New Zealand PM vows foreign aid cuts
Published: 06:10 PM,Oct 30,2026 | EDITED : 10:10 PM,Oct 30,2026
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.