Who is running New Zealand’s foreign policy?

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Who is running New Zealand’s foreign policy?

While commentators, including former Prime Minister Helen Clark, are noting a subtle shift in New Zealand’s foreign policy, which now places more emphasis on the United States, many have missed a key element of the shift. What National said before the election is not what the government is doing now. It would seem that the harder foreign policy line long preferred by NZ First Leader Winston Peters has prevailed over National’s traditional suppor…