{"id":16449,"date":"2026-01-27T20:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16449"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:35:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:35:26","slug":"luxons-invite-to-trumps-board-of-peace-for-gaza-needs-measured-look-winston-peters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16449","title":{"rendered":"Luxon’s invite to Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza needs ‘measured look’ – Winston Peters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Foreign Affairs Minister says the US President’s invitation for Christopher Luxon to join the\u00a0Board of Peace<\/a>\u00a0for Gaza is a “multi-faceted” issue and requires a “measured look”.<\/p>\n

No decision has been made yet regarding the invite, but Winston Peters says advice from his ministry is being prepared “as we speak”.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister said last week he welcomed the beginning of the next phase of the peace plan for Gaza and would give the invite “due consideration”.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters on the first day of Parliament, Peters said there hadn’t been a chance yet for him to discuss the invite with Luxon.<\/p>\n

But he said the government was going to sit down and “dispassionately discuss” the issue in its entirety and what it might mean.<\/p>\n

“Because it’s not just a small issue, it’s a multi-faceted issue, and we need to take a quite measured look at it.”<\/p>\n

Asked whether he’d requested advice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peters said “of course, they’re busy working on it as we speak”.<\/p>\n

“I’ve asked them for a comprehensive paper covering all issues they can imagine.”<\/p>\n

A draft charter for the organisation, which will be chaired by Trump, has been sent to a number of world leaders – including Canada’s Mark Carney, Australia’s Anthony Albanese, Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

Opposition leaders have condemned the invite, with Labour leader Chris Hipkins labelling the government’s so-far refusal to rule out joining the Board an\u00a0“absolute disgrace”.<\/a><\/p>\n

He said the fact Luxon was leaving the possibility open was “embarrassing for New Zealand”.<\/p>\n

Greens-co-leader Chl\u00f6e Swarbrick had written to the Prime Minister on Monday, urging Luxon to “publicly and unequivocally reject this invitation”.<\/p>\n

“It is critical that New Zealand joins like-minded nations, such as France, in rejecting the Board and defending the United Nations framework,” the letter read.<\/p>\n

~ RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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