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Foreign Ministers from Pacific Islands Forum nations will meet in Auckland tomorrow to discuss the progress Fiji’s interim administration is making towards holding general elections.

Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers will meet in Auckland on Wednesday to discuss Fiji’s progress towards elections, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters will meet his new Australian counterpart, Stephen Smith, in Auckland this afternoon for their first round of regular six-monthly consultations.

Thousands of homes damaged or destroyed by earthquake and tsunami in the Solomon Islands last April are to be rebuilt with help from New Zealand, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

Former diplomat Richard Woods will be the new New Zealand Chair of the New Zealand-France Friendship Fund (NZFFF), Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters will represent New Zealand at the inauguration of South Korea’s President-elect Lee Myung-bak in Seoul on Monday.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters leaves on Sunday for a bilateral visit to South Africa and Zambia.

New Zealand’s next High Commissioner to the Cook Islands will be Brian Donnelly, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today he was shocked by the attempted assassination of Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta in Dili.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters today welcomed Thailand’s return to parliamentary democracy after 16 months of military rule.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters flies to Antarctica tomorrow for a three-day visit to New Zealand’s research station, Scott Base.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters today expressed his deep shock at the killings that have taken place in Kenya following the disputed results from the presidential elections

Foreign Minister Winston Peters said he was deeply shocked and saddened by the news earlier today of the assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto.

New Zealand extends its travel ban on associates of the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe by denying student visas and permits to their adult children

Fiji’s scheduled return to constitutional government, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, and climate change dominate Foreign Minister talks in Port Moresby

Foreign Minister Winston Peters will hold talks with counterpart Sam Abal, and Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare, during a four-day visit to PNG

New Zealand’s next High Commissioner to India will be career diplomat Rupert Holborow

An Air Force C130 Hercules will fly to Papua New Guinea tomorrow, carrying emergency supplies for flood victims

New Zealand is providing emergency funds to help flood victims in Papua New Guinea and Viet Nam, and cyclone victims in Bangladesh

The next High Commissioner to London will be career diplomat Derek Leask

Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ recent trip to North Korea was a key focus of his meetings with leading figures of the United States Administration in Washington today (Monday US time)

New Zealand is willing to assist North Korea’s economic development if it follows through on its commitments under the Six Party Talks

Paul Hargreaves has been reappointed as Chair of Antarctica New Zealand’s Management Board, while Living Earth director Robert Fenwick has joined the Board

The Terrorism Suppression Amendment Bill will ensure the Act's provisions reflect New Zealand’s international obligations