It read, "I am pleased to announce that the USS Sampson, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, will attend the Royal New Zealand Navy's international naval review in November. Under New Zealand's nuclear free legislation I am required to be satisfied that any foreign military ship entering New Zealand is not nuclear armed. Even now, John Key's statement has been careful not to say simply, "I have been advised the USS Sampson is not nuclear armed." "New Zealand's legislation also does not allow ships which are nuclear propelled into New Zealand," he said, "and the advice I received from officials is that the USS Sampson is not nuclear powered." Will the same said when the USS Sampson arrives next month?

Source: New Zealand Herald October 20, 2016 15:56 UTC