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New Zealand And China Foreign Ministers Hold Official Talks
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 05:42:22 +1300 | New Zealand Government
The Ministers looked forward to further high-level visits between China & NZ this year; committed to talks on foreign affairs, trade, consular issues, the Pacific, climate change, & human rights.More >>
Promoting Peace Through Parliamentary Diplomacy - 148th IPU Assembly In Geneva
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:37:32 +1300 | New Zealand Government
A cross-party delegation of members of Parliament (MPs) will join representatives from over 140 other Parliaments in attending the 148th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, being held in Geneva, Switzerland from 23 to 27 March 2024. The New Zealand ...More >>
Gaza Crisis: Joint Statement By Caritas Agencies Of Australia, Canada And New Zealand
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:40:03 +1300 | Caritas
In a joint statement dated 13 December 2023 , the prime ministers of Australia, Canada and New Zealand called for a ceasefire and peace in Gaza. On 15 February 2024 , they reiterated the call, adding that they were "gravely concerned by indications ...More >>
NZ, India Chart Path To Enhanced Relationship
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:27:31 +1300 | New Zealand Government
Rt Hon Winston Peters Minister of Foreign Affairs Foreign Minister Winston Peters has completed a successful visit to India, saying it was an important step in taking the relationship between the two countries to the next level. “We have laid a strong ...More >>
China Foreign Minister To Visit
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:09:24 +1300 | New Zealand Government
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters has announced that the Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi, will visit New Zealand next week. “We look forward to re-engaging with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and discussing the full ...More >>
Call To Ban Apartheid Israel From The 2024 Paris Olympics
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:34:27 +1300 | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has written to the New Zealand Olympic Committee urging it to join the international campaign for apartheid Israel to be banned from the 2024 Paris Olympics (26 July to 11 August) Horrendous Israeli war crimes against ...More >>
Christopher Luxon And Viet Nam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh On The Occasion Of The Official Visit To New ZealandChinh
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:54:30 +1300 | Joint Press Release
New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Rt Hon Christopher Luxon welcomed Viet Nam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to New Zealand for his first official visit and constructive bilateral talks on Monday 11 March. The Prime Ministers reaffirmed the deep and enduring ...More >>
Passionate About Fruit – Plant & Food Research Launches New Project In Viet Nam
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:09:10 +1300 | Plant and Food Research
A five-year New Zealand Government-funded project to help Viet Nam build a more lucrative passionfruit export industry was formally launched by the Prime Ministers of Viet Nam and New Zealand in Wellington today. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher ...More >>
Prime Minister Of Viet Nam To Be Welcomed To NZ
Fri, 8 Mar 2024 14:49:39 +1300 | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will welcome Vietnamese Prime Minister His Excellency Pham Minh Chinh to New Zealand on Monday. “It is with pleasure I welcome the Prime Minister of Viet Nam to our country on an official visit and look forward to engaging ...More >>
Students And Activists Protest US Diplomat’s Victoria University Lecture
Fri, 8 Mar 2024 10:19:39 +1300 | Joint Press Release
Students and activist groups are protesting a Friday 8 March lecture by the USA’s Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Dr. Bonnie Jenkins, at the Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). Organised by the Centre ...More >>
New Zealand Is Wrong To Designate Hamas A Terrorist Group
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:44:19 +1300 | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
Today’s announcement by the government to designate Hamas a “terrorist” organisation is cowardly and wrong. The United Nations and most of the rest of world does not give Hamas this designation and neither should New Zealand. PSNA does not support ...More >>
Indonesian Vice President To Visit New Zealand
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 09:41:21 +1300 | New Zealand Government
Rt Hon Winston Peters Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs Indonesia’s Vice President Ma’ruf Amin will visit New Zealand next week, the first here by an Indonesian leader since 2018, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has announced. ...More >>
New Zealand Foreign Minister Seeks To Block Chinese Influence In Southwest Pacific
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:24:11 +1300 | Socialist Equality Group
By John Braddock New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters undertook a four-day tour of three Pacific Islands states beginning on February 7, hard on the heels of a visit to Australia that saw a strengthening of security and defence ties between ...More >>
On Five Of Luxon’s Gaza Absurdities
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:43:04 +1300 | Gordon Campbell
Earlier this week, PM Christopher Luxon met with 48 public service CEOs to make sure they were on board with his plans to cut spending on public services so that National can proceed to give the revenue away to those New Zealanders least in need. ...More >>
US Must Uphold Judges’ Right To Speak Freely About Race & Gender Bias
Tue, 6 Feb 2024 05:29:45 +1300 | UN News
Judges in the United States must be free to speak about important issues that threaten judicial independence or affect the administration of justice, an expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Monday. Special Rapporteur Margaret Satterthwaite ...More >>
Ukraine War: Political Affairs Chief Warns Against Rhetoric Fuelling ‘Already Dangerous Conflict’
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 15:50:19 +1300 | UN News
The UN “is not in a position” to verify reports surrounding the crash of a Russian aircraft near the border with Ukraine, the Organization’s top political affairs official said on Thursday, calling on the warring sides to avoid fuelling “the ...More >>
Haiti Crises Have Reached ‘A Critical Point’
Sat, 27 Jan 2024 14:53:05 +1300 | UN News
More than 8,400 people were victims of gang violence in Haiti last year, including killings, injuries and kidnappings – a 122 per cent increase over 2022, the UN Special Representative for the country told the UN Security Council on Thursday. ...More >>
ICJ Decision on Provisional Measures
Sat, 27 Jan 2024 13:52:31 +1300 | Embassy of Israel in Wellington
The charge of genocide levelled against Israel at the International Court of Justice is false and outrageous. It constitutes a shameful exploitation of the Genocide Convention that is not only wholly unfounded in fact and law, but morally repugnant. As the ...More >>
Rejection Of Two-State Solution By Israeli Leadership "Unacceptable," Says Guterres
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:27:00 +1300 | UN News
Top diplomats are debating the deepening crisis in the Gaza Strip and the whole Middle East in the UN Security Council , against the backdrop of Israel’s unrelenting military operation, mounting death toll and escalating global calls for an immediate ...More >>
Iran Urged To Halt ‘horrific Wave Of Executions’
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:20:13 +1300 | UN News
The United Nations on Tuesday underlined its condemnation of capital punishment following Iran's execution of a young man who was sentenced to death in connection with widespread protests. Mohammad Ghobadlou, 23, who reportedly had a mental health ...More >>