03. Apr 2009
Dalai Lama's New Zealand visa safe-guarded by PM
(New Zealand Visa Bureau) New Zealand Prime Minister John Keys has pre-emptively approved a New Zealand visa for the Dalai Lama after a local Chinese organisation called for it to be refused. The visa for the Tibetan leader was under question after the United Chinese Association wrote to Parliament asking to have it cancelled. The Dalai Lama is due to visit New Zealand to speak at the Vector Arena in Auckland on 06 December.