Machiavellian McCully's legacy intactA sight not seen for 30 years - an American warship, the USS Sampson, in New Zealand waters. Like Johnson, McCully's appointment as foreign minister back in 2008 initially raised some eyebrows. When he steps down next month, he will have been in the job nearly nine years, his legacy on the international stage a powerful one, albeit more blemished on the domestic front. And for most of that time he paid more than lip service to bipartisanship in foreign policy – believing, as he told a foreign policy audience this week, that New Zealand's foreign policy should be conducted in decades, and not in three year political cycles. Uprooting rising stars like Health Minister Jonathan Coleman is more difficult, and not just because he will be a rookie on the international stage.

Source: Stuff April 07, 2017 17:01 UTC