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

New Zealand is to increase its diplomatic representation in Brazil by appointing a diplomat as Consul-General in Sao Paulo, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

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, Foreign Minister Wi

Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim will visit New Zealand on Thursday and Friday, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today. 

New Zealand’s next High Commissioner to Tarawa will be diplomat Robert Kaiwai, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today.

Six New Zealand thoroughbred races will offer seven-figure stakes this season, Racing Minister Winston Peters announced tonight.

New Zealand’s next Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation in Geneva will be career diplomat David Walker, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

New Zealand’s High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, Brian Donnelly, has resigned due to ill health, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

Veterans’ welfare received a $1 million boost today with the handing over of a cheque from Associate Senior Citizens Minister Winston Peters and Veterans’ Affairs Minister Rick Barker t

New Zealand's premiere harness races will receive a stakes increase totalling $1.6 million this year, Racing Minister Winston Peters announced at the Harness Racing New Zealand annual conference to

New Zealand’s next Ambassador to China will be career diplomat Carl Worker, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

Applications to the Safety Development Fund for 2008/09 are now open, Racing Minister Winston Peters announced today. 

Warren Bell, Thayne Green, and Alistair Sutherland have been reappointed to the New Zealand Racing Board’s governing body, Racing Minister Winston Peters announced today. 

Chile’s Foreign Minister, Alejandro Foxley, will visit New Zealand on Thursday and Friday this week, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today. 

The release of an updated SuperGold Card directory, which will be delivered to more than half a million senior New Zealanders, has been welcomed by Associate Senior Citizens Minister Winston Peters

New Zealand will contribute an additional $500,000 towards United Nations efforts to address food shortages in North Korea, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

A new chapter of US relations with Pacific Forum nations is set to begin
following Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s meeting with regional

New Zealand will appoint an Ambassador to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), says Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters.