A coup for John Key later this week, when he becomes the first New Zealand Prime Minister to take part in a high-powered G20 meeting.

We're not a member of the group, but the government's been invited as a guest when Australia chairs the leaders' meeting in Brisbane at the weekend.

It's an opportunity for Mr Key to showcase our recovery from recession to the leaders of the world's largest economies, including the United States, Britain and Russia.

The focus of the meeting will be "where to from here" as countries emerge from the global financial crisis.