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Foreign Minister Winston Peters today acknowledged the ruling of the International Court of Justice in relation to the Rohingya people in Myanmar.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rt Hon Winston Peters says that developments suggesting a surface-to-air missile is responsible for the downing of the Ukrainian International Airlines flight in Iran is disastrous news.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Ministerial Diary November 2019

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  • Rt Hon Winston Peters

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced New Zealand will contribute NZ$1 million of funding towards the joint United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) and World Health Organisation (WHO) Pacific Regional Action Plan for Measles.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

The Government has released its long term vision for a sustainable 21st Century rail network that gets our cities moving, connects our regions and gets more freight off the roads.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • State Owned Enterprises
  • Transport

Foreign Minister Winston Peters today announced further support for Samoa’s longer term needs as it continues to respond to a devastating measles epidemic.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio will travel to Samoa on Friday, where New Zealand medical teams are helping Samoa respond to an outbreak of measles.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Aupito William Sio
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Pacific Peoples

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has congratulated the Government of Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Bougainville Government for completing a well-conducted referendum on the future political status of Bougainville.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare have today announced the deployment of a network of DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami) buoys.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Civil Defence
  • Foreign Affairs

Just over a year ago, we learnt that New Zealand was reliant on a single, aging, US-owned DART buoy to detect whether a tsunami is generated following an earthquake.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Racing Minister Winston Peters has welcomed the first reading of the Racing Industry Bill in parliament today. This is the second of two Bills that have been introduced this year to revitalise New Zealand’s racing industry.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Racing

New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, Tessa Temata, died in Palmerston North over the weekend, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters met with Tongan Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa in Wellington today.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced further support to Samoa in the wake of an ongoing measles outbreak in the country.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today the appointment of diplomat Sarah Lee as New Zealand’s High Commissioner to South Africa. She will be the first female Head of Mission to represent New Zealand in Africa.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will travel on Tuesday to the United Arab Emirates, one of New Zealand’s most important partners in the Middle East.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Minister Winston Peters returns to New Zealand today after a high paced programme at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Nagoya, Japan.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Ministerial Diary October 2019

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  • Rt Hon Winston Peters

The Coalition commitment to add 1800 new Police officers to frontline policing has been achieved with the graduation of 59 constables from the Royal New Zealand Police College today.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Prime Minister
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Police

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters departs New Zealand today to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Nagoya at the invitation of this year’s G20 President, Japan.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today announced the appointment of diplomat Carl Reaich as New Zealand’s next Ambassador to the European Union.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has welcomed the first reading of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 2021 (APEC 2021) Bill in Parliament today.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has announced further support as the Government of Samoa responds to a serious measles outbreak.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

It is a pleasure to be with you this morning to open this year’s New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Conference and AGM.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Racing