In 1999, President Bill Clinton made a four-day state visit, which included the Apec meeting. The chance of Barack Obama visiting New Zealand during his presidency appears to have faded with the confirmation that Vice President Joe Biden will come to these shores next week. Johnson spent two days on a state visit in 1966 to shore up support for the Vietnam War. Obama has previously expressed a wish to come to New Zealand with his family, but only has six months remaining in his presidency. "I think it just happened to be that firstly, the vice president wanted to come, and he's in the region ... so it obviously made sense."

Source: New Zealand Herald July 13, 2016 06:22 UTC