Walter Nash, who served as the 27th prime minister of New Zealand from 12 December 1957 until 12 December 1960, travelled internationally to attend bilateral and multilateral diplomatic meetings and to lead trade delegations.
During his premiership, Nash made 33 international trips to 21 sovereign countries.
Nash appointed himself as Minister of Foreign Affairs without an associate leading him to focus on external matters for much of his premiership.
[1] As a result, Nash was noted for his frequent absences from the country, leaving his ministers to defend the record of the government in parliament from the opposition.
[2] Unless otherwise noted the information is sourced from here:[3]