| Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is in New | | | | National Party and the Green Party. He fled Tibet in |
| Zealand, where he met Tuesday with Foreign Minister | | | | 1959 after Chinese troops suppressed an uprising. He |
| Winston Peters and visited the country's parliament. | | | | now lives in exile in India. |
| But the 71-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner, who | | | | Last week, the Dalai Lama visited Australia, where he |
| arrived Monday in the capital, Wellington, met with | | | | met with Prime Minister John Howard and opposition |
| Peters in his capacity as New Zealand First party | | | | leader Kevin Rudd. |
| leader rather than as foreign minister. | | | | His visit has drawn criticism from Beijing, but Canberra |
| Prime Minister Helen Clark has ruled out a formal | | | | said the exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhism is a |
| meeting with the Dalai Lama, after meeting him last | | | | significant religious figure who is welcome to visit |
| week at an airport in Australia. | | | | Australia any time. |
| Her decision sparked sharp criticism from the | | | | The Dalai Lama said his tour of Australia was meant |
| opposition, which accused the government of tiptoeing | | | | to promote human values and religious harmony. |
| around Chinese opposition. Beijing regards the Buddhist | | | | Some information for this report provided by AFP and |
| leader as a separatist. | | | | AP. |
| The Dalai Lama also met members of the opposition | | | | |