Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Foreign Affairs) on behalf of the Minister for Trade and Export Growth: I'm pleased to announce recent progress that has been made on the New Zealand free-trade agreement (FTA) that will contribute to the wider work the Government is undertaking to support our economic recovery from COVID-19. As the first ministerial trade delegation since COVID-19 closed our borders, last week Minister O'Connor met with UK Trade Secretary Truss in London to push along our bilateral FTA negotiation. Ministers agreed that our negotiating teams will spend the coming weeks finalising details of our FTA, with the aim of reaching agreement in principle in August. New Zealand will be working to achieve a high quality comprehensive trade deal. Our priority is a deal that delivers benefits for all New Zealanders. That includes seeking elimination on all tariffs over commercially meaningful time frames, and that takes account of our ambition across the agricultural sector.