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The outgoing and incoming governments are blaming the caretaker convention for keeping tight-lipped about the situation in the Middle East. Â
The convention applies when an outgoing administration is preparing to make way for an incoming one. Â
International Geopolitical Analyst Geoffrey Miller told Kate Hawkesby that New Zealand's done the minimum: condemning the Hamas attack, calling for restraint from Israel's response, and funding humanitarian aid. Â
He says beyond that, ministers have been reserved by design because of the caretaker convention. Â
Miller says we're waiting for formation of a new government for a fuller response.Â
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