EventsFeaturesNZ Russia 65th AnniversaryCommonwealth ConversationNZ hosts fisheries meetingTokelau flag flown at ParliamentInternational Atomic Energy Agency conferenceNZ China FTA anniversaryNZ and the UN General AssemblyGovernor General presents Tokelau's first flag to its leadersNZ celebrates literary links with MentonCeremony to remember start of wwIIVisit by Brazilian economistCall for submissions on the Thai CEPPrime Minister's visit to AustraliaNew Working Holiday Scheme with PeruPrime Ministers visit to the PacificHuman Rights Council resolution on maternal mortalityErebus medal presentationEmbassy opening Timor LesteElection observance overseasWTO essay competitionAnzac Day commemorated around the worldHuman Rights ReportIndia NZ Free Trade AgreementBoer War MemorialVisit of Latin America Heads of MissionVisit of Dutch Foreign MinisterNZ High Commissioner to FijiBali Democracy ForumAPEC Peru 2008Illegal Fishing activitiesRoyal New Zealand Air Force Patrols TongaTrans Pacific AgreementNZ China FTA enters into forceExport controls on strategic goodsNew consul for MelbourneNZ extended seabed claimSafe TravelImage galleriesMediaPublications
A recital of Russian operatic arias and a ministerial reception was held in honour of the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Russian Federation on 4 November in Wellington.
The Commonwealth’s future shape and mission came under scrutiny during a wide-ranging public forum recently held in Wellington as part of the global Commonwealth Conversation.
New Zealand is hosting the 8th, and possibly final, round of negotiations to establish a regional fisheries management organisation to manage the South Pacific's non-tuna like species.
Tokelau's first official flag has flown outside New Zealand's Parliament for the first time. The parliament ceremony was one of a number of events coordinated in Tokelau and among the Tokelauan community in New Zealand to mark the launch of the new flag.
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s annual General Conference, which took place on 14-18 September 2009 at the Agency’s headquarters in Vienna, was presided over by New Zealand’s Ambassador to the IAEA, Jennifer Macmillan.
Trade between New Zealand and China has been steadily increasing since the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) entered into force a year ago.
New Zealand reconfirmed its commitment to the United Nations at the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held in New York.
Tokelau received its first official flag from the Governor-General, Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, at Government House on 7 September.
Locals and visitors to Menton in the south of France enjoyed a week of literary and culinary events from 21-26 September thanks to collaboration between the New Zealand Embassy in Paris and the town where Katherine Mansfield resided in 1920-21.
Veterans Affairs Minister Judith Collins signs the visitors book after laying a wreath at Warsaw’s Tomb of the Unknown Warrior during her bilateral visit to Poland.
Mr Carlos de Freitas, a former director of the Brazilian Central Bank and now a prominent economic commentator, is in New Zealand to foster better understanding of the size, strengths and influence of the Brazilian economy.
August 2009 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is inviting submissions on possible negotiations on services and government procurement under the Thailand - New Zealand Closer Economic Partnership Agreement.
Prime Minister Key has completed a successful official visit to Australia. During the visit the Prime Minister visited Melbourne, Canberra, and Sydney, and undertook a wide range of engagements with Australia politicians, media and companies, and in support of New Zealand companies and industries succeeding in the Australian market.
Up to 100 New Zealanders aged between 18 and 30 will be able to visit Peru for one year to work, holiday or study under a new reciprocal working holiday scheme that takes effect on 1 August.
July 2009 - Prime Minister John Key has completed a relationship-building Pacific tour, which included visits to Tonga, Samoa, Niue and the Cook Islands.
June 2009 - The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights. New Zealand worked in partnership with Colombia to lead the negotiations.
June 2009 - New Zealand's Ambassador to the United States Roy Ferguson and the Vice Chief of Defence Force Rear Admiral Jack Steer presented the New Zealand Special Service Medal (Erebus) to 13 United States Citizens in Washington on 4 June.
May 2009 - New Zealand's new Embassy building in Dili, Timor-Leste, was formally opened on 14 May.
New Zealand missions overseas often have the opportunity to participate as accredited electoral observers in their host countries.
The WTO Secretariat has launched an annual WTO Essay Award for Young Economists. The Award consists of a prize of 5,000 Swiss Francs to the author(s) of the winning essay.
Anzac Day commemorations will be held around the world on 25 April, and many New Zealand Embassies and High Commissions have organised dawn services with our Australian counterparts for New Zealanders and Australians who are based overseas.
May 2009 - Following public feedback, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice and the Attorney-General have approved the revised report that examines NZ's human rights record.
Following Cabinet's agreement to enter into Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with India, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is calling for submissions from interested stakeholders.
The re-dedication of a memorial to 23 New Zealand soldiers killed in February 1902 during the Anglo-Boer war was held recently.
One of the important roles of New Zealand's Ambassadors overseas is to look at how to maximise opportunities for New Zealanders doing business in other countries.
January 2009 - The Netherlands Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen visited New Zealand 22-23 January, accompanied by his wife and a delegation of officials.
December 2008 - I am disappointed to be returning home as a result of an arbitrary and unwarranted decision by the Fiji Interim Government. As the Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, has made clear, there is no basis or justification for the Interim Government's action - which it has failed to substantiate in any way.
December 2008 - The first meeting of the Bali Democracy Forum was held at Nusa Dua, Bali between 10-11 December. This new Indonesian initiative has been set up to provide a forum for discussing how to build and consolidate democracy in the Asian region and this was the main theme for the meeting.
APEC stands for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation process. It is a forum which promotes closer trade and economic relationships in the Asia-Pacific, making it easier for APEC members to trade and invest with each other and thereby raise the living standards of the region.
The New Zealand Government has successfully defended its right in the NZ High Court to report vessels that it detects supporting illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing activities in the Southern Ocean to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
An Air Force Orion has completed a patrol across Tonga’s exclusive economic zone as part of both countries’ ongoing commitment to managing Tonga’s border and protecting its waters against illegal fishing.
The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement is a model free trade agreement. As the first trade agreement with a membership spanning Asia, Oceania and the Americas, the Trans-Pacific Agreement bridges the Asia-Pacific Region.
The New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement came into force on 1 October 2008.
The export of firearms, military goods and technologies, and goods and technologies that can be used in the production, development or delivery of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons is prohibited under the Customs and Excise Act 1996 unless an export permit has been obtained.
October 2008 - New Zealand has boosted its representation in Melbourne with career diplomat Rob Hole starting as the New Zealand Consul-General in the city on 1 October.
New Zealand’s right to approximately 1.7m square kilometres of extended continental shelf seabed has been confirmed by the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.
Registering travel details on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Safe Travel website can help us account for New Zealanders in the event of a disaster overseas, such as a cyclone or an earthquake.
