Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is scheduled to answer questions from media following the pre-Budget lunch. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will lead a trade and promotional delegation to Australia in July, but has warned that while New Zealand’s vaccine rollout is incomplete, the number of countries New Zealand can safely open to is limited. The delegation would come after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s planned visit to New Zealand, she said. Those delegation visits were not contingent on the completion of the New Zealand vaccination rollout, she said. Trade Minister Damien O’Connor would also travel to London and Brussels in June to progress negotiations for New Zealand’s free trade agreements with the UK and EU, she said.

Source: Stuff May 13, 2021 00:30 UTC