Helen Clark to meet Kevin Rudd

Helen Clark will meet Australia's new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday.

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Prime Minister Helen Clark will travel to Brisbane on Sunday for an informal meeting with new Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Helen Clark said that "New Zealand and Australia have a very close and wide-ranging relationship, and that it is important that the nature of that relationship is set from the top by the two Prime Ministers.

"I am pleased to be meeting with Kevin Rudd so early in his term as Prime Minister," Helen Clark said.