Minto is probably suffering from an overindulgent Christmas and New Year just like the rest of us. Finally, students are perhaps silent as they prepare diligently for the next semester as they now realise protesting is not a course requirement. I guess that is the problem when one is trying to make a silk purse out of a sows ear? O’Sullivan also covers many other trade missions organised to diversify our export destinations. Labour’s previous foreign minister was in comparison afraid of flying and rarely engaged internationally, although their current trade spokesman Damien O’Connor is good value.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 18, 2026 01:03 UTC