The New Zealand - Malaysia Free Trade Agreement was signed on Monday October 26 at a formal ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The agreement was signed by New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser and his Malaysian counterpart, Minister Dato′ Mustapa and was witnessed by Prime Minister Key and Prime Minister Dato′ Sri Najib.
The International Atomic Energy Agency's annual General Conference, which took place at the Agency's headquarters in Vienna, was presided over by New Zealand's Ambassador to the IAEA, Jennifer Macmillan.
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.
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.