was needed. In a wide-ranging speech, Ardern pegged New Zealand alongside countries such as the United States in focusing on the wider "Indo-Pacific" region in foreign policy. That meant a wider focus on the wider region – the Indo-Pacific – was needed.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 14, 2021 00:45 UTC