Winston Peters will deliver his State of the Nation speech this afternoon - off the back of high level talks in the United States last week. 

Similar speeches have come over the past months from the Prime Minister, the Opposition leader, ACT and the Greens - and today it's New Zealand First's turn. 

The address comes days after Winston Peters returned from Washington DC, where he met with senior players in the Trump Administration. 

NZ Herald deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan speculated what the focus of the address could be.

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