New Zealand's Foreign Minister Murray McCully said he discussed the disputed South China Sea with a "charming" President Rodrigo Duterte during an informal meeting. McCully said the pair had a wide ranging discussion late on Tuesday but declined to comment on whether Duterte's controversial drugs crackdown was discussed. They spoke during Duterte's overnight stopover in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, on his way back from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru.

NZ minister discusses south china sea with 'charming' Duterte. (2016, November 24). Manila Bulletin, p. 6.