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APEC members need to work harder at building broader support for APEC within their communities, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon said today.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon, departs tomorrow on a two week visit to South and South East Asia.

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon announced today that a delegation of New Zealand Parliamentarians would go to East Timor next month to observe the UN-sponsored ballot on East Timor's future.

Last week's APEC Trade Ministers meeting was a highly successful "dry run" for the APEC Ministerial and Leaders" meetings in September, Foreign Affairs Minister Don McKin

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said today that the Government had decided to authorise a holiday for schools in the Auckland region on Monday 13 September, to reduce traffic flows in the region to a

New Zealand will provide assistance to Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) the Foreign Minister Don McKinnon and Associate Minister Simon Upton announced today.

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said he deplores the attack on a UN facility in East Timor today, but he hopes the growing UN presence in East Timor will deter further attacks.

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon today welcomed the appointment of Neil Walter as the new Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said he was very pleased to hear that an agreement between NATO and Serb Military  Forces had been signed this morning (NZT).

Five New Zealand Defence Force personnel will join the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) as Military Liaison Officers, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon and Minister of Defence, Max Bradfor

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon welcomed the peaceful elections held in Indonesia yesterday as a good sign for the upcoming consultation with the East Timorese.

The New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Rt Hon Don McKinnon, and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hubert V édrine, signed the New Zealand-France Working Holiday Scheme Ag

New Zealand Foreign Minister Don McKinnon has described the inauguration today (Nigerian Time) of new democratically elected Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo as a major turning point in the his

An informal gathering in Johannesburg of New Zealand and South African business people, traders and sports professionals has decided to establish a networking group, encouraged by Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon will attend the inauguration of the new democratically elected Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abuja on 29 May.

War Pensions Minister Don McKinnon said that the Government is of the view that funding the NZ Nuclear Test Veterans Association to bring a class action against the United Kingdom Government over n

New Zealand will contribute over NZ$500,000 to support UNICEF's complimentary feeding for infants (CFI) programme in Indonesia, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon and Associate Minister Simon Upton anno

"The agreement on East Timor signed today by the Indonesian and Portuguese Foreign Ministers represents a significant political breakthrough in the future of East Timor," said Foreign Minister Don

New Zealand will provide technical expertise to assist Indonesia's preparations for the forthcoming national elections Foreign Minister Don McKinnon and Associate Minister Simon Upton announced tod

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon signed a Joint Declaration of Relations between the European Union and New Zealand in Strasbourg yesterday.

New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel began two new initiatives this weekend to assist the Bougainville peace process, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon announced today.

The Government has renewed its commitment to the Asia 2000 Foundation, pledging $1.74 million each year for the next three years, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon announced today.

New Zealand will make an initial contribution of $380,000 to a newly established UN Trust Fund for East Timor, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon and Associate Minister Simon Upton announced today.

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon honoured some of New Zealand's lesser-known war dead in the unfamiliar surroundings of Red Square on Sunday (ceremony starts 2000 NZT).