20 November, 2009
APEC remains an important vehicle for New Zealand's engagement with the wider Asia-Pacific region, Foreign Minister Murray McCully tells a seminar in Wellington celebrating the group's 20th anniversary
Read full speech >>15 November, 2009
New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, Te Rongotoa (Tia) Barrett, died this morning after a short illness
Read full release >>13 November, 2009
New Zealand is to contribute $420,000 to the World Health Organization (WHO) in support of an H1N1 vaccine roll out in the Asia Pacific region, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today.
Read full release >>9 November, 2009
Foreign Minister Murray McCully leaves for Singapore tomorrow to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers' meeting.
Read full release >>9 November, 2009
An agreement ensuring fish stocks are sustainably managed is vital for the economic well-being of all Pacific nations, Foreign Minister Murray McCully told the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Auckland on Sunday afternoon
Read full speech >>4 November, 2009
New Zealand's Acting Head of Mission in Fiji, Todd Cleaver, was formally declared Persona Non Grata by the interim regime early this afternoon and told to leave Fiji, Foreign Minister Murray McCully confirmed today.
Read full release >>3 November, 2009
Foreign Minister Murray McCully tonight confirmed that New Zealand's Acting Head of Mission in Fiji has been ordered out of the country by the interim government of Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
Read full release >>22 October, 2009
Foreign Minister Murray McCully heads for Asia tomorrow to attend the East Asia Summit in Thailand and then travel on to South Korea and Japan.
Read full release >>21 October, 2009
Foreign Minister Murray McCully today welcomed the establishment of the Business Opportunity Support Scheme (BOSS) in Tonga, which aims to encourage commercial investment and increase earnings from exports and tourism.
Read full release >>18 October, 2009
Trade Minister and Associate Foreign Affairs Minister Tim Groser departs today to represent the New Zealand Government at the inauguration ceremony for Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta on 20 October.
Read full release >>15 October, 2009
Foreign Minister Murray McCully has welcomed the significant French contribution to the response to the Tongan tsunami tragedy.
Read full release >>14 October, 2009
New Zealand will commit $1.5 million towards tsunami recovery and reconstruction efforts in Tonga, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today.
Read full release >>13 October, 2009
Career diplomat Andrew Needs will be New Zealand's new High Commissioner to Canada, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today.
Read full release >>13 October, 2009
Career diplomat Marion Crawshaw will be New Zealand's new High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today.
Read full release >>11 October, 2009
New Zealand and Australia will each contribute $5 million to the Government of Samoa to support its tsunami recovery and reconstruction efforts, Foreign Ministers Murray McCully and Stephen Smith announced today.
Read full release >>9 October, 2009
Ten New Zealand engineers will join relief efforts in the Indonesian city of Padang in western Sumatra, following last week's devastating earthquake," Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today.
Read full release >>5 October, 2009
New Zealand is contributing an initial $1 million to support emergency relief work following an earthquake in Indonesia, and a typhoon that has struck a number of Southeast Asian countries, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today.
Read full release >>4 October, 2009
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully and Trade Minister Tim Groser will join high profile business and government representatives at the third US-NZ Partnership Forum, in Washington DC.
Read full release >>4 October, 2009
New Zealand is contributing a further $1 million to emergency relief efforts following the tsunami in Samoa and Tonga, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today.
Read full release >>1 October, 2009
New Zealand is providing an initial $1million donation for immediate disaster relief efforts in Samoa and Tonga, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today.
Read full release >>30 September, 2009
An Airforce P3 Orion is enroute to Samoa, and before dark may be able to join the coastal search for survivors of this morning's earthquake and tsunami, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today.
Read full release >>30 September, 2009
New Zealand stands ready to assist Samoa and the wider Pacific region following the earthquake this morning and reports of a tsunami, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said.
Read full release >>18 September, 2009
Thank you for the opportunity to address members of the NZ Fiji Business Council today.
Read full speech >>18 September, 2009
New Zealand is fully supportive of a United States-led initiative to ensure developing countries can fight an influenza pandemic, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today.
Read full release >>8 September, 2009
Career diplomat Darryl Dunn will be New Zealand's new Ambassador to Argentina, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today.
Read full release >>4 September, 2009
ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan will visit New Zealand next week, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today.
Read full release >>3 September, 2009
A team of New Zealand marine pollution experts has been sent to Samoa following the grounding of a container ship at the entrance to Apia harbour, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today.
Read full release >>2 September, 2009
Fiji's suspension from the Commonwealth is the result of Commodore Bainimarama's refusal to take meaningful steps to return Fiji to democracy, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today.
Read full release >>27 August, 2009
Tenby Powell, executive director of New Zealand Rental Group, has been appointed to Antarctica New Zealand's management board, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today.
Read full release >>27 August, 2009
New Zealand's next Ambassador to Egypt will be career diplomat Graeme Waters, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today.
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