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News that a shipment of processed high-level waste has departed France for Japan this week has again drawn a strong response from New Zealand.Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Phil Goff said "New Zealand opposes all shipments of nuclear material throug

The surrender of more than 800 weapons since the Townsville Peace Agreement in October is a welcome step", said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Phil Goff.

The Governor-General has deferred David Bain’s application for a pardon, and referred a number questions relating to his conviction to the Court of Appeal for its opinion, Minister of Justice Phil Goff announced today.

Minister of Justice Phil Goff announced today that the Government has agreed that compensation should be paid to David Dougherty.

New Zealand’s next Ambassador to Mexico will be career diplomat Paul Tipping, Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced today.

New Zealand today signed the new United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and its two Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants, Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced today.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hon Phil Goff will launch Malcolm Templeton’s "A Wise Adventure: New Zealand & Antarctica 1920-1960" at Parliament tonight.

Justice Minister Phil Goff today introduced legislation to make recognition of victims’ rights mandatory.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Conservation Minister Sandra Lee leave for a week-long tour of the Pacific on Sunday accompanied by a delegation of seven MPs.

New Zealand’s next ambassador to China will be John McKinnon, Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced today.

“Our relationship with China is critical for New Zealand both in diplomatic and economic terms,” Mr Goff said.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff today welcomed the first surrender of around 40 weapons from a former militant group, the Isatabu Freedom Movement, to the International Peace Monitoring Team (IPMT) in the Solomon Islands as a promising start.

Mexican visitors to New Zealand will no longer require visas from 1 December this year, Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel announced today.

New Zealand will extend its ban on sporting contacts with Fiji into next year, Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Sports Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.

Justice Minister Phil Goff today described Stephen Frank's Parole Offenders Bill as a simplistic proposal from the ACT Party that would result in perverse outcomes.

The Government will not be supporting this Bill, for two main reasons.

Justice Minister Phil Goff today announced details of a proposed new regulatory regime for lawyers and of a new profession of qualified conveyancers.

Justice Minister Phil Goff today released Dr Francis Small's report on the Ministerial Inquiry into INCIS.

Foreign Affairs Minister, Phil Goff, has welcomed the decision by Fiji’s High Court that the country’s 1997 Constitution remains valid and that the properly elected parliament be recalled.

"The proposal in the discussion paper the Government is releasing today would make all research expenditure and most development expenditure immediately eligible for tax deduction," Revenue Minister Michael Cullen says.

Justice Minister Phil Goff today responded to criticism of the Crimes (Criminal Appeals) Amendment Bill.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff leaves this afternoon to attend an Australian Justice Ministers meeting in Adelaide and the APEC Ministerial meeting in Brunei.

New Zealand will follow the United Nations in imposing selective sanctions against Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone, because of the precarious humanitarian and security situation those countries face, Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff announced today

A Working Holiday Scheme with Hong Kong is set to be implemented early next year, Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel and Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff announced today.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff said today that the weapon stolen from Private Leonard Manning when he was murdered by a militia group in East Timor in July has been recovered by the Indonesian Army (TNI).