Latest / Early Edition with Ryan Bridge / Azaria Howell: Senior Political Reporter discusses Luxon at the ASEAN summitt.

Transcript

Azaria Howell: Senior Political Reporter discusses Luxon at the ASEAN summitt. · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 0:00
  Speaker 2: PM's back in his hotel in Kuala Lumpa now after
• 0:03
  Speaker 2: a dinner hosted by the Malaysians. No sign yet of
• 0:06
  Speaker 2: a meeting with Donald Trump. Of course, there could be
• 0:08
  Speaker 2: a chance at APEC. He's now done with the Ussian Summit,
• 0:12
  Speaker 2: that is Trump and he's off to Japan, but Luxon
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: remains in in Malaysia for the Asian Summit. Then he
• 0:20
  Speaker 2: is off to South Korea for APEC Becausearria, how his
• 0:22
  Speaker 2: newstalks here by political reporter with him in Kuala Lumpa.
• 0:26
  Speaker 2: Welcome to the shows.
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: Aaria, Thanks so much, good to be with you.
• 0:29
  Speaker 2: So any sign of the big Man ye? Any sign
• 0:31
  Speaker 2: of Donald Trump for his modicaide Yeah, no.
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: Sort of sign of Donald Trump in terms of what
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: I've seen. I mean, he was in the area, but
• 0:40
  Speaker 1: he since actually left. So Donald Trump now in Japan
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: a meeting with their new leader. Trump did not meet
• 0:47
  Speaker 1: with Chris Luxon, but the two paths do cross again
• 0:51
  Speaker 1: in just a few days at APEX in South Korea.
• 0:54
  Speaker 1: There's no word though if there will be a meeting,
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: but there was a press conference from PM Chris Lue
• 1:00
  Speaker 1: and he said they may meet, they may not, but
• 1:03
  Speaker 1: admitted though that it was unlikely we will see any
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: sort of reprieve from those US tariffs. I mean, in
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: terms of the wider situation at Asian you can tell
• 1:13
  Speaker 1: there's something big going on. I mean, there's motorcades as
• 1:16
  Speaker 1: far as the eye could see, there's so much security
• 1:19
  Speaker 1: and police in the area. But in terms of actually
• 1:22
  Speaker 1: any sign of Donald Trump, haven't actually seen him and
• 1:26
  Speaker 1: he's gone off to Japan now, but maybe South Korea
• 1:29
  Speaker 1: will be the place to catch a glimpse of him.
• 1:32
  Speaker 2: This gala dinner that was hosted by the late Malaysian
• 1:34
  Speaker 2: PM tonight, what came with that much?
• 1:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, Luxon finished the day with that gala dinner
• 1:41
  Speaker 1: that was put on by the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
• 1:43
  Speaker 1: It also came with some performances, cultural performances, speeches and
• 1:47
  Speaker 1: orchestra as well, but media were not invited to go
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: to that one. But it did sort of put an
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: end to what had been a massive political day for
• 1:59
  Speaker 1: really a lot of world leaders. I mean, Luxen met
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: with a number of world leaders in Malaysia for the
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: Asian Summit, bilateral meetings with people like the Prime Minister
• 2:08
  Speaker 1: of Vietnam, the PM of Cambodia, Lao Thailand as well.
• 2:13
  Speaker 1: And also interestingly, Chris Luson actually met with India's Minister
• 2:17
  Speaker 1: of External Affairs. Now that's a really important meeting for
• 2:20
  Speaker 1: the government. New Zealand's really been pushing for that free
• 2:23
  Speaker 1: trade agreement with India, so it is important that they've
• 2:26
  Speaker 1: managed to get that meeting as well. But in terms
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: of that gala, I think it's more about celebrating Asian
• 2:33
  Speaker 1: and bringing together all of these sorts of cultures as well. Also,
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: there will be today later today in Asian New Zealand
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: leaders gala lunch and that comes with a kapahaka performance.
• 2:45
  Speaker 1: Chris Luxan last night obviously treated to those cultural performances
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: at that gala. This is a chance really to show
• 2:52
  Speaker 1: what New Zealand has to offer. So it will be
• 2:54
  Speaker 1: quite interesting to watch that one.
• 2:56
  Speaker 2: Azari, I've been to these things before. You've been to
• 2:59
  Speaker 2: these things before. You know, it's all about the size
• 3:01
  Speaker 2: of the motorcade. How big was Chris Luxeon's. Because I
• 3:04
  Speaker 2: saw he was greeted by the Minister of Youth or
• 3:08
  Speaker 2: something Ran. I mean, it's almost like being greeted by
• 3:10
  Speaker 2: the mayor when you arrive.
• 3:12
  Speaker 1: He was greeted by the Minister of Youth. Yes, that's correct,
• 3:15
  Speaker 1: and I mean some people did make those comparisons between
• 3:19
  Speaker 1: Chris Luxon's arrival and Donald Trump's arrival. There was no
• 3:23
  Speaker 1: sort of dancing from Chris Luxon, no people waving flags,
• 3:26
  Speaker 1: but it was still he did still get a guard
• 3:28
  Speaker 1: of honor and a mot cat as well, so it
• 3:31
  Speaker 1: wasn't like it was, you know, completely nothing. But yes, sir,
• 3:36
  Speaker 1: Donald Trump really taking the headlines in terms of us
• 3:39
  Speaker 1: and he's already left.
• 3:41
  Speaker 2: He's gone, he's out the building. All right, Well, we'll
• 3:43
  Speaker 2: look forward to your next update. A Zaria, thanks very much.
• 3:46
  Speaker 2: That was Azaria Azaria Hall, who's our political reporter in Malay.
• 3:51
  Speaker 2: For more from early edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live
• 3:54
  Speaker 2: to News Talks. It'd be from five am weekdays, or
• 3:57
  Speaker 2: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio