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Up to 300 New Zealanders aged between 18 and 30 will be able to live in
Brazil for one year to work, holiday or study under a new reciprocal

New Zealand is to increase its diplomatic representation in Brazil by appointing a diplomat as Consul-General in Sao Paulo, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

Up to 300 New Zealanders aged between 18 and 30 will be able to live in Brazil for one year to work, holiday or study under a new reciprocal working holiday scheme signed today, Foreign Minister Wi

Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim will visit New Zealand on Thursday and Friday, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today. 

New Zealand’s next High Commissioner to Tarawa will be diplomat Robert Kaiwai, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today.

New Zealand’s next Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation in Geneva will be career diplomat David Walker, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

New Zealand’s High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, Brian Donnelly, has resigned due to ill health, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

7 August 2008

Speech by Foreign Minister Winston Peters to the New Zealand Diplomacy Course, Political Studies Office, University of Auckland

New Zealand’s next Ambassador to China will be career diplomat Carl Worker, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

 Address by Foreign Minister Winston Peters to the New Zealand Pacific Business Council

31 July 2008

Chile’s Foreign Minister, Alejandro Foxley, will visit New Zealand on Thursday and Friday this week, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today. 

New Zealand will contribute an additional $500,000 towards United Nations efforts to address food shortages in North Korea, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

A new chapter of US relations with Pacific Forum nations is set to begin
following Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s meeting with regional

Speech by Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters to the NZ - US Business Council function
Auckland War Memorial Museum
The Domain
5.30pm, 26 July 2008

New Zealand will appoint an Ambassador to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), says Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters.

New Zealand will provide a further $2 million for ongoing relief efforts in Myanmar, announced Foreign Minister Winston Peters today.

New Zealand’s next Consul-General to Hong Kong will be career diplomat Adele Bryant, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters will attend the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Post Ministerial Conference and ASEAN Regional Forum in Singapore next week, followed by meetings wit

 
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to visit New Zealand in late July, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

New Zealand is to increase its development work in Papua New Guinea, with the focus on health, education and economic growth, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

New Zealand’s next Consul-General in Shanghai will be career diplomat Michael Swain, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today.

Assisting Fiji to return to democratic rule is the aim of next week’s visit by the Forum Ministerial Contact Group, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today.

New Zealand will contribute $4.5 million over three years to the World Health Organization (WHO) to support and strengthen nursing in the Pacific, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.&n

An international fishing company caught supporting Southern Ocean illegal fishing can now be named and shamed, after a failed attempt to gag the government in the High Court, Foreign Minister Winst