Foreign Minister to visit Fiji next week

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta is set to fly to Fiji next Monday for a four-day visit.

It will be her first visit to the Pacific in the role, and is expected to include talks with Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe 'Frank' Bainimarama, who is also Fiji's foreign affairs minister.

She will also join a Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat event, participate in a Fijian women leaders' roundtable. and visit development projects.

"As our largest Pacific trading partner and a key regional hub, the importance of the Fiji-Aotearoa New Zealand relationship is both significant and influential," Mahuta said in a statement.

"I look forward to engaging with our Fijian partners in person and reaffirming the close links that already exist between our two countries."

The minister said the visit would allow her to discuss and strengthen work between the two countries to deliver long-term resilience for the region.

She will return to New Zealand next Thursday, 31 March.