'Shameful': Winston Peters dodges pro-Palestine protesters in Dunedin

Who wrote the Cabinet paper recommending NZ not recognise a Palestinian state?

Analysis - Cabinet papers are usually drafted by public servants in departments that fall within the minister's portfolio area but that did not happen in this case.

'Shameful': Winston Peters dodges pro-Palestine protesters in Dunedin

About 200 protesters massed at Dunedin’s port to confront Winston Peters over his refusal to recognise a Palestine state – but the Foreign Minister slipped...

Who wrote the cabinet paper recommending NZ not recognise a Palestinian state?

Getty ImagesIn the controversy and debate following Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ announcement at the United Nations last week that New Zealand would not yet recognise Palestine as a state, it was easy to overlook a small but telling detail. The relevant cabinet paper containing the policy background and options, and recommending no change in the country’s current position, was “drafted by the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs”. It is…