Key kicks off flying visit to APEC summitALDEN WILLIAMS/FAIRFAX NZ Prime Minister John Key ditched the three-day Argentina leg of the trip, opting to stay home to oversee the initial response to Monday's earthquake in Kaikoura which hit the day before he had originally planned to leave. Prime Minister John Key's flying trip to the APEC summit in Peru may have finally broken the hex on his recent diplomatic efforts. Business leaders originally in the party for the Argentina leg, pulled out. Key is likely to hold formal talks with a number of leaders including Canada's Justin Trudeau, Chile's Michelle Bachelet and Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynskii during the two-day summit. Key returns to New Zealand on Tuesday.

Source: Stuff November 18, 2016 23:34 UTC