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Foreign Minister Phil Goff has announced that New Zealand established diplomatic relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) today.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff has called on renegade members of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force in Port Moresby to return all stolen weapons and drop their political demands on the Morauta Government.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff leaves on Monday on a trip encompassing Chile and the United States which will see him attending an inaugural conference in Santiago and conducting a series of meetings with the new administration in Washington.

New Zealanders will help ease the fallout from another disastrous winter in Mongolia, says Associate Foreign Affairs Minister Matt Robson.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff welcomed the announcement by the caretaker government in Fiji that elections will take place by 7 September 2001.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff commented this evening on the appointment of Ratu Tevita Momoedonu by acting President Iloilo as Prime Minister of Fiji.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff sees great potential for New Zealand in the 'Bollywood' bonanza of Indian film making. During his visit to India, Mr Goff has welcomed the growing interest of Indian film makers to shoot their movies in New Zealand.

SPEECH BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
HON PHIL GOFF,
AT THE INDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, NEW DELHI

“India and New Zealand in Asia: a New Zealand perspective”

Phil Goff leaves today on what will be the first visit by a New Zealand Foreign Minister to India in almost nine years.

New Zealand's first Embassy in Brazil will open in July with Denise Almao appointed as Ambassador, Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced today.

New Zealand welcomes the decision of the Fiji Court of Appeal, which has declared that the country's interim Government is illegal and that the1997 Constitution is valid, said Foreign Minister Phil Goff.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff said New Zealand is concerned at the threat to the lawfully elected Papua New Guinea government posed by the actions of a number of renegade members of the PNG Defence Force.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff has announced that New Zealand police will assist Fiji with the treason case against George Speight and his associates.

Chris Seed will be New Zealand's next High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff announced today. Mr Seed will take up the position in April, replacing Nigel Moore.

New Zealand's next High Commissioner to Samoa will be Dr Penelope Ridings, Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced. "Relations between New and Samoa are very close and are based on historical, cultural and family ties," Mr Goff said.

Thank you for your invitation to open the new Hawthorn English School – the Melbourne Enterprises International’s new language school in Auckland.

New Zealand has welcomed an international agreement to minimise the harm to one of the world's most threatened bird groups, petrels and albatrosses, caused by activities like commercial fishing practices.

Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff has announced that New Zealand's next High Commissioner to Fiji will be Adrian Simcock. Mr Simcock who is currently New Zealand's High Commissioner to India will take up the posting in June.

Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff had a wide-ranging discussion when he met with the Commander of the Fijian Military Forces, Commodore Frank Bainimarama today.

Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff announced the Commander of the Fiji Military forces, Commodore Frank Bainimarama is undertaking a private visit to New Zealand. The Commodore is here for medical treatment, which is not available in Fiji.

Young New Zealanders will be able to have working holidays in Italy and young Italians working holidays here following the signing of an agreement today, said Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff and Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel.

Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff says that a special meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Monaco to draw up rules for commercial whaling must not send a message that the current moratorium on whaling should be lifted.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Phil Goff welcomes the visit to New Zealand by Italian Foreign Minister Dr Lamberto Dini, a former Italian Prime Minister. Dr Dini arrives in Wellington on Wednesday (7 February).

Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff has welcomed what he says is huge progress in the peace process between Papua New Guinea and Bougainville, especially after the worrying breakdown in talks late last year.