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Foreign Minister Phil Goff's speech to the United Nations Association of New Zealand, and the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, in Wellington on 19 April.

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.

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

The UN Security Council's decision to establish a peacekeeping mission in Sudan, impose sanctions, and refer the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court is a step towards peace and justice

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

New Zealand will fund a helicopter to fly a team of doctors into Indonesia's Nias Islands to treat people injured in today's earthquake.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff is updated on Tokelau's relief and reconstruction needs in the wake of Cyclone Percy

Secretary General Kofi Annan's report calling for decisive and bold reform of the United Nations is welcomed by Foreign Minister Phil Goff

New Zealand will provide United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) with an additional $1 million this year.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff today welcomed the guilty verdict handed down to former Solomon Islands militia leader Harold Keke

Foreign Minister Phil Goff, Immigration Minister Paul Swain and Associate Pacific Islands Affairs Minister Taito Phillip Field fly to Apia this evening for Joint Ministerial Consultations

Three additional New Zealand Police are to travel to the Solomon Islands to assist investigations into the murder of Australian officer Adam Dunning

The Greater Mekong Sub-region Tertiary Education Consortium is a good example of the new collaborative relationships developing among SE Asia, Australia and New Zealand that have built on previous aid relationships.

New Zealand will not be withdrawing its Ambassador from Jakarta over the relatively short sentence for cleric Abu Bakir Bashir in relation to the Bali nightclub bombing.

New Zealand is to contribute $1.5 million to relief and reconstruction efforts in the Maldives

Urgently needed relief supplies are being sent to the cyclone-hit Pukapuka and Nassau islands in the north of the Cook Islands

New Zealand-funded relief supplies will be shipped to cyclone-hit Tokelau from Samoa as soon as they can be purchased and loaded.

The world knows how to reduce global poverty and has the means to do it – but success will come down to political will.

New Zealand is continuing to arrange for resources to assist the Cook Islands recover from damage caused by three cyclones in the last two weeks.

A New Zealand Inc. approach is the driving force behind the opening of New Zealand’s new Consulate office in Los Angeles.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff leaves tomorrow for consultations with the European Union, and visits to China, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and India

Telecommunications technicians will head to the Cook Islands tomorrow to help repair damage caused by Cyclone Olaf last night, and further assistance is likely in the next few days

New Zealand has signed an agreement to contribute $2 million to a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) initiative designed to benefit children in the Pacific.

New Zealand is preparing to assist Pacific countries that may be affected by two approaching cyclones