Luxon<\/a> earlier told Newstalk ZB\u2019s Mike Hosking Breakfast that Modi\u2019s first visit would be a \u201chistoric event\u201d.<\/p>\nThe leader, who is staying at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland, drew around 80 people last night as he arrived. <\/p>\n
Today, he will start with a welcome ceremony and formal bilateral meetings. <\/p>\n
Around midday, a live forum is planned to showcase six or seven business sectors \u201cthat are of interest to India\u201d, followed by a celebration lunch. <\/p>\n
Labour leader Chris Hipkins is also expected to meet Modi in the late afternoon. <\/p>\n
Modi\u2019s visit will end with a \u201cmassive community event\u201d which thousands of Kiwi Indians are expected to attend at Spark Arena. <\/p>\n
One News reported the venue was set to be at capacity, which would be more than 13,000 people. <\/p>\n
The Indian leader is then set to depart New Zealand late this evening. <\/p>\n
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Modi has an action-packed day ahead of him after exchanging a welcome hug with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon last night. <\/p>\n
Heightened security presence <\/p>\n
Police operation commander Inspector Grae Anderson this week said additional support from specialist groups was being deployed, including public order teams from across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese specialist resources will be able to assist with supporter crowds or any other disruptions that may occur.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anderson said, given the stature of the visit, the public should expect some disruptions to parts of the city.<\/p>\n
Global Risk Consulting Group managing director Chris Kumeroa said authorities kept public security plans broad, so people weren\u2019t able to search for \u201cvulnerabilities\u201d.<\/p>\n
The former NZSAS trooper said they could also use a \u201cshow of force\u201d to demonstrate a physical security presence and manage risks.<\/p>\n
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and India PM Narendra Modi wave at media ahead of their bilateral meeting. Photo \/ Interest.co.nz<\/p>\n
\u2018Taking my guns to please Modi\u2019<\/p>\n
Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki made incendiary social media comments last month, accusing Modi of targeting Indian Christians with threats and violence. <\/p>\n
He later called for \u201cModi\u2019s visit to be banned and for the India-NZ FTA to be torpedoed\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we should reciprocate in kind. Let\u2019s purge New Zealand of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims,\u201d Tamaki said.<\/p>\n
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Brian Tamaki speaks to supporters at Auckland Domain. Photo \/ Sylvie Whinray<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd, while we\u2019re at it, if they\u2019re burning churches down, why don\u2019t we burn mosques and their temples down? Tit for tat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tamaki was served a \u201ctemporary firearms licence suspension notice\u201d last month by police and had several hunting weapons confiscated.<\/p>\n
The police operation at Tamaki\u2019s home followed his reference on a podcast to using a shotgun to protect his family from immigrants.<\/p>\n
Tamaki told the Herald he was speaking figuratively.<\/p>\n
After the seizure by police, Tamaki claimed his guns were taken because the Government and police were \u201cbending over backwards\u201d before Modi\u2019s visit. <\/p>\n
In a Facebook post<\/a>, Tamaki accused the police and the Government of \u201ctaking my guns to please Modi\u201d after an official notice from the Firearms Safety Authority on his temporary gun suspension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Historic event\u2019 Luxon earlier told Newstalk ZB\u2019s Mike Hosking Breakfast that Modi\u2019s first visit would be a \u201chistoric…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[19839,28440,1975,51,3952,9063,2837,8231,5346,2082,78,5501,59965,6722,147047,147330,91421,111,43,139,69,29241,16422,415,9643,2742,9863,6444,80],"class_list":["post-519941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-24hour","tag-arena","tag-at","tag-auckland","tag-aucklands","tag-celebration","tag-during","tag-event","tag-expected","tag-for","tag-in","tag-indian","tag-landmark","tag-minister","tag-modi","tag-modis","tag-narendra","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pack","tag-pm","tag-prime","tag-spark","tag-thousands","tag-visit","tag-whirlwind","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}