New Delhi, March 13 -- New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, who is on a three-day official visit to India, has said that India's importance to New Zealand's society, economy and security is growing, as he lauded the ties between the two nations.

He emphasised that New Zealand and India are two countries that should be doing more together.

"India's importance to New Zealand's society, economy and security is growing. The Indian diaspora in New Zealand numbers 300,000 and India is our second largest source of international students and largest source of skilled migrants," Peters said, according to an official release from the New Zealand High Commission.

Peters concluded a successful tour of India, describing it as an ess...