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Narendra Modi  ·  2026-07-12 00:00

Inside PM Modi’s landmark visit to New Zealand 🇮🇳🇳🇿

[music] >> We are witnessing the dawn of an entirely new era. >> [music] [music] [music] >> Tonight, New Zealand makes history. For the first time in 40 years, an Indian Prime Minister stands on New Zealand soil. Prime Minister Modi, let me say on behalf of 5 million New Zealanders, you are worth the wait. >> [music] >> The 21st century will be shaped by India, and New Zealand wants to help build that future with you. >> [cheering] [cheering] [music] [music] [music] [screaming] [screaming] [music] >> And I remember going to India in the mid to late 90s [music] and people got paid daily in their wages in coins in [music] their hand. And it's interesting to me that under Prime Minister Modi's leadership, he has lifted 250 million people out of poverty. [music] There is now 440 million people in the middle class, about to be 750 million by the end of the decade. And it is an incredible [music] transformation. India is not only a market, India is a launch pad for global growth. >> [music] [music] [music] [music]