The head of the FBI is in New Zealand with speculation he's here in advance of a visit by President Obama later this year.

Newstalk ZB's Political Editor Barry Soper said arrangements for a Presidential visit would be handled by the Secret Service but clearly law enforcement would form part of that.

James Comey has been head of the FBI since September 2013. He's slipped into the country and had meetings today with Police Commissioner Mike Bush and our Attorney General Chris Finlayson.

President Obama's had a long standing invitation from his golfing buddy John Key to visit this country and has always said he's keen to come.

Parliament has an unusually long recess of four weeks in July and a Presidential visit could be a reason.

But American sources say he's here as part of ongoing meetings over security in the region.

Chris Finlayson, the minister in charge of the country's intelligence agencies, has met with the Director of the FBI on the same day recommendations for reforms of intelligence laws have been made public.

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Mr Finlayson indicated the timing is coincidental.

"We discussed a wide variety of matters," he said.

"For example I'm very interested in the Apple case in the United States, and how that's going."