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New Zealand's contribution for Pakistan earthquake relief, now totals $1.5 million.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand will contribute $1 million dollars to international relief efforts following a massive earthquake in Pakistan and mudslides in Central America.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand is committing NZ$5.3 million towards supporting the 2006 general election in Fiji.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand will provide US$50,000 to the Marshall Islands following a fire on the capital atoll of Majuro that destroyed a large part of the main hospital, including the pharmacy.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Addressing the global inequality iceberg is going to take a good deal more than increased aid

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

On the eve of the United Nations 60th Anniversary Summit, Aid Minister Marian Hobbs has launched a report on New Zealand's contribution to helping developing countries reach targets set out in the Millennium Development Goals.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand has agreed to contribute $1 million to the United Nations to assist with the running of democratic elections in Afghanistan on September 18.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Pensioners volunteering overseas with aid agencies will be entitled to receive superannuation payments for up to three years of their assignments, under proposed law changes

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

NZAID, the government's international aid and development agency, will make an immediate contribution of $500,000 to the United Nations' appeal for Niger.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand would contribute a total of $15 million to the trust funds of Niue ($7.5 million) and Tokelau ($7.5 million), Aid Minister Marian Hobbs announced today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Aid Minister has approved addional funding to assist Manam Islanders made homeless by recent volcanic activity.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand will work in partnership with the Government of Tonga and the World Bank on a $14 million project to improve the quality and accessibility of education in Tonga.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand announces support for debt relief to poor countries.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand is to make a sizeable contribution to ease hardship and improve the lives of children living in Nepal.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Successful completion of autonomous provincial government elections in Bougainville is an historic moment and cause for celebration.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Fiji Government's Reconciliation and Unity Bill needs considerable debate if its fundamental aims are to be achieved, Acting Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, Marian Hobbs said today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Aid Minister Marian Hobbs has reaffirmed New Zealand’s commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS in the Pacific.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand's spending on overseas aid is expanding by 21 per cent, the largest increase in recent decades

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Aid Minister Marian Hobbs has challenged all New Zealanders to support developing countries by purchasing a Fair Trade product during Fair Trade Fortnight.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand would provide an additional $4.3 million this year to assist displaced people in the Sudan, and in the fights against polio, malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

All of the $19 million allocated to match dollar for dollar public fundraising following the Indian Ocean tsunami has now been allocated

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand's efforts to refocus and improve the effectiveness of its overseas aid programme are praised in an OECD Peer Review of New Zealand’s aid efforts.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

International efforts to promote labour rights and resolve damaging labour disputes in Cambodia would receive New Zealand government support.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Agreement has been reached at the United Nations on the text for an international convention to suppress nuclear terrorism.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade