New Zealand's Foreign Minister resigns

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Updated August 29, 2008 18:52:42

New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has been forced to resign. Prime Minister Helen Clark had been under intense pressure to sack him because he's being investigated over an undeclared 100-thousand dollar political donation.

Presenter: Kerrie Ritchie
Speakers: New Zealand's former foreign minister Winston Peters; Prime Minister Helen Clark; Director of the Serious Fraud Office, Grant Ladell.

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