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There was much to respect and much to criticise in Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, says Foreign Minister Phil Goff

Tokelau and New Zealand reach agreement on further political evolution for the territory

Tokelau’s six-member Council for Ongoing Government are to hold talks in Wellington on the atoll group’s future political status and relationship with New Zealand

Foreign Minister Phil Goff's opening speech at the Asia 2000 Foundation's 10th Anniversary celebrations in Wellington on November 1

Foreign Minister Phil Goff's speech to the Wellington branch of the NZ-China Friendship Society, delivered at 6pm, 27 October

Trade and HIV-Aids were on the agenda during annual consultations between the Foreign Ministers of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea in Wellington

In the Pacific conflicts are deep-rooted in poverty and economic stagnation, inequality, poor governance and a sense of marginalisation. Land disputes are often a factor.

New Zealand will contribute NZ$200,000 in disaster relief to the hurricane-plagued Caribbean, Aid Minister Marian Hobbs announced today.

New Zealand is to become the first country in the world to sign a Working Holiday Scheme with the Czech Republic

New Zealand’s ambassador in Indonesia will represent the government at a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the Bali bombings

It’s important too that we focus not just on increasing our aid budget, but on making sure that we are delivering the most effective development programmes we can with the budget we already have.

New Zealand’s next High Commissioner to Tonga will be career diplomat Michael McBryde

New Zealand is to seek a two-year term on the UN Security Council in 2015 and 2016

New Zealand's new ambassador to Spain will be career diplomat Geoff Ward

Address to a seminar on the relationship between New Zealand and the Islamic Republic of Iran, organised by the Centre for Strategic Studies.

Aid Minister Marian Hobbs expressed her thanks to the New Zealand Defence Force troops returning from Iraq today for their contribution to the rebuilding of the war-torn country.

Indonesia’s first direct election of a President has been a landmark in progressing democracy in Indonesia

Reform of the United Nations, and its ability to intervene to protect victims against fundamental abuses of human rights were on the top of the agenda at a meeting between Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in New York today.

Phil Goff formally deposited New Zealand's instrument of accession to the Mercenaries Convention in New York on Thursday.

International cooperation has achieved advanced social, economic and environmental needs, but more remains to be done.

Reform of the United Nations is vital to ensure its ongoing relevance and effectiveness

Foreign Minister Phil Goff's speech delivered to the French Institute of International Relations

Development specialist and former MP, Dr Marilyn Waring, will undertake a ministerial review of NZAID, the government's aid agency.

There are no two issue more challenging to the world today than the elimination of extreme poverty, and the dismantling of weapons - guns, chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.