A political commentator says the British Foreign Secretary's visit to New Zealand is little more than a token stopover.
Boris Johnson will be in the capital to talk trade, foreign policy and security.
He will also make a fleeting visit to Kaikoura.
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International politics commentator Josie Pagani said any movement on the trade front looks unlikely, with the UK still struggling to form a coherent Brexit strategy.
She told Nadine Higgins most Brits don't even know Mr Johnson's here.
"The Times newspaper in the UK runs a weekly agenda column where it says what everybody's up to, this week it said Boris Johnson is visiting Japan so I don't think we are hugely high in the list of priorities."
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