28 August, 2008
Up to 300 New Zealanders aged between 18 and 30 will be able to live in Brazil for one year to work, holiday or study under a new reciprocal working holiday scheme signed today,
Read full release >>28 August, 2008
New Zealand is to increase its diplomatic representation in Brazil by appointing a diplomat as Consul-General in Sao Paulo.
Read full release >>27 August, 2008
The future of the WTO's Doha trade negotiations; environmental issues, and the signing of a Working Holiday Scheme will be key points during the Brazilian Foreign Minister's visit to New Zealand
Read full release >>27 August, 2008
New Zealand's new High Commissioner to Kiribati will be diplomat Robert Kaiwai
Read full release >>20 August, 2008
Speech to the inaugural Wairarapa Racing Club and Masterton Racing Club combined awards evening, celebrating the region’s thoroughbred racing and breeding achievements.
Read full speech >>15 August, 2008
Six New Zealand thoroughbred races will offer million dollar and over stakes this season, announced Racing Minister Winston Peters.
Read full release >>15 August, 2008
This season there will be six thoroughbred races carrying stakes of $1 million or more, following this year's Budget announcement of a $9 million, three-year scheme that will significantly lift the prize money for key New Zealand races.
Read full speech >>14 August, 2008
New Zealand’s next Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation in Geneva will be career diplomat David Walker
Read full release >>14 August, 2008
Foreign Minister Winston Peters pays tribute to Brian Donnelly, who has been forced to resign as High Commissioner to the Cook Islands due to ill health
Read full release >>12 August, 2008
The Returned and Services Association has received a $1 million boost for its veterans welfare work
Read full release >>8 August, 2008
Speech detailing changes to the racing industry that have been introduced over the past 30 months, and announcing new higher stakes for New Zealand's premiere harness races.
Read full speech >>8 August, 2008
New Zealand's premiere harness races will receive a stakes increase totalling $1.6 million this year.
Read full release >>7 August, 2008
Speech to the New Zealand Diplomacy Course about the role of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Read full speech >>1 August, 2008
New Zealand’s next Ambassador to China will be career diplomat Carl Worker, a fluent madarin speaker who has been posted to Beijing on two previous occasions
Read full release >>1 August, 2008
Racing clubs across New Zealand are being urged to submit applications for funding in the lastest round of the Safety Development Fund
Read full release >>1 August, 2008
Warren Bell, Thayne Green, and Alistair Sutherland have been reappointed to the New Zealand Racing Board’s governing body
Read full release >>1 August, 2008
New Zealand's private sector is a key avenue for effectively implementing aid programmes and projects in the Pacific now, and in the future.
Read full speech >>29 July, 2008
Chile’s Foreign Minister, Alejandro Foxley, will visit New Zealand on Thursday and Friday this week
Read full release >>29 July, 2008
Winston Peters welcomes the release of an updated SuperGold Card directory, which will be delivered to more than half a million New Zealanders
Read full release >>29 July, 2008
New Zealand is giving $500,000 to UN efforts to address food shortages in North Korea, which is facing its most severe food shortages since the famine of the 1990s
Read full release >>27 July, 2008
A new chapter of US relations with Pacific Forum nations is set to begin, following Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s meeting with regional counterparts in Samoa today, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.
Read full release >>26 July, 2008
Speech by Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters to the NZ - US Business Council function, welcoming Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice to New Zealand.
Read full speech >>24 July, 2008
Appointing a New Zealand Ambassador to ASEAN will offer concrete evidence of New Zealand's support for the organisation and its new Charter
Read full release >>23 July, 2008
New Zealand will contribute $2 million via the World Food Programme and the United Nations Development Programme to help victims of Cyclone Nargis.
Read full release >>22 July, 2008
New Zealand’s next Consul-General to Hong Kong will be career diplomat Adele Bryant
Read full release >>18 July, 2008
Foreign Minister Winston Peters will discuss a range of political and security issues at Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings in Singapore next week.
Read full release >>16 July, 2008
Condoleezza Rice is to visit New Zealand in late July, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced.
Read full release >>15 July, 2008
The New Zealand-Papua New Guinea aid strategy signed in Port Moresby today marks a major milestone in the relationship between the two countries, says Foreign Minister Winston Peters
Read full release >>11 July, 2008
Michael Swain will be New Zealand’s next Consul-General in Shanghai, says Foreign Minister Winston Peters.
Read full release >>10 July, 2008
Assisting Fiji to return to democratic rule is the aim of next week’s visit by the Forum Ministerial Contact Group
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