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New Zealand’s next Ambassador to Argentina will be career diplomat Lucy Duncan

The substantial jail term imposed on the first child pornographer sentenced under amended censorship laws is welcome news

New Zealand is providing a $1 million assistance package to support the peace process and humanitarian efforts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Foreign Minister Phil Goff congratulates the people of Afghanistan for holding the country's first election in 36 years

Foreign Minister Phil Goff pays tribute today to Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal

Lawyer and Notary Public Eduardo Gustale has been appointed New Zealand's Honorary Consul in Paraguay

New Zealand has signed a United Nations treaty strengthening international efforts to reduce the risk of nuclear terrorism

Claims by Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples and candidate Hone Harawira that Donna Awatere Huata was convicted ecause of a racist justice system are pathetic

Tonga has accepted the New Zealand government's offer of using retired Employment Court judge Tom Goddard to mediate in the public sector strike

The burning of four government cars and the trashing of a school are worrying indications of the high level of tension in Tonga

Foreign Minister Phil Goff has welcomed the signing of the peace accord in Helsinki by the Indonesian Government and representatives of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).

Foreign Minister Phil Goff on the shooting of his Sri Lankan counterpart Lakshman Kadirgamar

New Zealand’s next Consul-General to Shanghai will be career diplomat Wen Chin Powles

Foreign Minister Phil Goff congratulates Amnesty International, as it celebrates a New Zealand milestone

A Court ruling has confirmed that the Prisoners' and Victims' Claims Act will stop prisoners being paid compensation in all but the most exceptional circumstances

The UN releases a report on the prosecution of serious crimes committed in East Timor in 1999

New Zealand formally accedes to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) in Southeast Asia

Myanmar has relinquished the chair of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2006/07

Foreign Minister Phil Goff leaves for Laos tomorrow to attend the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference and Regional Forum

Labour Party policy does not include support for legalising marijuana and it does not support taking any action that might promote its use

Calls to reintroduce boot camps for young offenders are recycling ideas that have been tried and discredited in the past

The first two of four Family Safety Teams aimed at reducing family violence have been launched in Wellington

Senior New Zealand policeman Graham Emery has been appointed deputy commissioner of the Royal Solomon Islands Police

A joint statement on Zimbabwe from Foreign Minister Phil Goff and his Australian counterpart Alexander Downer following their meeting in Queensland today