World

New Zealand PM vows foreign aid cuts

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
 
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon planned cuts to foreign aid would make sure the country spends less money on 'nice-to-do' but frivolous projects abroad, and he vowed to push for new free trade deals from Brazil to Bangladesh if re-elected next week.
New Zealanders go to the polls next Saturday, with Luxon's centre-right Nationals seen as neck-and-neck with the opposition centre-left Labour Party to lead the country for the next three years.