FILE PHOTO: New Zealand First party Leader Winston Peters speaks during an event held ahead of the national election at the Te Papa Museum located in Wellington, New Zealand August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Ross Setford/File Photo
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Veteran protectionist politician Winston Peters was appointed New Zealand's new deputy prime minister and foreign minister on Wednesday, saying he would seek a greater voice in international affairs, including North Korea.
Peters is among a handful of Western politicians to have visited North Korea when he was foreign minister in a previous New Zealand government in 2005.
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